print email comment close The History of Jim Crow URL: http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/ Description: "An educator's site that presents teachers with new historical resources and teaching ideas on one of the most shameful periods in American history." The material includes essays, personal narratives, lesson plans, photographs and historical images, and maps and geographical perspectives on segregation in the United States from the 1870s through the 1950s. "Content was generated by a national collaboration of classroom teachers, working with professional historians." Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- History African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. African Americans -- Segregation Black History Month United States -- Race relations LII Database Information: Record 838 created by Sybil Finemel on 07/06/2002 Last modification on 01/06/2004 Published: 07/06/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/838