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Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation
Congressman and civil rights movement hero John Lewis wrote this final article to be published on the day of his funeral.
John Lewis
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Oh Freedom
“Oh Freedom” is a popular song that was often played during civil rights marches. This particular YouTube video pairs the song with a slide show of various images from the marches.
Author Unknown, Performed by the Golden Gospel Singers
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The Night Was Dark
During the time of slavery, Harriet Tubman helped many people escape their plantations at night and get to the Underground Railroad.
Jarah Botello
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The New Kid in Class
This short story was included in Issue 61 of the Teaching Tolerance magazine, published in the spring of 2019.
Kaitlin Cyca and Monita K. Bell
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Sen. James Henry Hammond On the Admission of Kansas, Under the Lecompton Constitution Speech Before the United States Senate / Cotton is King
The “Cotton is King” speech given by Senator James Henry Hammond before the U. S. Senate on March 4th, 1858.
James Henry Hammond
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Harriet A. Jacobs escaped from enslavement in North Carolina in 1835, making her way to Philadelphia and then to New York. She wrote this memoir of her experience in enslavement and escape from it in the 1850s while she was in New York. A company in Boston published the narrative in 1860.
Harriet A. Jacobs
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Frederick Douglass Describes Enslavers
Frederick Douglass escaped slavery and became one of America’s most famous abolitionist speakers. This passage comes from his autobiography, published in 1846. This book, in which Douglass described his experience in and escape from enslavement, reached a mass audience in the United States and abroad.
Frederick Douglass
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Excerpt from The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea (1450)
Portuguese chronicler Gomes Eannes de Azurara compiled accounts of the early slave trade. His description of the division of captives in 1450 demonstrates the prejudices of the Europeans and the horror of the slave trade in pursuit of profit.
Gomes Eannes de Azurara
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The New Kid in Class
This short story was included in Issue 61 of the Teaching Tolerance magazine, published in the spring of 2019.