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Examine both documents, then answer questions in the Learning Guide below. Protection of American Citizens Pamphlet - "The Black Laws" by Bishop B. W. Arnett Mob-violence and Anarchy, North and South Pamphlet - "Lynch Laws in Georgia" by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Learning Guide

Answer the following questions about the documents above. You may want to examine the full text as well as the excerpt.

Protection of American Citizens Pamphlet - "The Black Laws" by Bishop B. W. Arnett

1. What occurred when federal enforcement of the 14th Amendment stopped in 1877?
2. Name three significant accomplishments of Bishop B. W. Arnett.

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Mob-violence and Anarchy, North and South Pamphlet - "Lynch Laws in Georgia" by Ida B. Wells-Barnes

1. Name three offenses for which African Americans were lynched.
2. What was the real purpose of the savage demonstrations toward Negroes?
3. For what is Ida B. Wells best known?
4. In the photograph of George Meadows, the tile given to him, "murderer and rapist," is significant because. . .

Full text of "Lynch Laws in Georgia"