Achieving Equality?

Explain the purpose of the Civil War Amendments; evaluate their impact on African American communities

Learning Activities

The learning activities for this section include:

  • Reading: Civil War Amendments and African Americans
  • Video: The Racism of the U.S. Justice System in 10 Charts
  • Reading: The Case for Reparations
  • Reading: The Use of Force Continuum: Police, Power, and Prejudice
  • Reading: Vox Cards: The 2014 Ferguson Protests
  • Reading: Urban Policing, without Brutality
  • Video: The Future of Race in America
  • Video: The Charleston Shooting

Take time to review and reflect on these activities in order to improve your performance on the assessment for this section.