This is an ANONYMOUS survey, so feel free to be as honest as possible. This will make more sense once you have seen the assessment for John Dolan, the young Freedom Rider working with CORE.
We will go over this packet during class. Click here to see the sources in a larger format.
Please fill out the following note-taking guide thoroughly as you may be asked to annotate a specific set of slides after we complete the presentation:
Think about the "bump back" mentioned in Ellison's Invisible Man. What then were the proximate causes of the legislative/policy changes enacted in and by the United States during the the mid-1960s? As you watch the film, Eyes on the Prize: "Ain't Scared of Your Jails" (linked below), fill in the study guide with specific details from each technique used by activists:
- FILM: click here to watch (no need to download)
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STUDY GUIDE:
- TRANSCRIPT:
In order to better understand the ultimate factors (long-term causes) leading to civil rights, please watch the first episode of the legendary documentary, Eyes on the Prize and fill out the guide below.
Your assignment: choose two actions in the song lyrics that are "agin'st the law" and explain how they are technically illegal in the Jim Crow South.
