I. CIVIL RIGHT LEADERS ENCOURAGED VOTER REGISTRATION
A. The deep South
1. The deep South had become notorious because of
its history...
2. Mississippi was known as the stronghold of...
3. Citizens here had been shot, set upon by
vicious dogs, beaten and otherwise
terrorized because they
sought...
4. Federal troops are sent to Oxford, Mississippi
in the Fall of 1962 to protect
James
Meredith,...
5. In June of 1963, NAACP leader Medgar
Evers was shot to death in Jackson as..
6. These violent attacks discouraged many from...
7. Fannie Lou
Hamer was a perfect example of this devotion to continue the cause.
II. CIVIL RIGHTS
LEADERS RECRUITED VOLUNTEERS IN MISSISSIPPI
A. Volunteers
1. Fannie Lou Hamer and others knew that gains
would not be made unless...
2. They formed the_________________________- a
project to recruit a large number of
white volunteers.
3. In 1964, three Civil Rights workers (______________________)
are released from
jail late one night.
They are followed home.
4. Members of the KKK,
including law enforcement personnel...
5. Their killers were never tried on state murder
charges.
6. The program continued despite the murders and
created a very successful program
called_______________________.
7. These schools developed new techniques to
improve________________________ of
black children.
III. CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS FORMED THEIR OWN POLITICAL PARTY
A. Political Party
1. Preparing for the 1964 Democratic National
Convention, Civil Rights workers
organized the_____________________________________(MFDP).
2. The MFDP challenge led to political changes.
Black delegates...
3. SNCC organizer Stokely
Carmichael agreed that black political organization was
needed. He and
others created the__________________________________
______________________________________________ the Black Panther.
4. The Black
Panther reflected the new sense of...
IV. KING CONCENTRATED ON THE VOTING RIGHTS ISSUE IN 1965
A. The Voting Rights issue
1. King and other SCLC representatives began a
new voting rights campaign in...
2. Early in March, SCLC leaders announced plans
for a march from Selma ...
3. King was away on another demonstration as
protestors left Selma on the afternoon
of March 7th.
4. On Pettus Bridge, on
the outskirts of Selma, police on horseback and standing club
to club used...
5. ____________ and______________crews recorded
the entire incident for a National audience.
6. SNCC chairperson,___________________, suffered
a fractured skull.
7. News accounts of the attack at Pettus Bridge
referred to it as "Bloody Sunday".
8. On March 10th another protest movement set out
once again with hopes of crossing
Pettus Bridge.
9. Once again they were met with police brutality
and a...
10. This outraged the Nation and eventually led to
the________________________ which
empowered the Federal
government to...