7 Questions
Who experienced only one lynching in its history, according to the passage?
Canada
When did the lynching in Canada occur?
1884
Which city was typical of the New South?
Louisville, Kentucky
What was the divided society like in Louisville, Kentucky?
A society divided by race
According to the passage, what did Blyden Jackson recall about growing up in early-twentieth-century Louisville, Kentucky?
There were two separate worlds for white and Black people.
What was abandoned as the white North and South moved toward reconciliation in the 1880s and 1890s?
The dream of racial equality
How did the Civil War come to be remembered in popular literature and memoirs according to the passage?
As a tragic family quarrel among white Americans with no significant involvement of Blacks
Test your knowledge about the excerpt from Ida B. Wells' speech delivered in Boston in 1893. Explore her campaign against racial terrorism and outspoken opposition to lynching.
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