Part of a Pullman porter's job was to make up the sleeping berths in his assigned sleeping car, a
Grade Range: 4-12
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Lessons & Activities
Date Posted: 7/7/2008
In this classroom activity, students will identify and discuss the condition and aspirations of free African Americans in the years following the Civil War, identify the social factors that led to the rise of Jim Crow segregation and evaluate the effects of segregation. This lesson is part of the online exhibition entitled Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education.