Ending Jim Crow??

The only way to ensure that the past and its mistakes do not repeat themselves is to educate ourselves about the "stories" that occurred.... One such example of this is the story of Medgar Evers, Civil Rights Activist.

Emerging from his car and carrying NAACP T-shirts that read "Jim Crow Must Go," Evers was struck in the back with a bullet fired from rifle near his home his Jackson, Mississippi. He staggered 30 feet before collapsing. He died at a local hospital 50 minutes later, just hours after President John F. Kennedy's speech on national television in support of civil rights.



Your task:
Think about the price people have paid in the fight for freedom, equity, and peace....many of them, the ultimate price which is human life. So why fight if the risk can be so great? Is this fight really about achieving an American Dream or is it something altogether different? Something bigger?

As a group you must research one person who fought in this fight in the 1960s for equality and acceptance for the African Americans. You will ultimately present your person to the class in a formal presentation, but right now, your focus must be on finding your person. You will be given the guidelines for your presentation the next time we meet and the only rule is that you cannot choose Martin Luther King, Jr. as your person.

Your job will be to bring this person alive to the class and tell his/her story in a way that after the presentation is over, we feel as if we "know" this person. For now.... agree on a person and be ready to present the name to me at the beginning of the next class. It would be a good idea to have a second and third choice just in case another group chooses your person ahead of you.....