Roll of Thunder

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry

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(Note: look in resource lists in Destiny for a list of applicable books)

Slavery	Understanding Slavery Slavery from Coast to Coast
Jim Crow Laws	What was Jim Crow? The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Examples of Jim Crow Laws Jim Crow Images
Great Depression	A Brief Overview of The Great Depression Great Depression Information
Ku Klux Klan and Lynching	Ku Klux Klan Information (Also try Worldbook)
Lynching	Lynching Statistics Lynching Information (Also see Ida B. Wells books)
The Confederacy	The Confederacy is Formed *Confederate States of America
Civil War	Civil War Timeline Civil War Information
Reconstruction Period	A brief Overview of Reconstruction (Also check books and Worldbook)
Freedman's Bureau	Freedmen Records - A Look at History (Also check books and Worldbook)
Mildred D. Taylor	Mildred D. Taylor Brief Biography (Also check Biography Resource Center)
Segregation	*Remember Segregation.org (please be patient on this site - it takes time to load.) (Also check books and Worldbook)
The Civil Rights Movement	Civil Rights Movement Timeline Voices of Civil Rights (Also check books and Worldbook)
Rosa Parks	Rosa Parks Biography Rosa Parks Institute (Also check Biography Resource Center)
Brown vs. the Board of Education	Brown v. Board of Ed. Information (Also check books and Worldbook)
Sharecropping	Tenant Farming and Sharecropping Sharecropping Sharecropper Photos Sharecropper Video