Essential Question: How can you use media to raise awareness and affect change? Focus Question: How have black activists used different forms of media to spread the word about state-sanctioned violence against the black community? Directions: As you read about different periods in history, collect evidence with regard to how members of the black community used different modes of documentation to share incidents of state sanctioned abuse with a broader audience. Place those ideas within the context of the historical period in which they occurred. 1890s 1950s 2010s After Reconstruction Segregation/Jim Election of Barack Historic Crow/ Early civil Obama Period rights victories Recording of Lynching Murder of Emmett Till Murder of Trayvon Event Martin Type of Lynching Vigilante violence Police violence violence Mode of Compilation of data Photo in black press Social (hashtags, Awareness viral video) Raising Teacher Notes: You may need to historical context or surface prior knowledge during each phase of this lesson. Each of these expressions of violence came after an advancement in racial equality. The 1890s, as exemplified by Plessy v. Ferguson, codified segregation after Reconstruction, which created unprecedented opportunities for African Americans. Emmett Till was one of many egregious murders in 1955, the year after the decision overturned The most recent racialized violence, Brown Plessy. while made more visible through the use of new technologies and social media, is occurring in the period following the election of Barack Obama as the nation’s first black president. Reading Question: Who controls the message?
Essential Question: How can you use media to raise awareness and affect change? Focus Question: How have black activists used different forms of media to spread the word about state-sanctioned violence against the black community? Directions: As you read about different periods in history, collect evidence with regard to how members of the black community used different modes of documentation to share incidents of state sanctioned abuse with a broader audience. Place those ideas within the context of the historical period in which they occurred. 1890s 1950s 2010s Historic Period After Reconstruction Segregation/Jim Crow/ Early civil rights victories Election of Barack Obama Event Recording of Lynching Murder of Emmett Till Murder of Trayvon Martin Type of violence Lynching Vigilante violence Police violence Mode of Awareness Raising Compilation of data Photo in black press Social (hashtags, viral video) Teacher Notes: You may need to historical context or surface prior knowledge during each phase of this lesson. Each of these expressions of violence came after an advancement in racial equality. The 1890s, as exemplified by Plessy v. Ferguson, codified segregation after Reconstruction, which created unprecedented opportunities for African Americans. Emmett Till was one of many egregious murders in 1955, the year after the Brown decision overturned Plessy. The most recent racialized violence, while made more visible through the use of new technologies and social media, is occurring in the period following the election of Barack Obama as the nation’s first black president. Reading Question: Who controls the message?
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