Classroom Resources Presidential Election Results, 1789–2020 Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Introduction The Electoral College consists of 538 electors, who are representatives typically chosen by the candidate’s political party, though some state laws differ. Each state’s number of electors is based on its congressional...
History Now Essay Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington at the Tuskegee Institute, 1892: A Little-known Encounter Adele Alexander Featuring a passage from Adele Alexander’s book in progress, A Black Suffragist in the Jim Crow South: Adella Hunt Logan’s Epic Journey Author’s Introduction Most historians consider Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington the... Appears in: 50 | Frederick Douglass at 200 Winter 2018 57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020
Spotlight on: Primary Source George Wallace on segregation, 1964 Government and Civics In 1958, George Wallace ran against John Patterson in his first gubernatorial race. In that Alabama election, Wallace refused to make race an issue, and he declined the endorsement of the Ku Klux Klan. This move won Wallace the...
News Thirteenth Amendment Ratified: On This Day, 1865 On December 6, 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery, was ratified : Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall...