The Civil Rights movement
Click here to view the Civil Rights Time Line. Read the time line then answer the following questions. Create a new tab in your live binder called The Civil Rights Movement and post the answers/pictures there.
1. Who is the nation's first black Supreme Court justice? Answer the question, then locate a picture of this individual and post it to your live binder in the new tab you created.
2. Why was 14 year-old Emmit Till beaten and killed?
3. What happened to the men who killed him? Why?
4. What was the effect of Rosa Parks not giving up her seat on the bus?
5. What are the two basic principles of the SCLC?
6. What event causes President Kennedy to send in 5000 federal troops? Answer the question, then locate a picture of this individual (at the time of the event) and post it to your live binder in the new tab you created.
7. Respond the Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail". What are your thoughts, feelings?
8. Briefly describe the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
9. Who were the Black panthers?
10. Who murdered Martin Luther King? Answer the question, then locate a picture of this individual and post it to your live binder in the new tab you created.
11. Research some quotes from Martin Luther King. Choose 2 quotes and explain the quote, tell why you chose it, and tell why it might have been fitting during the Civil Rights Movement.
After doing this research, this is the perfect opportunity for you to respond to the Civil Rights blog post. *Hint-Hint*
1. Who is the nation's first black Supreme Court justice? Answer the question, then locate a picture of this individual and post it to your live binder in the new tab you created.
2. Why was 14 year-old Emmit Till beaten and killed?
3. What happened to the men who killed him? Why?
4. What was the effect of Rosa Parks not giving up her seat on the bus?
5. What are the two basic principles of the SCLC?
6. What event causes President Kennedy to send in 5000 federal troops? Answer the question, then locate a picture of this individual (at the time of the event) and post it to your live binder in the new tab you created.
7. Respond the Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail". What are your thoughts, feelings?
8. Briefly describe the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
9. Who were the Black panthers?
10. Who murdered Martin Luther King? Answer the question, then locate a picture of this individual and post it to your live binder in the new tab you created.
11. Research some quotes from Martin Luther King. Choose 2 quotes and explain the quote, tell why you chose it, and tell why it might have been fitting during the Civil Rights Movement.
After doing this research, this is the perfect opportunity for you to respond to the Civil Rights blog post. *Hint-Hint*