Reconstruction:
“Wake Nicodemus:” African American Settlement on the Plains of Kansas This primary source is a photograph taken of group of African American settlers who established the community of Nicodemus on… Read more »
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Introduction:
This project will demonstrate numerous obstacles African Americans faced in American history as well as how they were able to overcome them, specifically the economic adversity that plagued blacks for… Read more »
The Effects of The Great Depression
Isaac Soyer Painting, 1937 This painting by Isaac Soyer in 1937 portrayed the hopelessness in the faces of men and women at an employment agency. Despite the accomplishments that the… Read more »
Post Reconstruction:
Lynching of Laura and L. D. Nelson This historical photograph portrays a crowd at the aftermath of the lynching of Laura Nelson and her son L.D. Nelson in… Read more »