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"Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State" (1874)
How do racial stereotypes in the media create and reinforce “in” groups and “out” groups in a society?
"Emancipation" (1865)
This is a political cartoon done by Thomas Nast in 1865.
"He Wants a Change Too" (1876)
How do racial stereotypes in the media create and reinforce “in” groups and “out” groups in a society?
"Of Course He Votes the Democratic Ticket" (1876)
A political cartoon printed during The Reconstruction Era in Harper's Weekly depicting the intimidation techniques that the Democratic Party used to suppress southern black votes in the election of 1876.
"Shall We Call Home Our Troops?" (1875)
Political cartoon by Thomas Nast printed during The Reconstruction Era.
"The Birth of a Nation" Summarizes Reconstruction
The Birth of a Nation, a 1915 film portraying D.W. Griffith's racist vision of life in the South during the Civil war era, summarizes Reconstruction.
"The Little Rock Nine"
Nine African American students in Little Rock, Arkansas, prepare for their first day of school at Central High School. Elizabeth Eckford is circled in the center.
Acipco Elementary School in Birmingham, Alabama, late 1930s
Acipco Elementary School in Birmingham, Alabama, late 1930s.
Activists C. P. Ellis and Ann Atwater
C. P. Ellis, a former Ku Klux Klan member, and Ann Atwater, a community activist, formed an unlikely partnership after being assigned as co-leaders of a group of citizens navigating court-ordered school desegregation in Durham, North Carolina, in the 1970s.
African American College Students at a Sit-In
Four African American college students sit in protest at a whites-only lunch counter during the second day of peaceful protest at a Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Alex Wilson, editor of Chicago Daily Defender is kicked...
Alex Wilson, editor of Chicago Daily Defender is kicked by a school integration protester after refusing to run from a mob near Little Rock Central High. Photo taken by Will Counts. Arkansas Democrat, 1957.
