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Mass Incarceration as a Form of Racialized Social Control
What is the “new Jim Crow”? Throughout its history, the United States has been structured by a racial caste system. From slavery to Jim Crow to mass incarceration, these forms of racialized social control reinvented themselves to meet the needs of the dominant social class according to the constraints of each era.
October 13, 2014
December 13, 2017
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Map from “Freedom and Slavery, and the Coveted Territories”
A map of the United States with shading to indicate slave states, free states and territories, with details such as the states’ representation in Congress and their number of enslaved people.
December 14, 2017
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Paddling Upstream
Catholic and Protestant youth in Northern Ireland embark on a brighter future.
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Literature
Southern Marseillaise
Likely written during or shortly after the Civil War, these song lyrics depict Southern patriotism and duty to maintaining a certain way of life. Using melodic rhymes and repetition, the author emphasizes Southern manhood, justified violence and supposedly benign slavery.
December 15, 2017
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Massachusetts Body of Liberties (1641)
This document illustrates the ways in which the Massachusetts colony created a legal framework for slavery, reflecting religious and race-based reasoning.
January 4, 2018
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The Real Origins of Memorial Day
Juni teaches her friend Michael all she knows about the first Memorial Day—the day when thousands of black people marched to remember their loved ones who had died in the Civil War.
February 19, 2020
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Class Action
Students learn rights and responsibilities through law-related education.