Monday, May 16

Today in class you got into groups for a super duper info exchange!! In case you have unresolved questions, please refer back to the "Story of the Movement" Page. I've also included a cornucopia of links below:

Tons-O-Video and Other Resources on the Stuff Your Researched and Talked About in Class!!

• Watts Riots, Newsreel
• Malcolm X, "Who Taught You to Hate Yourself?"
• Malcolm X Explains Black Nationalism
• Malcolm X, Brief Biography
• MLK in Chicago
• Detroit Race Riots, 1967
• MLK, "A Time to Break the Silence," Speech on Vietnam
• American Experience: Road to Memphis, The Search for the MLK Jr's Killer
• The Attica Prison Riot, Clip of "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe"

Remember, all this fun and games is in preparation for your PAPER 1R Test later this week:

To what extent did the methods and goals of the Civil Rights Movement shift significantly from the mid-1960’s onwards?

This is the prompt you will have for the #4 mini-essay. YOU MAY USE AN OUTLINE, ONE PAGE FRONT AND BACK on the day of the Paper 1.

B Period--FRIDAY

C Period--THURSDAY (second part of long block)

E Period--#1-3 on Thursday, #4 on Friday

G Period--#1-3 on Thursday, #4 on Friday

What Should Be in Your Notes: (I'll be collecting notebooks the day of your Paper 1)

• Civil Rights Movement Brainstorm

-How can we define the CRM? What people, events, ideas, etc... come to mind when you think of the CRM?

• Notes on the Murder of Emmett Till

-Writing Response: Why do you think the murder of Emmett Till is considered significant to the CRM?

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott

-What factors led to the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• School Integration, "Fighting Back" (1957-1962):

-The Autherine Lucy Case 1956

-Integration of Little Rock Central High School 1957-1959

-James Meredith Integrates Ole Miss 1962

• "Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)" Reading

Notes on Documents:

-Origin
-Purpose
-Message (summing up and choosing key excerpts from the source to share)

• "Ain't Scared of Your Jails" (1960-1961) Episode:

-The Nashville Sit-ins (1960)

-The Freedom Rides (1961)

• "No Easy Walk" (1961-1963) Reading:

-Why did the Albany Movement fail?

-Why was Birmingham chosen as the next location of the movement?

• "No Easy Walk" (1961-1963) Episode:

-Project "C" in Birmingham (1963)

-The March on Washington (August 1963)

• The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama

"Bridge to Freedom" (1965)

-"Bloody Sunday" (March 7)

-Second, unsuccessful march attempt (March 9)

-The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is proposed by President LBJ (March 15)

-Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery arrives at the capitol building (March 25)

-Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed into law (August 6)