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Kennedy and Civil Rights Questions

Civil Rights Movement 1960-63

1. p.19-22 What were sit-ins?
2. p. 19-22 Where did they first occur?
3. p. 27-30 What were the Freedom Riders?
4. p. 31-33What did the Black community want JFK to do? How did they prod him?
5. p. 35-39 When was the Birmingham protest? What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do in Birmingham?
6. p. 35-39 What did Birmingham force JFK to do?
7. p. 35-39 How important was the television media to the movement?
8. p.35-39 When was the March on Washington? What was the purpose of the March?
9. p.35-39 What did John Lewis’ speech promise? How did this show growing militancy? What was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech about? How did this spark hope and idealism for the decade?
10. p.35-39 Why was music important to the movement? Give examples to show this?