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Selma (2014)
Character Reference Chart
Martin Luther King
Jr.
John Lewis
Governor George
Wallace
President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
Coretta Scott King
Malcolm X
J. Edgar Hoover
Jimmie Lee Jackson
James Reeb
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
-‐ Martin Luther King Jr.
Movie Guide
Instructions: As you watch the video, please answer each question. Stop and read historical reference boxes when applicable. The answers are in chronological order. 1. In what year did Martin Luther King Jr. win the Nobel Peace Prize? 2. What happened to the young girls inside the church? 3. Who does Martin Luther King Jr. meet with at the White House? 4. What does SNCC stand for? 5. Where was Martin Luther King Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) before coming to Selma? 6. Who does Coretta Scott King meet with inside the church? 7. What do the police do to the peaceful night protestors?
Stop at 5:50 to read Historical Reference #1
The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on Sunday, September 15, 1963 as an act of white supremacist terrorism. The explosion at the African-‐American church, which killed four girls and injured 22 others, marked a turning point in the United States 1960s Civil Rights Movement and contributed to support for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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8. Complete the quote: “Our lives are not __________________ lived if we are not willing to ____________________ for those we love and for what we ____________________.” 9. What two questions does Coretta Scott King as Martin Luther King Jr. after listening to the recording?
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10. What is the name of the bridge the Civil Rights protestors are trying to cross? 11. What does Martin Luther King Jr. urge Americans to do after police attacked protestors on the bridge? 12. Where did James Reeb travel to Selma from? 13. Describe what happens during the second attempt to cross the bridge?
14. Who does Martin Luther King Jr. write a letter to? 15. Who does Martin Luther King Jr. speak privately with (hint: they were in the car)? 16. True or False: The judge does not approve the march from Selma to Montgomery. 17. Which governor does Lyndon B. Johnson meet with at the White House?
Stop at 49:50 to read Historical Reference #2
Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot and killed by a white Alabama state trooper named James B. Folwer in 1965. Fowler claimed that Jackson was reaching for his gun, and that he acted in self-‐defense. Jackson's shooting was condemned by leaders of the Civil Rights Movement such as Martin Luther King Jr.—who had visited Jackson in the hospital—John Lewis and James Bevel. On March 3, King spoke at Jackson's funeral, where he said that Jackson had been "murdered by the brutality of every sheriff who practices lawlessness in the name of law."
Stop at 1:36 read Historical Reference #3
James Reeb’s death provoked mourning throughout the country, and tens of thousands held vigils in his honor. President Lyndon B. Johnson called Reeb’s widow and father to express his condolences, and on 15 March he invoked Reeb’s memory when he delivered a draft of the Voting Rights Act to Congress. That same day Martin Luther King Jr. eulogized Reeb at a ceremony at Brown’s Chapel. In April 1965, three white men were indicted for Reeb’s murder; they were acquitted that December.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the American Civil Rights Movement on August 6, 1965, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections. Designed to enforce the voting rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the Act allowed for a mass enfranchisement of racial minorities throughout the country, especially in the South. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Act is considered to be the most effective piece of civil rights legislation ever enacted in the country.