Violence and the Jim Crow Era
Northeastern University’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project director Margaret Burnham talked about the role of violence during the Jim Crow era.
Description
Northeastern University’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project director Margaret Burnham talked about the role of violence during the Jim Crow era.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What does Margaret Burnham mean when she says, "the tools were imperfect, but they were there?"
- When were the laws "put into force," but why were the efforts "ineffectual?"
- Based on the clip, what effort did John Lewis and others engage in during the 1960s? Were these efforts successful? Why or why not?
- What happened in response to President Harry Truman's "Civil Rights agenda?" Summarize the examples Burnham provides.
Additional Resources
- Bell Ringer: African American Soldiers and Jim Crow
- Bell Ringer: Anti-Discrimination Laws and Affirmative Action
- Bell Ringer: Screws v. United States (1945)
- Bell Ringer: The Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Bell Ringer: Seventh Amendment- Trial by Jury in Civil Cases
- Bell Ringer: The Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Lesson Plan: The Civil Rights Movement According to John Lewis
- Lesson Plan: Grading the Presidents on Civil Rights
Participants
Vocabulary
- Constituency
- Department Of Justice
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Harry Truman
- Jim Crow Era
- John Lewis
- Juror
- Ku Klux Klan
- President
- Prosecution
- Reconstruction Era
- Statute