This informational blog explores the enduring legacy of slavery. Although the institutuion of slavery ended in 1865 in the United States, remnants of its practices persisted in the Jim Crow system (1896-1954) and well into the Civil Rights era and beyond. Current debates over Black Lives Matter, Voting Rights and African American Studies and Reparations serve as poignant reminders of these realities.
NOTE--This informational blog is compiled by (with the exception of the introduction and photograph) and reprinted with permission from Abdul Akalimat, PhD
How bad has it been? Do our students understand?
Do you remember the days of slavery? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpAkVlESkHw
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3IxWEK0uJA 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utwE5ZPd7Gk 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWEbqU9CfyI 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vadRcW_r-SE
Jim Crow Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA1dvEknIqs
Slavery by another name https://www.pbs.org/video/slavery-another-name-slavery-video/
Work Song in a Texas Prison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX4DYoLrCwM
Origin of the police https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qtz5WPd86o
Jailhouse Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISr1YgHQec
Sharecropping https://tinyurl.com/2hpeh59f https://www.pbs.org/video/sharecropping-aftermath-tn-civil-war-150-ncp0kn/
Sharecropper's son https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzuAS5F-cAg
Lynching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPdh46k7b38 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/lynching-memorial-aims-help-u-s-acknowledge-history-terror https://www.pbs.org/video/lynching-memorial-1524775412/
Strange Fruit - Billy Holiday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGY9HvChXk
Ku Klux Klan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPdh46k7b38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfqq2iu2pFo
KKK Blues https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&q=blues+about+the+kkk&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1gse6_pD_AhWrkIkEHX7WBH8Q0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=898&bih=444&dpr=2.14#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:fa3c4fc1,vid:HVFwr5X97lY
1957 documentary on Segregation in the South https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfgQdCld3Fg
Harvest of Shame - 1960 Florida https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJTVF_dya7E&t=71s
Mississippi 1961 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMa1-Jy5Er8
Mississippi Goddamn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25-U3jNWM
Tuskegee Experimentation - Medical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjWvmkp3wdc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtRUUxn3HAg
Black women's health https://tinyurl.com/4eczsufj
1968 survey of white opinion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaYHMR3GiLI
I wish I knew how it feels to be free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sEP0-8VAow
