2. CLASSIFIED CASE FILE The Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Era marked a period of unprecedented energy against the second class citizenship accorded to African Americans in many parts of the nation.

4. Detective Log

5. Document A Refer to Primary Source Packet Brown v. Board of Education, U. S. Supreme Court Case, 1954

6. Document B Refer to Primary Source Packet The Arrest of Rosa Parks, National Archives, 1955

7. Document C Refer to Primary Source Packet “The Greensboro Sit In,” The Greensboro Review, February 2, 1960.

8. Document D Refer to Primary Source Packet March on Washington in August 1963, National Archives

9. Document C Refer to Primary Source Packet Excerpt from a speech given by Malcolm X, New York City, November 1963.

10. Document E Refer to Primary Source Packet Excerpt from the Civil Rights Act of 1964, National Archives

11. Questions to Consider  What questions did you ask while evaluating these sources?  On what points do the accounts agree?  On what points do the accounts differ?  Which of these sources aligns most closely with what you already knew about the Civil Rights Movement? Please explain?  Which of these sources is most reliable in determining what events of the Civil Rights Movement? Why do you think so?  If you were asked to write your own historical account of the events during the Civil Rights Era, how would you go about doing so?

12. Cracking the Case Based on your analysis of the documents, write a one-page summary, which answers the following questions: Based on the documents analyzed, what was the outcome of the Civil Rights Movement? What form of protest proved to be effective to achieve a change in the manner in which African Americans were treated? Should the case be closed? In other words, are you satisfied the efforts and the results of the Civil Rights Movement? Are there any additional questions that have been left unanswered through your investigation and in your own opinion?