Description
In these short video clips, author Adar Cohen and Reverend Joseph Ellwanger talk about the murders of Jimmie Lee Jackson in Marion, AL and James Reeb in Selma, AL, and the impact these had on the Civil Rights movement, specifically on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery, AL Voting Rights March.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Clip 1: According to Adar Cohen, why was Selma, AL selected as a focus of the Civil Rights movement in 1965?
- Clip 1: Describe the circumstances surrounding the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson in Marion. AL.
- Clip 1: Explain the treatment of the media during this event.
- Clip 1: According to Adar Cohen, why was the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson so important to the Civil Rights movement?
- Clip 1: Describe the circumstances surrounding the death of James Reeb in Selma, AL.
- Clip 2: Explain the significance of the deaths of Jimmie Lee Jackson and James Reeb to the Civil Rights movement as Rev. Joseph Ellwanger discussed.
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Bloody Sunday
- Edmund Pettus Bridge
- Eulogize
- Jim Crow
- Racial Segregation
- Voting Rights Act Of 1965