Your assignment: choose two actions in the song lyrics that are "agin'st the law" and explain how they are technically or actually illegal in the Jim Crow South. Some of these may constitute violating folkways, mores, or taboos (norms) rather than the breaking a written piece of legislation.
Can you solve the mystery of the Gordon Parks photo?
Given the stakes, why not give it a try? Start with this NPR article. Click the image below for the original challenge put out by the New York Times:
And click here to read Maurice Berger's original article about the 70 "missing" photos from Gordon Parks' "Segregation Series".
And finally, here is an excerpt from my conversation with Google's AI bot.
MLK answers, "What is it about the Negro...?"
Consider his answer in light of your Reconstruction Rebooted plans...
Group Project Final Assessment
Please wait until you have presented to respond. Click image below to submit:
The Veteran in a New Field
How will you approach the "new field" of the Reconstruction era?
Make a copy of the worksheet here by clicking here.
And for those of you who can't get enough military history, here is a low-rez version of "The Civil War in 4.5 Minutes":
