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.
Can you solve the mystery of the Gordon Parks photo?
Given the stakes, why not give it a try? Start with this NPR article. Click the image below for the original challenge put out by the New York Times:
And click here to read Maurice Berger's original article about the 70 "missing" photos from Gordon Parks' "Segregation Series".
And finally, here is an excerpt from my conversation with Google's AI bot.