Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Civil Rights, II (895-898, 903-906 and Southern Manifesto


FYC:

  1. What was the goal of the Freedom Riders? What happened to the first group near Anniston, Alabama?
  2. Who was James Meredith?
  3. What effect did the Birmingham campaign, and the news coverage of it in particular, have on the nation?
  4. Define: The Civil Rights act of 1964 (898-900)
  5. Define: The Voting Rights act of 1965
  6. What happened to the Civil Rights Movement after 1965? (Long question.)
Southern Manifesto:
  1. How do the Southern politicians frame their argument against Brown? Where have you seen this type of language before? 
  2. What are they worried about?
  3. How do they defend segregation?
  4. What historical claims do they make?

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