Ku Klux Klan Marching through Downtown Wooster
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Racism; White supremacy movements--United States
This image depicts the Ku Klux Klan marching through downtown Wooster. Segregation and overt racism is often thought to be a southern matter throughout the twentieth century, however that is not the case. By the early 1950’s, school segregation was prohibited by law in Ohio. That does not mean that racism and other forms of segregation did not have a large presence in Ohio. Sit-in that were happening in Chicago and Bus Boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama showed that resistance segregation was alive and well. Along side this resistance, were the powers that were attempting to put down these resistances. The Ku Klux Klan would become the largest and most wide spread hate group toward African Americans in the United States.
Use Ohio Social Studies Standard for High School American History 28 (Following World War II, the United States experienced a struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil rights) for integration into classroom.
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Wayne County: A Pictorial History
Spectrum Publications
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Wooster, Ohio; Wayne County, Ohio
Wooster Brush Company- 1910
Manufacture; Paintbrushes; Industrial revolution--United States
This image from 1910 of the Wooster Brush Company, founded in 1851 by Adam Foss, shows the new building that was built in 1909, which is still the Wooster Brush Company’s headquarters today. The Wooster Brush Company originally was a door-to-door selling company, but would come to evolve to have over 500 employees and become an integral part of not only the painting community, but the Wayne County community.
The industrial boom that was occurring at the turn of the twentieth century would give many people a higher standard of living, both by creating more factory and industrial jobs and also freeing many workers from the back-breaking work that was required before mechanization. In addition, many industrialists attempted to build their businesses as big as they could, rapidly expanding their business, as the Wooster Brush Company did with their new building in 1909. The expansion of industry would lead to people moving into cities and larger towns, or urbanization. The city of Wooster would flourish as many new companies, including the Wooster Brush Company would expand and need more workers during the industrial boom at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Use Ohio Social Studies Standard for American History 10 (The rise of corporations, heavy industry, mechanized farming and technological innovations transformed the American economy from an agrarian to an increasingly urban industrial society) for integration into the classroom.
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Wayne County: A Pictorial History
Spectrum Publication
1910
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Wooster, Ohio