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"The FBI Wants Information About Three Missing Civil Rights Workers"
The three murdered civil rights workers from the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project are pictured on this FBI "missing" poster. On June 21st, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner were abducted and killed by Klansmen in an effort [...]
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Postwar America (1946-1975)
Create a Magic Lantern Show: Freedpeople in the Reconstruction South
In this activity students create a "magic lantern show," or presentation that illustrates how African American defined freedom for themselves after emancipation and the challenges and threats they faced. Students use primary sources from the [...]
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)