(
Towards Racial Equality: Harper's Weekly Reports On Black America, 1857-1874
).DISCUSSION TOPIC: HARPER'S RECONSTRUCTION
THE MISSION
The purpose of this small exercise is to use the popular American periodical Harper's Weekly to explore American race relations and politics in the decade following the Civil War.
THE TASK
1.
Read the articles and look in at the illustrations included at
(
Towards Racial Equality: Harper's Weekly Reports On Black America, 1857-1874
).
2. Browse in one or more of the following other Harper's Weekly primary source collections:
