Week 8 Eyes On The Prize II

Week 8 Eyes On The Prize II Guided Screening Notes

AAS 27100: Introduction to African American Studies Eyes on the Prize II Guided Screening Notes

Due: Friday, March 13, 2020 by 11:59 PM to Blackboard

Instructions: As you watch Eyes on the Prize II, type your answers to each of the questions using complete sentences in the space provided below.

1. Describe the rivalry between the ministers of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the young organizers of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). What event exemplified the first combined effort between the SCLC and SNCC? (2pts.)

2. Describe the Teacher’s March in Selma, Alabama, the event that led to it, and the impact it had on other Black protestors in the Selma community? List the names of at least two people who participated in the march according to film interviews. (2pts.)

3. Describe the march in Marion, Alabama and what happened during the march in Marion to escalate protests and campaigns in Selma, Alabama. What was the response of the Black community to the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson? (2pts.)

4. When was “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama? What happened for this day to be named “Bloody Sunday”? (2pts.)

5. List two additional points of contention or disagreements between SNCC and the SCLA during the events after “Bloody Sunday” and between Lyndon B. Johnson’s signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965. (2pts.)

6. Who was the Rev. James Reed, and what was the controversary surrounding his death and its relationship to the civil rights movement in Selma? (2pts.)

7. Describe the march to Montgomery on March 21, 1965 and how SNCC organized during the march? List at least two individuals, other than Martin Luther King, Jr., that participated in the march according to the film. (2pts.)

8. What events signaled the move into a new era of civil rights and Black freedom protests after the March 21st march on Montgomery? (2pts.)

_____ / 16 pts.