Copy of CNN's The Sixties: Long March to Freedom Viewing Guide

CNN THE SIXTIES
A Long March to Freedom
Directions : Watch CNN The Sixties: A Long March to Freedom and answer the following
questions. Make sure to answer each questions completely. ANSWER IN RED 12PT FONT
1. According to Jackson Mississippi Mayor Allen C. Thompson, why did segregation exist in the
South?
2. Who was the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church?
3. Who began to promote the nonviolent movement for Civil Rights? Where did it begin?
4. How did participants in the Civil Rights Movement prepare to protest?
5. How did people respond to the sit-in in Nashville, Tennessee?
6. What did Martin Luther King say about unjust laws? 7. How many students were arrested on February 27, 1960? What punishment did they choose? 8. What was the first city to be desegregated? Why? 9. Who was responsible for getting Martin Luther King Jr. out of jail in October of 1960? Why?