Milestones in the Civil Rights Movement

Milestones in the Civil Rights Movement

1954-1968 Name ______

You will research and write a one to two page informational article on the topic you have been assigned. The article must include at least one quote (correctly cited) and at least two sources for your Works Cited (Wikipedia is not an acceptable option). Once completed, we will begin working on your 3-5 minute documentary.

1.  Ku Klux Klan - 1920s through 1950s - ELI

2.  Jim Crow Laws – late 1800s through 1950s - JACK

3.  Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka – 1954 - DANIEL

4.  Civil Rights martyrs (Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, Jimmy Jackson, James Reeb, etc) – 1955-1965 - ROSE

5.  Rosa Parks – 1955 - CATE

6.  Montgomery Bus Boycott – 1955-1956 - DANNY

7.  Integration Attempts at various universities (University of Alabama – 1956; Ole Miss – 1962 University of Mississippi – 1962, etc.)

8.  Little Rock Nine – 1957

9.  Woolworth’s Lunch Counter Sit-in – 1960 - EMMA

10.  Ruby Bridges – 1960 - MORGAN

11.  Freedom Riders – 1961 - ISABELLA

12.  Children’s March - D-Day and Double D-Day, May 2 and 3, 1963 in Birmingham - ELLIE

13.  March on Washington and “I Have A Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1963 - LUCIE

14.  Sunday School Bombing – 1963 - PIERCE

15.  Martin Luther King, Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize - CHIARA

16.  Malcolm X’s assassination – 1965 - LIZZY

17.  Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 – 1965 - KAYLA

18.  Watts Riot – 1965 - JUSTIN

19.  Black Panthers – 1966 - LEXI

20.  Bloody Sunday – March 7, 1965 in Selma, Alabama and Selma-Montgomery March – 1965 - NOELLE

21.  “I Have Been to the Mountaintop” speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. – 1968 - ABBY

22.  Assassination of Malcolm X and MLK, Jr. – 1965/1968 - ALEXANDER

23.  Olympics Black Power – October 16, 1968 - CONSTANTINE