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Jim Crow Gateway
Brownsville Incident Web sites
Web site Evaluators
Robert W. Dakin - Claremont Middle School, New Hampshire
Molly J. Henrikson - Campolindo High School, California
Cathy Richarde - Holland Hall School, Oklahoma
Frank Sanchez - Florence M Gaudineer Middle School, New Jersey
Kathryn C. Sansbury - Wake Forest-Rolesville High School, North Carolina
Web site Reviewer and Compiler
Tori Austin - Education Service Center, Texas
Barbara Slater Stern - James Madison University, Virginia
Site Ratings
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2 = Fair |
3 = Good |
4 = Excellent |
Brownsville
http://1912.history.ohio-state.edu/race/brownsvi.htm
This outstanding site contains text and a political cartoon (interpreted) about the Brownsville Affair and Teddy Roosevelt's response to this event. The links take you back to a general site on Jim Crow and race relations that is set up hierarchically and is easy to understand. This site is a resource for both teachers and students but it is clear that the cartoon, etc. is at a late middle school or high school level.
Overall Rating: 4
150 Years of the Savannah Morning News
http://savannahnow.com/features/150years/1900race.shtml
The site provides a "timeline of major racial conflicts" and links to archived articles and photographs from the Savannah Morning News publication. The timeline and related articles paint a picture of the "role of a southern newspaper during the violent outbreaks", one of which is the Brownsville Incident, resulting from segregation as well as photos of peaceful demonstrations and candlelight vigils. The primary source materials are valuable and can be used to "illustrate the unfair situation African Americans faced." While the site is full of educational potential, it is not an educational site, and students can easily link to sites containing inappropriate content. Therefore, students utilizing this site need to be closely monitored.
Overall Rating: 3
Jim Crow and T. R.: The Brownsville Incident
http://www.ukans.edu/~libsite/hughes/19990201.mil/msg00150.html
This text-based site appears to be part of a larger work that includes Internet discussion of some sort. It might be helpful for students completing a WebQuest but beyond that is not useful to students or teachers. At least the information puts a "human face" on the incident that many encyclopedias are missing.
Overall Rating: 2
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