6 Jim Crow, lynching into the twentieth century

Primary Source Text: Plessy decision enshrining “separate but equal:” https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/plessy_v_ferguson_(1896)

Primary Source Text: Richard Wright autobiographical essay, “The Ethics of Living Jim Crow”: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA01/White/anthology/wright.html

Primary Source Text: Ida B. Wells, “Lynch Law”: https://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/wellslynchlaw.html

Documentary: “Lynching Postcards: ‘Token of a Great Day,” 15-minute 2021 documentary: https://www.paramountplus.com/movies/video/hselCM7fYyRK6mazd5ooDmdhlYiMrNYH/

Song: “Strange Fruit,” with lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bckob0AyKCA

Documentary: Slavery by Another Name, PBS documentary based on the Douglas Blackmon book of the same name: https://cod.kanopy.com/en/cod/video/130865

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