1 / 9

Eyes on The Prize

Eyes on The Prize. Study Questions. Episode 1.

mercury
Download Presentation

Eyes on The Prize

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Eyes on The Prize Study Questions

  2. Episode 1 • Segregation, a social system based on a long history of prejudices and discrimination, was deeply entrenched in people’s minds as well as in the culture. How did segregation manifest itself in daily life in the South? How did segregation disenfranchise black Americans?

  3. 2. In what ways did the media educate the nation about the events in Mississippi and Montgomery? 3. What means were available to disenfranchised blacks in America to fight segregation? 4. How did people summon the courage to confront the intimidation, brutality, and injustice they faced under the Jim Crow system? 5. This series is called “Eyes on the Prize.” What is the prize being sought in this episode?

  4. Part 2 • What is the difference between desegregation and integration? What is required for each? • Why was school desegregation so explosive?

  5. 3. The NAACP chose to contest segregation in federal courts. What myths did it force people to confront? What other avenues of protest were open to blacks in America? 4. How can a democracy ensure that it is not undermined by mob rule? 5. What is the role of the federal government in protecting the freedoms guaranteed to all American citizens when the state fails to do so? What role does the US Constitution play in protecting the rights of American citizens?

  6. Part 3 • What were the strategies student leaders made to battle segregation? • What was nonviolent direct action? What was needed to make it successful? • How did students try to pressure government to enforce the legal outlawing of segregation?

  7. Part 4 • Must a nonviolent movement provoke a violent backlash in order to achieve its goal? • This episode tracks the expansion of the Southern civil rights campaign into a true mass movement. What events and factors contributed to this change?

  8. Part V • What are the different visions of freedom and democracy articulated in this episode? • How did the call for black power shape the direction of the freedom struggle? • What role should group identity and racial pride have in politics?

  9. Part VI • Are poverty and economic inequality civil rights issues? • What relationship did King see with the war overseas and poverty at home? • How does a movement continue with the death of its charismatic leaders?

More Related