Identity Theft: Enslavement and the Power of (re)Naming
Question of the Hour:
What role does identity play in the history of enslavement and reconstruction?
Identity Theft - Enslavement and the Power of (re)Naming
Freedman and the Battle of Reconstruction
Identity Hackers - Black Codes/Jim Crow
Civil War Amendments:
13th Amentment (1865) - abolish slavery (exception clause)
14th Amentment (1868) - citizenship, equal rights, legal rights
15th Amentment (1870) - guaranteed African American men the right to vote
Episode giveaways:
- Defining Freedom Part 1
https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/video/part-one-world-war-made - Defining Freedom Part 2
https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/video/part-two-defining-freedom - Melissa Harris-Perry Interview April 2013:
Tarikuwa Lemma adopted at age 13 from Ethiopia and struggled through two failed adoptions in the United States. Stripped of her Ethiopian name and language.
https://youtu.be/Bd4ip-2A5J8
