Intro: watch before starting the assignment (due next class):
If you need access to the primary source materials, please see below and/or click here:
Eyes on the Prize: "Ain't Scared of Your Jails"
Think about the "bump back" mentioned in Ellison's Invisible Man. What were the proximate causes of the legislative changes the United States enacted in the the mid-1960s? As you watch the film, Eyes on the Prize: "Ain't Scared of Your Jails" (linked below), fill in the study guide with specific details from each technique used by activists:
- FILM: click here to watch (no need to download)
- STUDY GUIDE:
- TRANSCRIPT:
Adam Ruins the Suburbs
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Click here to watch the video, if you missed class.
Ultimate Causes of the Civil Rights Movement: AWAKENINGS
In order to better understand the ultimate factors (long-term causes) leading to civil rights, please watch the first episode of the legendary documentary, Eyes on the Prize and fill out the guide below.
Gordon Parks, Segregation Series
"Agin'st the Law"??
Your assignment: choose two actions in the song lyrics that are "agin'st the law" and explain how they are technically or actually illegal in the Jim Crow South. Some of these may constitute violating folkways, mores, or taboos (norms) rather than the breaking a written piece of legislation.