US History Academic Standards

USH1.2 Analyze the post-Reconstruction civil rights struggles.

A. Identify the significance of Juneteenth in relation to emancipation and modern-day celebrations.

Oklahoma History Center Education Resources

Traveling Trunk
African Americans in Oklahoma

E-Exhibit
The African American Civil Rights Movement in Oklahoma
African Americans in Oklahoma Before 1954

The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture

LaRadius Allen, "Juneteenth on Greenwood"
Amy Barr and James M. Smallwood, "Juneteenth"
Jimmie Lewis Franklin, "African Americans"
Larry O'Dell, "All-Black Towns"
Linda Reese, "Freedmen"
Gordon O. Taylor, "Ralph Waldo Ellison"

Research Center Resources

Audio/Visual
Through the Looking Glass Darkly, Part 1 (F2013.134.2.0024, WKY-TV Film Collection, OHS

Online Primary Sources

"Electioneering At The South," Harper's Weekly, July 25, 1868
"Lincoln, The Emancipator," Harper's Weekly, April 20, 1872

Additional Resources

"The African American Mosaic," Library of Congress
The Freedman's Bureau Online
"Toward Racial Equality: Harper's Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857–1874"

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B. Examine the purposes and effects of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

Oklahoma History Center Education Resources

Traveling Trunks
African Americans in Oklahoma

E-Exhibit
The African American Civil Rights Movement in Oklahoma

The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture

Jimmie Lewis Franklin, "African Americans"
Bruce A. Glasrud, "Buffalo Soldiers"
Linda Reese, "Freedmen"

Research Center Resources

Murray R. Wickett, Contested Territory: Whites, Native Americans, and African Americans in Oklahoma, 1865–1907 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000)
Walt Wilson, "Freedmen in Indian Territory During Reconstruction," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 49 (Summer 1971)

Online Primary Sources‌

"13th Amendment to the US Constitution," Library of Congress
"14th Amendment to the US Constitution," Library of Congress
"15th Amendment to the US Constitution," Library of Congress
"The First Vote" by A. R. Waud, Harper's Weekly, November 16, 1867
"The National Colored Convention in Session at Washington, D.C." Harper's Weekly, February 6, 1869
"Honorable J.J. Wright," Harper's Weekly, March 5, 1870
"John H. Rock, Colored Counselor," Harper's Weekly, February 25, 1865
"Honorable H.R. Revels," Harper's Weekly, February 19, 1870

Additional Resources

"The African American Mosaic," Library of Congress
The Freedman's Bureau Online
"Toward Racial Equality: Harper's Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857–1874"

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C. Assess the impact of the Black Codes, Jim Crow laws, and the actions of the Ku Klux Klan.

Oklahoma History Center Education Resources

Traveling Trunks
African Americans in Oklahoma

E-Exhibit
The African American Civil Rights Movement in Oklahoma

The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture

Dianna Everett, "Lynching"
Jimmie Lewis Franklin, "African Americans"
Larry O'Dell, "Ku Klux Klan"
Larry O'Dell, "Senate Bill One"
Linda Reese, "Freedmen"
James M. Smallwood, "Segregation"

Online Primary Sources‌

"The Black Laws," Harper's Weekly, February 11, 1865
"A Riot in New Orleans," Harper's Weekly, August 25, 1866
"Scenes in Memphis," Harper's Weekly, May 26, 1868
"One Less Vote," Harper's Weekly, August 8, 1868
"This Is A White Man's Government," Harper's Weekly, September 5, 1868
"The Ku-Klux," Harper's Weekly, November 4, 1871
"Visit of the Ku-Klux," Harper's Weekly, February 24, 1872
"The Patenburg Massacre," Harper's Weekly, October 12, 1872
"Gathering the Dead and Wounded," Harper's Weekly, May 10, 1873
"Worse Than Slavery," Harper's Weekly, October 24, 1874
"The Proceedings of the Electoral Commission of 1877," Library of Congress

Additional Resources

"The Ku Klux Klan Hearings," Harper's Weekly
"The African American Mosaic," Library of Congress
The Freedman's Bureau Online
"Toward Racial Equality: Harper's Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857–1874 "

 

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