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Historic Newspaper Lesson about Segregation in the South

Album Description

This collection of newspaper articles will focus on the issue of segregation in the South and will prompt conversation among students about the way Black Americans were treated.

Various Articles Referencing Segregation

Teaching Notes

The titles of these articles can be a jumping off point for our discussion of how Segregation was addressed in the South, specifically Mississippi.

School Segregation

Teaching Notes

Headline from 1952.

Voluntary School Segregation

Teaching Notes

The article addresses the point of view that segregation should be voluntary in schools. Students may begin to understand the way people thought about the issue and how it might have affected them.

Segregated Schools.jpg

Teaching Notes

This is the article from the 1952 paper.

Holmes County herald., August 20, 1959, Image 8

Reference link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87065333/1959-08-20/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=1959&index=1&rows=20&words=segregation&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1959&proxtext=segregation&y=12&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

Reference note

Newspaper: Holmes County herald. (Lexington, Miss.) 1959-current
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87065333/1959-08-20/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=1959&index=1&rows=20...
Image provided by: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87065333/1959-08-20/ed-1/seq-8.pdf