Eyes on the Prize
Modern America
Steele
Name: ________________________________
Date: ____________________ Period: ____
1. At the beginning of the video, Malcolm X says that in places “where the government has
proven itself unable or unwilling to defend the Negros when they are being brutally or
unjustly attacked, then the Negros themselves should take whatever steps necessary to
defend themselves.” Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?
2. Why did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. come to Selma, Alabama, in late 1964?
3. Why did SNCC disapprove of King’s involvement in the Selma, Alabama, campaign?
4. The mayor of Selma says that Civil Rights leaders picked “Selma just like movie producers
pick a set.” What does he mean by this?
5. More than __________________ of Dallas County citizens were black, but less than _______%
were registered to vote by 1965.
6. What was President Johnson’s opinion of civil rights legislation in early 1965?
7. How did Sheriff Clark treat the African Americans who tried to register to vote at the
Selma courthouse?
8. What happened in Marion, Alabama, that made the situation in Selma worse?
9. What event led to the organization of the march from Selma to Montgomery?
10. Describe what happened at the Edmund Pettus Bridge as the Selma March attempted to
cross.
11. A group of people from all over the nation, including __________ white clergymen. Why did
they travel to Selma?
12. Describe what happened at the Pettus Bridge as the Selma March attempted to cross for
the second time.
13. How did the death of Rev. James Reeb (a white minister) affect national public opinion of
the Selma March?
14. How did President Johnson’s address about the Selma March affect white Southerners?
15. The _______________________________________________________________ was built off of the
mobilization that King sprout out in Lowndes County. Which Civil Rights leader helped
create the party?
16. The Selma March helped create the support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. By the end
of 1966, how many black voters were there in Dallas County?