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Name: ____________________ Date: _________________ 1 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 Stop and read historical reference boxes when applicable.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 Stop at 5:50 to read Historical Reference #1 The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on Sunday, September 15, 1963 as an act of white supremacist terrorism.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 AfricanAmerican 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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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    Stop  and  read  historical  reference  boxes  when  applicable.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.  

Stop  at  1:51  read  Historical  Reference  #4  

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.