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Questions Eyes on the Prize
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Emmett Till Where was Emmett Till from? Where was Till visiting?
How old was Till? What did Till tell the white women in the store? Who was Till’s uncle? What magazine ran pictures of Till’s body?
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
7. What started the Montgomery Bus Boycott? 8. Who led the bus boycott? 9. How long did the boycott last?
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The Story of the Bus The bus was to be destroyed and dumped in the river. The company records were also to be destroyed and have indeed been lost.
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Saved from the River Roy “Hubert” Summerford bought 2 busses from the Montgomery Bus Lines One was bus #2857 which workers remembered as the one Jimmy Blake drove. The bus went to Summerford’s farm where it was used for storage for 30 years. Summerford told everyone that he had the Rosa Parks bus Hubert Summerford died in 1985
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Bus Rediscovered
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Bus Rediscovery
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Little Rock Central High School
10. When was the Little Rock Central High School integrated? 11. Who was the Governor of Arkansas? 12. How many African-American students went to Central? 13. Who was the first black student to graduate from Central?
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Forcing Change by Sitting
14. Who was the Mayor of Nashville during the sit-ins? 15. What does SNCC stand for? 16. What event prompted the mass march in Nashville?
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Albany Campaign 17. What was the spark that started the Albany campaign? 18. Why was Dr. King and SCLC invited to Albany? 19. Who was Albany's Chief of Police? 20. Why was Dr. King released from jail before his sentence was served?
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SNCC - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Students members Tended to be more aggressive SCLC – Southern Christian Leadership Conference Church leaders Tended to be better organized Had more high profile leaders – Martin L. King
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Segregation Forever 21. Who was the Governor of Alabama in 1963? 22. Who were most of the marchers in Birmingham? 23. Where did Martin Luther King give his “I have a Dream” speech? 24. Who had to change their speech?
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Medger Evers to Selma 25. What happened to M. Evers? 26. Where did the CORE workers disappear? 27. What did the people of Selma want? 28. Who led the marchers across the bridge? 29. What did SCLC propose in response to Jimmy Lee Jackson's death? 30. What bridge led out of Selma?
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