The 1919 Race Riots: A Digital Collection for the Classroom
The 1919 Race Riots: A Digital Collection for the Classroom
by Megan Geigner, PhD, U.S. Naval Academy
The Newberry's Digital Collections for the Classroom are educational resources designed for teachers and students. Each collection features primary sources from the Newberry's holdings, contextual essays, and discussion questions. Collections cover a broad range of topics including the 1893 World's Fair, Chicago's local history, the Great Migration, women's history in the U.S. and Europe, the visual cultures of American wars, maps as primary sources, Shakespeare's plays, and depictions of Native Americans in archival materials.