![The first colored senator and representatives - in the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States [1872] (Courtesy of the Library of Congress).](https://www.mtsuhistpres.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/African-American-Congressmen-LOC-Cropped.jpg)
The first colored senator and representatives – in the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States [1872] (Courtesy of the Library of Congress).
This year’s
Teaching with Primary Sources-MTSU Summer Institute looked at the post-Civil War decades in Tennessee by focusing on “Tennessee in the New South: Politics and Progressivism.” From June 14-16, teachers participated in a
hands-on workshop based in Murfreesboro, with a field trip to Fisk University in Nashville and a visit to Alexandria, where Fisk graduate W.E.B. DuBois once taught. Participants learned from scholars and fellow teachers throughout the institute. Attendees also delved into the primary sources to create a lesson activity to share with their students in the new school year. Attention was given to the Tennessee Social Studies standards for the New South period.