The Civil Rights Movement

Internet Fact-Finding Activity

 

 

 

http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/montbus.html

  1. List two events leading to the Montgomery bus boycott that preceded Rosa Park’s historic arrest.
  2. What are three ways opponents tried to break up the Montgomery bus boycott?

 

http://home.att.net/~reniqua/who.htm

Read about the people who contributed to the Montgomery bus boycott.  Imagine you were going to do a more in-depth report on one of them.  Who would you choose?  Why?

 

http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/crt/voting.htm

  1. What did the Voting Right Act of 1965 prohibit?
  2. How many African-Americans were registered to vote in Mississippi in 1960?  In 1966?  What is the mathematical difference between these two numbers?

 

http://www.mecca.org/~crights/freedom.html

What did the Freedon Riders want to show to the public?

 

http://www.holidays.net/mlk/story.htm

  1. Who are some of the people who influenced Dr. King?
  2. In what year did Dr. King win the Nobel Peace Prize?
  3. What main message did Dr. King deliver in his final speech on April 3rd, 1968?

 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/

  1. Click on « In His Voice » and choose one speech to listen to.  What feelings arise from listening to Dr. King’s voice?
  2. Click on « Photo Gallery » and look at the photos from 1963-1965.  What main idea do you see running through these pictures?

 

This exercise was taken in the Teacher’s Edition of Scope Magazine, January 10, 2003.  Reproduced for classroom use with permission.