Category: Week 5: Civil Rights
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The Hidden Struggles of the Civil Rights Movement in the North
When we think about the Civil Rights Movement, the story we often hear is one of the South—Jim Crow laws,…
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What really happened in the North?
The narrative of civil rights issues in the 60s puts major blame on the South. Regarding things like Jim Crow…
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De jure vs. de facto segregation: The false de stinction
In fifth grade, our class celebrated Black History Month by making poster presentations about a “key figure” in the Civil…
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Theoharris Reading Week 5
Civil Rights struggles extend into the North as well as the South but how the issues presented themselves was unique…
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Racism North of the Mason-Dixon Line
The civil rights struggle in New York City and Boston schools challenge the perception that racial discrimination was solely a…
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Northern Racism
The North is not normally the focus of Civil Rights history. Instead of a regional struggle in the South, the…
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The Northern Myth: How Racism Evolved Beyond the South and Shaped a New Jim Crow
There is this idea that the Northern region of the United States is a safe haven, where all people aspire…
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The Civil Rights Movement frame racial discrimination as uniquely problems in the South.
I think that the Civil Rights movements had so much impact in the South. They way that Civil rights movement…
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Was the Civil Rights Movement restricted only to the South: An Eternal Debate
The Civil Rights Movement, which began in 1954, was a social movement that aimed to eradicate racial segregation and discrimination.…
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The Tactical Racism of the North
When talking about the Civil Rights movement, traditional teachings tend to focus on the regional South where racism was pervasive…
Will Wright 