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 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

History in Their Hands

Teaching Inquiry-Based United States History Through the Lens of Black Agency

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