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History in Their Hands
History in Their Hands
Table of Contents
Chapter Resources
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 – The Middle Passage
Chapter 3 – Black Voices in Opposition to Slavery
Chapter 4 – Violent Resistance to Slavery 1619–1865
Chapter 5 – The Civil War
Chapter 6 – Reconstruction 1865–1877
Chapter 7 – Resistance and Activism in the Age of Jim Crow 1877–1954
Chapter 8 – Black Soldiers in Foreign and Domestic Wars
Chapter 9 – The Civil Rights Movement Outside the South
Chapter 10 – The Modern Civil Rights Movement 1945–1970s
Chapter 11 – The (Broken) Criminal Justice System
Chapter 12 – Black Activism in the 21st Century
Chapter 13 – The Struggle for Recognition
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Chapter 11 – Mass Incarceration and the Criminal Justice System
Document 11.10 – The Fair Chance Act
“Sen. Booker Introduces the Fair Chance Act” (3 min).
youtube.com/watch?v=yEWXWXDuroA&t=2s
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