A Time for Justice Video

Viewing Guide

Movie Quote – “In ______a movement spread across the South and changed America forever. It was called a ______revolution, but in the struggle people died.”

Movie Quote – “In the 1950’s the average income of an African American in Mississippi was ______a year. Denied the right to ______, they had been written out of the political system, denied an ______. They had been left to do a white man’s work at a ______wages.

Movie Quote – “When you have been ______something so long whether it’s right or not you begin to feel like it’s ______.”

Money, Mississippi – Summer of ______

  1. Who was Emmett Till?
  1. Why did Emmett’s mother request his casket stay open?
  1. How did the all white jury rule in the Emmett Till case and how long did it take them to decide?

Montgomery, Alabama

  1. At what event were African Americans especially angry that led them to meet at a Baptist church in Montgomery, AL?
  1. On December 5, 1955, who was chosen to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Movie Quote – “I ain’t getting on till ______gets off!”

  1. How many days did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last (almost bankrupting the bus line)?

Little Rock, Arkansas – September ______, ______

  1. How many African American students were kept from entering Park Hill High School by the Arkansas National Guard and an angry mob?
  1. When did Dwight D. Eisenhower send the 101st airborne division to Little Rock to enforce the Supreme Court’s decision outlawing segregation in public school?

Movie Quote – “Everyday was like going to ______.”

Freedom riders

  1. Who were the Freedom Riders?
  1. What happened to the Freedom Riders in the Carolinas?

·  Deep South?

Movie Quote – “Our bodies became living ______to the cause of human ______.”

  1. What event occurred on Sunday morning at the Birmingham 16th Street Baptist Church that made white American realize the hate that African Americans faced in their struggle for civil rights?
  1. For what reason were the three voter registration workers put in jail in Neshoba County, Mississippi?
  1. During the process of looking for the three voter registration workers’ bodies, what did the authorities find?
  1. What was ‘Bloody Sunday’?