This document contains instructions for a student to watch the documentary film "Eyes on the Prize II" and answer 8 questions about key events and people in the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The questions focus on tensions between civil rights groups like the SCLC and SNCC, protests in Selma, Alabama that led to "Bloody Sunday", and the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The student is asked to describe pivotal protests and marches, important figures, and how the movement evolved over time in their responses.
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1. Name: ________________ March 13, 2020
AAS 27100: Introduction to African American Studies
Eyes on the Prize II Guided Screening Notes
Due: Friday, March 13, 2020 by 11:59 PM to Blackboard
Instructions: As you watch Eyes on the Prize II, type your
answers to each of the questions using complete sentences in
the space provided below.
1. Describe the rivalry between the ministers of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the young
organizers of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC). What event exemplified the first combined effort
between the SCLC and SNCC? (2pts.)
2. Describe the Teacher’s March in Selma, Alabama, the event
that led to it, and the impact it had on other Black protestors in
the Selma community? List the names of at least two people
who participated in the march according to film
interviews. (2pts.)
3. Describe the march in Marion, Alabama and what happened
during the march in Marion to escalate protests and campaigns
in Selma, Alabama. What was the response of the Black
community to the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson? (2pts.)
4. When was “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama? What
happened for this day to be named “Bloody Sunday”? (2pts.)
5. List two additional points of contention or disagreements
between SNCC and the SCLA during the events after “Bloody
Sunday” and between Lyndon B. Johnson’s signing of the
Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965. (2pts.)
6. Who was the Rev. James Reed, and what was the
controversary surrounding his death and its relationship to the
civil rights movement in Selma? (2pts.)
2. 7. Describe the march to Montgomery on March 21, 1965 and
how SNCC organized during the march? List at least two
individuals, other than Martin Luther King, Jr., that participated
in the march according to the film. (2pts.)
8. What events signaled the move into a new era of civil rights
and Black freedom protests after the March 21st march on
Montgomery? (2pts.)
_____ / 16 pts.