Ascend Social Studies
NEW YORK
Our project will cover one or two of the following topics in depth: divide-and-conquer tactics used to create the “color line” and the beliefs of colorism, the psychological effects of anti-black racism, progress and backlash during Reconstruction, and the roots of the prison-industrial complex.
CURRICULAR RESOURCES
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Students consider whether the United States is undergoing a third Reconstruction by analyzing key events, figures and movements from the past.
