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The REV. J. W. Loguen as a Slave and as a Freeman: A Narrative of Real Life

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Civil Rights movement for African Americans in Tennessee began when the first blacks settled in the state in the eighteenth century, and continues to this day. During the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, great strides were made in the area of equal rights through the efforts of many blacks and whites acting sometimes individually but mainly in an organized fashion. The emancipation brought by the Civil War resulted in the flourishing of black culture and the election of black officials, but also in race riots and Jim Crow laws. Students and activists in Tennessee's major cities were influential leaders in the modern Civil Rights movement, which culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHERS AND ADDITIONAL ONLINE RESOURCES Civil Rights primary sources are great for teaching about Slavery, the Civil War, the Great Depression, and just about every era in American history, in addition to the modern movement of the 1950s and 60s. Sources about the struggle for political and social equality also open up debates that resonate with current events. Use the Library of Congress Web site (starting with the links and images you see here) to find sources that speak to both sides of a civil rights debate. Have students divide into two groups to represent both sides. Such activities can strengthen skills in historical context, points of view, and empathy. How has the civil rights movement evolved through the different eras of American History? How does it define American culture? How do documents, photographs, and sound recordings capture different aspects of the struggle?