You are responsible for knowing the following
Terms and Names: Thurgood Marshall, Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka Kansas,
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SLCC), Sit-In,
Freedom Riders, James Meredith, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Freedom Summer, Voting Rights Act of 1965,
de Facto Segregation, de Jure Segregation, Nation of Islam, Stokley Carmichael, Black Power,
Black Panthers, Kerner Commission, Pearsall Commission, Civil Rights Act of 1968, Affirmative Action,
Boycott, Confrontation, Discrimination, Plessy v. Ferguson, Integrate, Oppression, Emmet Till,
Greensboro Sit-In, Little Rock 9, Selma, AL, Montgomery, AL, Memphis, TN
Main Ideas:
1. How did the Montgomery Bus Boycott begin?
2. What was MLK's approach to gain equality for African Americans?
3. How were Malcolm X's approach toward equality different than that of MLK?
4. Think deeply, what challenges does the United States continue to face today in the area of Civil Rights?
Thinking Critically:
1. A civil rights activist once said, "You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea." How did the
civil rights movement prove this?
2. Many of you have written about your first day of school... Let's go back in time! You are member of the
Little Rock 9, write a journal entry about your first day of school.
3. Write down a list of Civil Rights achievements... Which one of the achievements do you consider is most
important? Explain.
Terms and Names: Thurgood Marshall, Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka Kansas,
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SLCC), Sit-In,
Freedom Riders, James Meredith, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Freedom Summer, Voting Rights Act of 1965,
de Facto Segregation, de Jure Segregation, Nation of Islam, Stokley Carmichael, Black Power,
Black Panthers, Kerner Commission, Pearsall Commission, Civil Rights Act of 1968, Affirmative Action,
Boycott, Confrontation, Discrimination, Plessy v. Ferguson, Integrate, Oppression, Emmet Till,
Greensboro Sit-In, Little Rock 9, Selma, AL, Montgomery, AL, Memphis, TN
Main Ideas:
1. How did the Montgomery Bus Boycott begin?
2. What was MLK's approach to gain equality for African Americans?
3. How were Malcolm X's approach toward equality different than that of MLK?
4. Think deeply, what challenges does the United States continue to face today in the area of Civil Rights?
Thinking Critically:
1. A civil rights activist once said, "You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea." How did the
civil rights movement prove this?
2. Many of you have written about your first day of school... Let's go back in time! You are member of the
Little Rock 9, write a journal entry about your first day of school.
3. Write down a list of Civil Rights achievements... Which one of the achievements do you consider is most
important? Explain.
Thanks to the miracle of the web, we are going to create our own civil rights museum using online resources.
****more information to come... stayed tuned****
exhibits often tell stories.... what will your exhibit say about the civil rights movement?
The integration of Ole' Miss
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