Deep Ellum: Portrait of a Community - DO NOT EDIT
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Author: Elizabeth Barnes
This lesson gives an in-depth look at how an 1930's WPA historian characterized the segregated community of Deep Ellum. Students are asked to analyze the reading and make connections to their own time.
Keywords: Dallas; segregation; Jim Crow; Deep Ellum; local history; Great Depression; WPA;
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Deep Ellum: Portrait of a Community Lesson Introduction
(2019)This lesson gives an in-depth look at how an 1930's WPA historian characterized the segregated community of Deep Ellum. Students are asked to analyze the reading and make connections to their own time. -
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