Civil+Rights+Exploration

Today you are going to explore a little about organized marches that helped forward the Civil Rights movement during the 1960s. First read this section from on online textbook and try to answer the following questions:


 * Who led and participated in the marches?
 * Why did the marches take place?
 * How did people react to the marches?
 * What did the marches accomplish?

Now that you have answered those questions-- consider these questions about sources of information you may use in your learning:


 * What kind of a source is a textbook -- primary or secondary?
 * What are possible benefits of secondary sources?
 * What are potential drawbacks?

Now select one of these three front page newspaper articles to read from the time the marches took

[|March 8, 1965:] Reporting on Bloody Sunday, the Selma march beaten back by Alabama state troopers

[|March 10, 1965:]  Reporting on “Turnaround Tuesday,” the Selma march stopped by a federal injunction

[|March 26, 1965:]  Reporting on the successful march from Selma to Montgomery


 * What can you learn about the Selma to Montgomery marches from these front pages?
 * What evidence supports your observation or analysis?
 * What more can you find?