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Free at LastCivil Rights in the USA

1918-1968

Workbook 4 – By Any Means Necessary

(N4)Lesson 15 – March from Selma to MontgomeryStarter – How fully does Source A describe the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 promised much on voting equality, on employment equality but were poorly enforced or ignored. In fact the acts did not end racism and discrimination. The Ku Klux Klan, often helped by the police, used terror against any black person who tried to use the freedoms that the act was supposed to guarantee.

The source gives a partial description of ... _____________________________________________________________________The source mentions... _____________________________________________________________________which means that... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________However, the source fails to mention that... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 1 – What was the purpose of the march?

The march aimed to... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 2 – Why did Martin Luther King pick Selma as the starting point of the march?

Selma was chosen because... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 3 – Describe the 3 main stages of the March from Selma to Montgomery.

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Bloody Sunday

Task 4 - Select two ways in which the March from Selma to Montgomery helped the Civil Rights movement.

1)_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2)_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Lesson 16 – Black Power

Task 1 – How fully does Source A describe Martin Luther King's beliefs about Civil Rights?

Source A – Martin Luther King

If you will protest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love, when the history books are written in future generations, the historians will have to pause and say, "There lived a great people- a black people - who injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization.”

The source gives a partial description of ... _____________________________________________________________________The source mentions... _____________________________________________________________________which means

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that... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________However, the source fails to mention that... ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 2 - Explain why many ordinary black Americans stopped supporting Martin Luther King and his Civil Rights campaign.

One reason why Martin Luther King lost support was... __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In addition... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 3 - What do the quotes in Sources 3-5 show us about the beliefs of the Black Power movement?

Source 3 This shows us that...

Source 4 This shows us that...

Source 5 This shows us that...

Task 4- Design a poster for the Black Panthers. You will need a slogan and a list of demands.

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Task 5 - Write an obituary for Malcolm X. It should sum up his life story, his beliefs and his contribution to the civil rights movement. Include a powerful headline.

Details of his life ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____Beliefs___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ___Contribution_______________________________________ ______________________________________________________ _

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Headline;

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Quote;

Task 6 – Evaluate the usefulness of Source A as evidence of the Black Power campaign.

Source A was written in 1968, by John Carlos, a black athlete.

“We first tried to have a boycott but not everyone was down with that plan. A lot of athletes thought that winning medals would protect them from racism. But even if you won the medal, it ain't going to save your momma. It ain't going to save your sister or children. It might give you fifteen minutes of fame, but what about the rest of your life?”

The source was written in 1968 so... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The source contains accurate information, such as... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The source is less useful as it leaves out key information such as, _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 7 - Sum up the impact of Black Power

Impact 1 Impact 2

Impact 3 Impact 4

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Lesson 17 –The Ghetto Riots

Task 1 – Take a note of the causes and events of each of the main riots.

Name of city Cause of riot and description

New York

Detroit

Chicago

Los Angeles

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I can describe the race riots of the 1960s.

I can explain why they happened.

I can assess the importance of the Kerner Commission.

Task 2 – Complete a spider diagram to show the main causes of the riots across America.

Causes of the US Riots

Task 3 - How fully does Source B explain the causes of the US city riots?

Source B is from a TV interview with Nathan Hampton, a Black American who lived in a US ghetto.

We were trapped in the ghetto. We had low paid jobs so that meant poor houses. We had bad schools that meant that we got no education. We had drugs messin’ up our kids. By fighting back we felt that we had finally gotten the White community to listen to some of our concerns that we had been talking about for years.

The source gives a partial description of ... _____________________________________________________________________The source mentions... _____________________________________________________________________which means that... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________However, the source fails to mention that... ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 4 -Explain why President Johnson set up the Kerner Commission.

President Johnson set up the Kerner Commission to... _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 5 - Describe the findings of the Kerner Report.

The report found that...

1)______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2)_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Lesson 18 – Free at Last?

Starter - Put these factors on to the triangle in order of importance in helping to gain Civil Rights.

Martin Luther King Black Panthers US government Malcolm X Students

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I can assess the contribution of Martin Luther King to the civil rights movement.

I can describe what had been achieved by the civil rights movement by 1968.

I can examine the extent to which black Americans were ‘Free at Last’ by 1968.

Justify your decision.

I thought _____________________________________________________________________was the most important because... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 1– Are African Americans Free at Last?

Yes No

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Conclusion

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