Latest posts tagged with #TeachReconstruction on Bluesky
#tdih 1898, SCOTUS issued landmark U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, decision:
Children born in U.S., including to parents not eligible to become citizens, were nonetheless citizens themselves under the Reconstruction era 14th Amendment. #TeachReconstruction
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"What this meant in plain English was that the people demanded the sacrifice of the Black man & the letter and spirit of the Declaration of Independence." -- Lerone Bennett Jr. on compromise that led to Hayes' inauguration #tdih 1877
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Quote and photo by middle school teacher Lois Hammond. (Update: Now teaching in Maryland.)
Hiram Revels' story is one of countless examples of why we need to #TeachReconstruction.
Check out our report: “Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction.”
See full report with state assessments & resources:
teachreconstructionreport.org
#tdih 1870, Hiram Revels was sworn into office as senator from Mississippi, becoming the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate.
Do you know how many African Americans have served in the Senate to date? #TeachReconstruction
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tweet by Clint Smith on importance of reading last chapter of Black Reconstruction on purple background.
The last chapter of "Black Reconstruction" by W. E. B. Du Bois, “The Propaganda of History,” is essential reading, as noted below by historian @clintsmithiii.bsky.social
#TeachReconstruction #TeachOutsideTextbook
One hundred and fifty-eight years ago, the land where the Brazos Valley African American Museum now sits was an area of promise, where newly freed people rebuilt their lives after slavery and the Civil War. www.kbtx.com/2026/02/20/b... #TeachReconstruction #BlackReconstruction #tellthemwhatwedid
Walter Moses Burton, the First Black sheriff ever elected in the U.S., finally gets his own historical marker in Fort Bend County, Texas www.khou.com/article/news... #TeachReconstruction #BlackReconstruction
From Fort Bend County to Houston City Hall, Black History Month celebrations this week honored notable Black Houstonians, inc Sylvester Turner, Yolanda Adams, & Walter Burton, the first African American elected sheriff in the U.S. www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/his... #TeachReconstruction
New historic markers commemorate Columbus, Mississippi's Black history leaders cdispatch.com/news/new-his... #TeachReconstruction
43 minutes - learn about Callie House- pensions, civics, standing up #teachreconstruction -w Professors Berry and Patterson podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
From July 15-17, 1868 in the small town of Millican, TX, up to 300 Black Americans were driven away or killed in what some scholars call “the worst incident of racial violence in Texas during Reconstruction.” www.kbtx.com/2026/02/12/m... #TeachReconstruction #BlackReconstruction
The legacy of ATL's Black grocers of Reconstruction
www.ajc.com/food-and-din... Black entrepreneurs of the late 1800s capitalized on low grocery prices to build businesses that served Black people's needs and influenced Atlanta’s present-day institutions. #TeachReconstruction #BlackReconstruction
Central 52 Texas Black lawmakers shaped the state and nation during the Reconstruction era. Texas is now working with local historical commissions to individually recognize these men in the districts they served with markers. www.kwtx.com/2026/02/12/c... #TeachReconstruction #BlackReconstruction
Prince William County Parks’ Office of Historic Preservation is proud to announce its new online exhibit—The Settlement, about a historic African American community in Gainesville that formed years after the American Civil War. www.pwcva.gov/news/new-onl... #TeachReconstruction #BlackReconstruction
“Children of the Promised Land,” a pictorial history, explores the unique experience of mothers and their children in Nicodemus, KS, some of whom were the first members of their families born free. hayspost.com/posts/777ccb... #teachreconstruction #tellthemwhatwedid #BHM #blacktowns
Quote and photo by middle school teacher Lois Hammond.
Hiram Revels' story is one of countless examples of why we need to #TeachReconstruction.
Check out our report: “Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction.”
See full report with state assessments & resources: teachreconstructionreport.org
#tdih 1870, Hiram Revels was sworn into office as senator from Mississippi, becoming the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate.
Do you know how many African Americans have served in the Senate to date? #TeachReconstruction
Read ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/hi...
The lessons of Reconstruction are clear—gains can be undone, rights can be revoked, and history can repeat itself if we are not [informed and] vigilant. milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/20... #TeachReconstruction #BlackReconstruction
#tdih 1865
Demands by Black ministers after Ebenezer Creek Massacre led to Special Field Order #15: a short-lived land distribution to freed people.
They established civic institutions, schools, militia (for defense from Klan), & more. #TeachReconstruction 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sp...
#tdih 1868, Mississippi Constitutional Convention was held, w/ African American & white politicians.
Passed one of 1st laws for uniform system of free public education for children regardless of race.
Violently rolled back in 1890 💔. ⬇️ 🧵 #TeachReconstruction
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Reconstruction era gets scant attention in most textbooks.
Fill the gap with free lessons, articles, book & film recommendations, student local history mapping project, national report, & more for grades 3 -12 (& readings for adults) to #TeachReconstruction. ⬇️
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Not familiar with the Reconstruction era Colfax Massacre 💔 (part of long, ongoing history of white supremacist voter suppression) and "U.S. v. Cruikshank" ruling?
Read a description below and find link to young adult book to learn more. #TeachReconstruction
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#3 #tdih 1863
Tunis Campbell was commissioned by Freedmen’s Bureau to go the Sea Islands where he bought over a thousand acres, parceled the land, and organized an economic association of Black landowners.
#TeachReconstruction #PortRoyal ⬇️
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According to Visit Natchez, the Adams County marker is part of the “Making Their Mark” project, a statewide, grant-funded initiative to recognize the first African Americans to serve in the Mississippi Legislature after the Civil War. www.wjtv.com/news/local-n... #TeachReconstruction
Adams County will install a new courthouse marker honoring 10 Black Reconstruction-era lawmakers, spotlighting Mississippi’s first African American legislators. www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/adams-c... #TeachReconstruction #BlackReconstruction
The John M. Langston School in Arlington’s Halls Hill was part of a program created by Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald to build high-quality schools for Black students in the South. arlingtonhistorical.com/items/show/330 #educationalreconstruction #TeachReconstruction
"Once again did the monster rebellion lift its hydra head in renewed defiance, cruel & cowardly, fearing the light of day. . ." -- Joseph H. Rainey on KKK
#tdih 1870 Rainey became first African American to serve in U.S. House of Reps #TeachReconstruction ⬇️ 🧵
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Our #TeachReconstruction campaign includes resources to #TeachOutsideTextbook about the people's history of the Reconstruction era and a national report on teaching of Reconstruction.
Check out the assessment of your state on full report below.
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
"I demand simple justice"
3). #tdih 1872: P. B. S. Pinchback of Louisiana assumed impeached governor’s office.
He served the remaining month of his predecessor's term. #TeachReconstruction
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