April 8-9

EQ:
To what extent was the civil rights movement effective in defeating de facto and de jure segregation?

CW:
1963 con't
Medgar Evers in Jackson, MS--clip from 1960s DVD
Governor Wallace's stand at the schoolhouse door in Alabama--1960s DVD
Medgar Evers murdered-June 11, 1963
JFK's speech on civil rights--1960s DVD 
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Aug. 28, 1963--March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom--7th anniversary of the murder of Emmett Till
goals of the March on Washington
complete text of the speech 
video clips from The March
18 Days later--
Sept. 15, 1963--16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham
4 Little Girls--victims
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1964:
video clip from King in the Wilderness on FBI surveillance (54:00--59:00)
FBI letter sent to Dr. King's home
Freedom Summer Project in Mississippi
June 22, 1964 disappearance/murder of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney
(clip from 1960s DVD--51:18--)
 video clips from Freedom Summer DVD 
1. discuss VEP from Civil Rights documents 
2. MS prepares for invasion/training of FS volunteers (31:06--40:42)

video clip: July 2, 1964--Civil Rights Act signed into law--view document

3. volunteers leave for MS and start their work--FS DVD
(46:48--56:00)
video clip: Dave Dennis speech at JE Chaney's funeral and the trial of Edgar Ray Killen
video clip: Fannie Lou Hamer's speech at the DNC

HW:
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