#tdih 1865
Demands by Black ministers after Ebenezer Creek Massacre led to Special Field Order #15: a short-lived land distribution to freed people.
They established civic institutions, schools, militia (for defense from Klan), & more. #TeachReconstruction 🧵
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/special-field-15/
Demands by Black ministers after Ebenezer Creek Massacre led to Special Field Order #15: a short-lived land distribution to freed people.
They established civic institutions, schools, militia (for defense from Klan), & more. #TeachReconstruction 🧵
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/special-field-15/
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Read petitions from freedpeople after Johnson ordered that land be restored to former Confederates.
At Freedmen and Southern Society Project, here: https://freedmen.umd.edu/Edisto%20petitions.htm h/t
@stephenwest.bsky.social
Check out more of Bolden's books for young readers.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/crossing-ebenezer-creek/
As we approach #MartinLutherKingDay, read King's 1968 remarks about W. E. B. Du Bois's classic text, "Black Reconstruction," published in 1935. #TeachTruth
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/dr-king-on-reconstruction
Read ⬇️how Reconstruction is covered by your state's standards.
Use findings & recommendations to advocate for change.
https://www.teachreconstructionreport.org/statebystate