One Word Analysis (use one word to describe the picture) List the things you see in the picture.

2. Photograph Analysis • One Word Analysis (use one word to describe the picture) • List the things you see in the picture. • What do the people appear to be doing? • List two things you might infer from this picture. • List one question you have about this picture.

3. Jimmie Lee Jackson

4. Jimmie Lee Jackson • What was he doing when he was shot? • How many days did he live after he was attacked? • How old was he when he died? • Why did MLK, Jr. choose Selma? • Who was he marching with? • Why was MLK, Jr. not concerned about who murdered Jackson? • What did the SCLC brochure say about Jackson’s death?

5. Selma to Montgomery March Retrieved from: http://www.nps.gov/semo/historyculture/index.htm On March 7, 1965, when non-violent marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, law enforcement officers tear-gassed and beat them, stopping their procession. News media captured and broadcast worldwide this display of violence, heaped upon non-violent protesters. This event became known as “Bloody Sunday.” Outraged protesters from across the country joined the marchers for a subsequent five-day march that began in Selma on March 21, 1965, this time with state and federal law enforcement protection. The marchers traveled along U.S. Highway 80 in Dallas County, continued through Lowndes County and Montgomery County, and ended the five-day trek at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery. The Southern Christian leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organized the logistics for the march—providing food, water, sanitation, and other services for the marchers, who camped out along the way. Twenty-five thousand marchers concluded the historic march in Montgomery on March 25th. Many notable speakers addressed the crowd at a concluding rally near the capitol building. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered one of his most notable speeches at the rally. As a result of this historic event, the Voting Rights Act was passed on May 26, 1965. Historians view the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March as one of the last great grassroots campaigns for human rights and the summit of the modern civil rights movement that originated in the 1950s. The March and complementary events brought the issues associated with voting rights to the forefront of the United States political agenda and raised the nation’s consciousness about the struggle of African Americans for equal rights.

6. Why are these individuals marching? 2. In what state were they marching? 3. Where were they marching from? 4. Where were they marching to? 5. When did the first march take place? 6. What happened on the first attempt to march? 7. How many days did it take to march? 8. How were the marchers’ basic needs taken care of? 9. How many people participated in this march? 10. What was the result of their completed march?

9. 24th Amendment • The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. • OR (in other words) • NO MORE POLL TAX!!! Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Authorized Federal examiners to register qualified voters (black people were no longer dependent on local officials) • Suspended the practice of literacy tests • By the end of the year 250,000 black citizens had registered to vote.

11. Photograph Analysis • One Word Analysis (use one word to describe the picture) • List the things you see in the picture. • What do the people appear to be doing? • List two things you might infer from this picture. • List one question you have about this picture.