Slaveriet i USA

www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html    Harriet Tubman og the Underground railroad. A+ ; men nok mest for folkeskolen

The History of Jim Crow
www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/history.htm  om JimCrow
"The term Jim Crow originated in a song performed by Daddy Rice, a white minstrel show entertainer in the 1830s. Rice covered his face with charcoal paste or burnt cork to resemble a black man, and then sang and danced a routine in caricature of a silly black person. By the 1850s, this Jim Crow character, one of several stereotypical images of black inferiority in the nation's popular culture, was a standard act in the minstrel shows of the day. By 1900, the term was generally identified with those racist laws and actions that deprived African Americans of their civil rights by defining blacks as inferior to whites, as members of a caste of subordinate people. This impressive website provides an illustrated account of the history of Jim Crow." (Spartacus)

Click2History - Jim Crow Laws - Chapter 1 - oversigt
 

www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/     Jim Crow Museum
"The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia is both a real place and a virtual site. The actual museum is located on the campus of Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan. Objectives of the Jim Crow Museum: Promote the scholarly examination of historical and contemporary expressions of racism. Serve as a teaching resource for Ferris State University courses which deal, directly or indirectly, with the issues of race and ethnicity. Serve as an educational resource for scholars and teachers at the state, national and international levels. Promote racial understanding and healing. Serve as a resource for civil rights and human rights organizations."
 

www.imh.org/imh/buf/buftoc.html    The Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier .The International Museum of the Horse brings us the story of the Buffalo Soldiers ... describing what it's like to be part of the first peace time African American military units.

 

memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/aapchome.html    From Slavery to Freedom : The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
"From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909 presents 397 pamphlets, published from 1824 through 1909, "by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials range from personal accounts and public orations to organizational reports and legislative speeches. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass... and Booker T. Washington." . Del af "American Memory " projektet.

Freedmen and Southern Society Project   materiale til de tidligere slavers forhold bl.a. umiddelbart efter borgerkrigen
 

PBS - Freedom Never Dies The Story of Harry T. Moore      the Legacy of Harry T. Moore
"As leader of the Florida Progressive Voters League, Harry T. Moore succeeded in tripling the enrollment of registered black voters. By 1945 over 116,000 black voters were registered in the Florida Democratic Party. This represented 31 per cent of all eligible black voters in the state, a figure that was 51 per cent higher than any other southern state. Moore was also a full-time organizer of the NAACP in Florida and he organized the campaign against the wrongful conviction of three African Americans for the rape of a white woman in Groveland, Florida. Willis McCall, the Sheriff of Lake County, shot two of the men while in his custody. One was killed and other man was seriously wounded. After the shooting Moore called for the McCall's suspension. A month later, on 25th December, 1951, a bomb exploded in Moore's house killing him and his wife. This excellent website produced by the PBS tells the story of the first NAACP official killed in the civil rights struggle."(spartacus)

memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ohshtml/aaeohome.html     The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920 : Selections from the Ohio Historical Society
"This selection of manuscript and printed text and images drawn from the collections of the Ohio Historical Society illuminates the history of black Ohio from 1850 to 1920. ... The collection illustrates several major themes: slavery, abolition, and the underground railroad; African Americans in politics and government; and African-American religion." søgefaciliteter.

www.journale.com/withoutsanctuary/main.html    Without Sanctuary
This site presents photographs and postcards of lynchings in America

www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAlynching.htm    om Lynchings
"In 1930 Dr. Arthur Raper was commissioned to produce a report on lynching. He discovered that 3,724 people had been lynched in the United States between 1889 and 1930. Over four-fifths of these victims were black but white trade union activists were also targeted by lynch mobs. As Dr. Raper pointed out: "Of the tens of thousands of lynchers and onlookers, only 49 were indicted and only 4 have been sentenced." In 1935 attempts were made to persuade Franklin D. Roosevelt to support a Anti-Lynching bill that had been introduced into Congress. However, Roosevelt refused to speak out in favour of the bill that would punish sheriffs who failed to protect their prisoners from lynch mobs. He argued that the white voters in the South would never forgive him if he supported the bill and he would therefore never win another election. This website provides a history of lynching in the United States and includes details of the Michael Donald case that resulted in Henry Hayes being executed on 6th June, 1997. It was the first time a white man had been executed for a crime against an African American since 1913." (spartacus)