The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: Oral History

Mrs. Wilson's social studies students should listen to each account and answer the questions on the handout from class. Click on the link for the audio segment on each page. Then choose which informant's account struck you the most in terms of the erosion of justice, and leave a blog post expressing your ideas. Feel free to listen to other narratives as magis.

Wilhelmina Baldwin: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/narrative_baldwin.html

George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/narrative_butterfield.html

Thomas Chirstopher Columbus Chatmon: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/narrative_chatmon.html

Olivia Cherry: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/narrative_cherry.html

Charles Gratton: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/narrative_gratton.html