American Lynching/Oregon Education

A Museum. A Memorial. A Message.

Montgomery, Alabama, is home to two new attractions focused on the history of racial terror. Share the lessons of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice with your students.

Issue 60, Fall 2018

Multimedia

The Origins of Lynching Culture in the United States

Paula Gidding, a professor of Africana studies at Smith College, discusses the history and origins of lynching.

Facing History and Ourselves

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

History

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Race & Ethnicity Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

November 3, 2015

Teaching “America’s National Crime”

Our new film and viewer’s guide offer educators the tools they need to teach honestly and effectively about lynching and the symbolic power of the noose.

November 15, 2017

It Happened Here

Duluth residents face the painful lessons of a 1920 lynching.

Issue 24, Fall 2003

Multimedia

An Outrage

An Outrage takes viewers to the very communities where heinous acts of violence took place, offering a painful look back at lives lost to lynching and a critical look forward.

Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

September 22, 2017

American Lynching/Oregon Education

A Museum. A Memorial. A Message.

The Origins of Lynching Culture in the United States

Teaching “America’s National Crime”

It Happened Here

An Outrage

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