The Afro-Cuban Community in Ybor City and Tampa,1886-1910
Nancy Raquel Mirabal

Defending the Home: Ossian Sweet and the Struggle Against Segregation in 1920s Detroit
Victoria W. Wolcott

Constructing a Life and a Community: A Partial Story of Maggie Lena Walker
Elsa Barkley Brown

Emancipation’s Impact on African-American Education
in Norfolk, Virginia, 1862-1880
Michael Hucles

FROM THE EDITOR

DIALOGUE
Using the Position Paper to Teach Higher-Level Thinking Skills in American History
William I. Mitchell

ON TEACHING
A Jigsaw Strategy: Teaching Opposing Viewpoints on the Ratification of the United States Constitution
A. Vincent Ciardiello

LESSON PLANS
Legacy for Learning: Jennie Dean and the Manassas Industrial School
Rita G. Koman

The Abolition of Slavery in the Western Hemisphere: Its Consequences for Africa
Edward Rossiter

HISTORY HEADLINES