CCSS Inquiry Instruction Resources–July 29, 2017

Today’s Powerpoint:

Using Historic Newspapers for Inquiry Instruction on Early Twentieth Century Civil Rights Movement. CCSS 2017 ppt

Contemporary Hook re: Discrimination and Public Accommodations:

Merrit Kennedy. “High Court to Hear Case of Cake Shop that Refused to Bake for Same-Sex Wedding,” NPR, June 26, 2017. Accessed at http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/26/534417186/high-court-to-hear-case-of-cake-shop-that-refused-to-bake-for-same-sex-wed

Background to Gilded Age and Progressive Era Civil Rights Movement in CT:

Links to the texts of CT public accommodations bills and motivation:

Researching the Sumner League: https://ctdigitalnewspaperproject.org/press-releases

Researching CT bills and laws: http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/law

Bibliography on Public Accommodations:

Looking for more context and more bibliography?

Click on African American in the Tag Cloud in the right column of this website.

Find historic CT newspaper articles for use as primary sources!

Link to Chronicling America search: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
March 3, 1919, Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer

Daily Morning Journal-Courier, August 23, 1894