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Directions: Answer the questions below by going to the web sites indicated.
Using notebook paper, answer using COMPLETE SENTENCES. This will
count as a PROJECT grade. You may NOT work with a partner or in a group for
this assignment.
Note: If you cannot click on the web sites, press and hold "ctrl" while you click on
the link. This should open the page. If all else fails, copy and paste the link from this
page into the address bar in Firefox.
Site 1 - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html
2. In what case previous to this was it ruled that it was OK for black and white
students to be “separate but equal”? When was this case ruled?
3. When did the case finally end? What was the decision and what was the vote
tally of the Supreme Court judges?
Site 2 - http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks
Rosa Parks
4. What were some of the restrictions placed on black according to the
"Jim Crow" laws?
6. When did the US Supreme Court rule that bus segregation was
unconstitutional?
Medgar Evers
7. Why was Evers assassinated?
8. Who was his killer?
Malcolm X
11. What did the police say the cause of death of Malcolm X's father
was?
Site 5: http://teachrock.org/lesson/the-music-of-the-civil-rights-
movement/
14. What was the most famous song of the civil right movement?
18. What was one other song (choose one from the list) that was important
during the movement?
Site 6: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
19. What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
22. Who were two more important figures from the Civil
Rights Movement?
23. Person 1: what did they do that was important to the Civil Rights
Movement?
24. Person 2: what did they do that was important to the Civil Rights
Movement?
25. What was one more important event from the Civil Rights Movement
(choose from the list)?
26. Event: what was this event and why was it important to the Civil Rights
Movement?