Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow

Program Type:

History & Genealogy

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

This virtual tour from The New-York Historical Society explores Black Americans’ struggle for equality under the law from 1865 through World War I. Learn about both Southern and Northern roles in this dark chapter of our history, as well as Black New Yorkers’ organizing and community-building in the face of systemic racism.

Register online beginning Feb. 12, and a Zoom link will be emailed the morning of the program.

Photo: Celebrating the Fifteenth Amendment which guaranteed African American men the right to vote, 1870. Print by Thomas Kelly. New-York Historical Society Library.