Eyes on the Prize –Episode 1: Awakenings (1954-1956)

  1. What is the name of the system that kept blacks and whites apart?
  2. What group used terror to uphold segregation?
  3. What event impacted African Americans to fight for their civil rights?
  4. What were the first cases the NAACP brought before the Supreme Court?
  5. What did the Supreme Court rule in Brown v. the Board of Education?
  6. What statement did the Brown decision send to African Americans?
  7. What did Emmitt Till allegedly say to the white woman at the store?
  8. Why did Emmitt Till’s mother give him an open casket funeral?
  9. What verdict did the jury reach in the Emmitt Till case?
  10. What incident occurred in Montgomery, Alabama 3 months later?
  11. Originally, how long was the bus boycott to last?
  12. Why was Martin Luther King Chosen to lead the boycott?
  13. What was the mission of the White Citizens Council?
  14. What was happening in other southern cities as a result of the Montgomery boycott?
  15. How long did the bus boycott last?
  16. What happened to end the deadlock?

Eyes on the Prize –Episode 1: Awakenings (1954-1956)

  1. What is the name of the system that kept blacks and whites apart?
  2. What group used terror to uphold segregation?
  3. What event impacted African Americans to fight for their civil rights?
  4. What were the first cases the NAACP brought before the Supreme Court?
  5. What did the Supreme Court rule in Brown v. the Board of Education?
  6. What statement did the Brown decision send to African Americans?
  7. What did Emmitt Till allegedly say to the white woman at the store?
  8. Why did Emmitt Till’s mother give him an open casket funeral?
  9. What verdict did the jury reach in the Emmitt Till case?
  10. What incident occurred in Montgomery, Alabama 3 months later?
  11. Originally, how long was the bus boycott to last?
  12. Why was Martin Luther King Chosen to lead the boycott?
  13. What was the mission of the White Citizens Council?
  14. What was happening in other southern cities as a result of the Montgomery boycott?
  15. How long did the bus boycott last?
  16. What happened to end the deadlock?