Unfiltered stories of Black resistance, erased heroes, and hidden truths. We connect the past to today’s fights so the next generation never has to ask “why didn’t they teach us this?”
We typically learn that the Great Migration was an economic story of Black Americans leaving the South to move up North to acquire better jobs. Which is true, however, it leaves out an important question. Why were six million people willing to leave home? Between 1910 and 1970, about six million Black Americans moved from the South to northern, midwestern and western states. The National Archives describes the Great Migration as one of the largest movements of people in Unite
The Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 were federal laws passed during Reconstruction to protect Black Americans’ constitutional rights after the Civil War.
Following the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan used violence and intimidation to prevent Black citizens from voting and participating in government. Local authorities often refused to intervene.
