This option is more condensed and focuses solely on the events of 1920, without including the 2020 pardon work. This approach provides substantial information about the lynchings, and allows for student engagement through completing and presenting an assignment to the class. Educators can also expand Option B by including some of the additional materials listed in Option A in their daily plan.
Day 1
1. Review the list of Who’s Who
Approx. Time: 5 minutes
2. Review the video of Jerry Blackwell introducing the history of the Duluth lynchings, which includes the CBS Minnesota/WCCO media clip: “Minnesota’s First Posthumous Pardon Granted to Black Man, Max Mason, Convicted in Century-Old Duluth Case”
Approx. Time: 25 minutes
3. Review media coverage regarding the 100-year anniversary of the lynchings
Article: “On June 15, 1920, a Duluth mob lynched three black men,” by Tina Burnside | July 29, 2019
Approx. Time: 5 minutes
Article: “Centennial remembrance of Duluth lynchings subdued - but hopeful,” by Dan Kraker | June 15, 2020
Approx. Time: 10 minutes
(Optional) Video: “Minnesota governor marks 100th anniversary of Duluth lynching” | Nation June 15, 2020
DULUTH, Minn. — watch Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s remarks marking the 100th anniversary of a painful chapter in Duluth history by visiting a memorial to three black men lynched by a white mob.
Approx. Time: 23 minutes
4. (Optional) Consider one or more discussion questions from the Discussion Questions document for class discussion or student reflection.
Approx. Time: 20 minutes
Day 2
5. Review the History Center information on their website regarding the lynchings, legal proceedings, and incarcerations
https://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/lynchings.php
https://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/legal.php
https://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/incarcerations.php
Approx. Time: 30 minutes
6. Consider assignments 1, 3, 4, and 5 from the Suggested Student Projects
Choose one of the assignments and work on drafting.
(Optional – record your presentation)
7. (Optional) Consider one or more discussion questions from the Discussion Questions document for class discussion or student reflection.
Approx. Time: 20 minutes
Day 3
8. Present your assignment in class
9. Class discussion: use the proposed discussion questions from the Discussion Questions document as possible discussion points.