Primary source materials are essential in teaching children how to think like a historian. These materials make them think about their place in time and compare it to other places in time. I showed these images to my students before I introduced the term "inequality" and they were all over it. They knew about this dark part of American history but when they saw the actual images, it spawned a lot of talk about inequity and the civil rights movement. - California Classroom teacher

The images were captivating.