Civil Rights Movement in TEXAS News Paper Project
DUE May 5, 2014 (Monday)
OBJECTIVE: Create a front page newspaper ON A POSTERBOARD or a newspaper using
Microsoft Publisher about the Civil Rights Movement in TEXAS. IT MUST LOOK LIKE AN
ACTUAL NEWSPAPER, NOT JUST CUT AND GLUED AT THE LAST MINUTE (columns, table of
contents, newspaper title, cost, etc.)
INSTRUCTIONS: ALL of the following must be on your poster board for full credit. No
notebook paper or pencil.
1. YOUR LEADING STORY HEADLINE- Choose an event from below, write a detailed summary
for it, and include a picture. It must include the following (30 points): Minimum Words – PreAP: 350 / Pre-IB: 450
 You list to choose from: Sweatt v. Painter, Hernandez v. the State of Texas, Delgado v.
Bastrop, U. S. v. State of Texas (1970), Edgewood v. Kirby, American G. I. Forum, 24th
Amendment, Civil Rights Act of 1964, or Voting Rights Act of 1965.
-What happened?
-Where did it take place? (be specific)
-When did it take place? (Give the exact date)
-Who were the important people, organizations, participants, protagonists/antagonists
involved in the event?
-Why did this event impact (change) Texas history?
*Include a picture and caption that illustrates this story.
* 2. SECONDARY STORY HEADLINE- Choose a person of influence in TEXAS during the Civil
Rights Movement, write a mini biography, and include a photo. It must include the following
(20 points): Minimum Words – Pre-AP: 225 / Pre-IB: 325
 Your list to choose from: James Farmer, Dr. Hector Garcia, Lulu Bell Madison White,
Henry B. Gonzalez, or Lyndon B. Johnson.
What did he/she do to impact the Civil Rights Movement in Texas?
When did this event or events occur?
Where did he/she come from (birthplace)?
Who did he/she have an impact on in the Civil Rights Movement?
-Why did this event impact (change) Texas history?
*Include a picture and caption that illustrates this mini biography.
3. Three Civil Rights’ SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST in the U. S.- (15 points) Summarize AND
illustrate 3 other events that took place from 1954-1971. Consider them mini headlines.
(Example- “Freedom Riders Attacked During Summer Bus Tour Across South”)
 Suggested topics: Brown v. Board of Education, March on Washington, Dr. Martin Luther
King, Letter from Birmingham Jail, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing, Rosa Parks,
Thurgood Marshall, Freedom Riders, Freedom Summer, Alabama Bus Boycott, C. O. R.
E., Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Loving v. Virginia, Watts Riot,
LULAC, NAACP, etc. - Minimum Word – Pre-AP: 125 / Pre-IB: 200 EACH
4. POLITICAL CARTOON: (15 points) Find 3 political cartoons from this ERA having to do with
Civil Rights.
5. NEATNESS: 10 POINTS
6. Newspaper expectations: (10 POINTS) Columns, newspaper title, table of contents, cost,
LOOKS LIKE A NEWSPAPER
Last DAY for any late work MAY 9, 2014(Friday) OR THE PROJECT IS A ZERO. You are losing
points EVERY day your project is late!!
Use the following chart to make sure you have covered everything.
Main story on correct topic
5
350 Pre-AP/450 Pre-IB words minimum
20
photo
5
Mini story
5
250 Pre-AP/350 Pre-IB words minimum
10
Photo
5
U. S. 125 Pre-AP/200 Pre-IB words minimum with photo
5
U. S. 125 Pre-AP/200 Pre-IB words minimum with photo
5
U. S. 125 Pre-AP/200 Pre-IB words minimum with photo
5
Political Cartoon
5
Political Cartoon
5
Political Cartoon
5
Neatness
10
Expectations
10