Name: __________________________________ Scavenger Hunt Instructions: Use the exhibitions to fill in the blanks. Read left to right following the bold numbers and exhibit titles. The numbers below letters within the clues will complete the final message (number 17). E __ OP L __ E who THIS IS THE STORY OF A P __ __ __ A CULTURE SLAVERY OF IN AMERICA RESISTANCE 1619-1861 12 live in a nation in which the founding document states: 2 Enslaved Africans were forced to work providing goods and services for no pay CREATING 9 1 Yes 14 Though Africans were enslaved, they found ways to be courageous and resist the unfair systems of oppression. Use silver buttons and square portraits to find a person who resisted. Who did you choose? ___________________ What did he/she do to resist slavery? ____________________________________________ No I, TOO, COMBATTING Reconstruction Amendments ended slavery. The people sought justice in the law to exercise their newfound rights and turned L __ E __ S __ S __ Y vs. Ferguson to the courts. In 1896, __P __ ruled in favor of segregation with the phrase AM JIM CROW AMERICA 1896-1954 SEPARATE BUT EQUAL. Segregation practices became referred to as __ __ W __ laws. J __ I m C __ R O 2 3 W __ E __ A L T __ H THROUGH SLAVERY. __ __ __ Did the nation uphold its promise of equality for all? SEPARATE BROWN V. IS NOT BOARD OF EQUAL EDUCATION 1954 VIOLENCE, TERROR, AND OPPRESSION were a part of everyday reality for African Americans during the era of segregation, but they found ways to overcome. Use the oral history towers to learn more about Living Under Jim Crow. Who did you choose? ________________________What was his/her story? A __ A __ C P wanted to change segregation laws The N__ and aimed their work at public schools. The “doll test,” showed that segregated schools created “a I __ N __ F __ E __ R __ I __ O __ R __ I __ T __ Y in black children and was used by lawyers to win the case sense of __ __ B __ R __ O __ W __ N vs. Board of Education. With that came the rise of the MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. Use the interactive touch screen to find a story of school desegregation. Where did it happen? _____________________ Year? ___________ EVERYDAY PEOPLE BEGAN TO TAKE ACTION AND CHALLENGE UNFAIR LAWS. 4 THE MONTGOMERY YEAR BUS THEY BOYCOTT WALKED 1955-1956 The Montgomery bus boycotts They began when R __ O __ S __ A A __ R __ K __ S was arrested for refusing to P __ give up her seat to a white passenger. Was she the first person to do this? YES NO In your own words explain why Rosa Parks’ arrest gained the most attention. She was trained in nonviolence by the Highlander school. She was the field secretary of the NAACP. Her work in both of these organizations made her respected. She was a bit older and had lighter skin than the two girls who were arrested before her. All of these things ensured a positive view of Parks as the “face” of the segregation case. What young minister began to teach about nonviolence in Montgomery? REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR ___________________________________ 5 Following the success of the bus boycotts, college S __ I __ T - __ I __s N -aged students began to stage __ SITTING DOWN as a form of nonviolent protest based on A __ N D principles established by G __ __H__I __ a leader against British STANDING STUDENT UP BY SIT-INS 1960 11 S colonial rule in India. They formed the __tudent C C __oordinating __ommittee - “snick” for short. N __onviolent No one could participate in a sit-in unless they passed nonviolent training. Take a moment to watch the footage at the lunch counter. Would you be able to remain nonviolent? Yes No Use the interactive touch screen to explore examples of nonviolent direct action. Where did it happen? ____________________ Year_________ What was the action? ___________________________________________ YOUNG PEOPLE SACRIFICED THEIR COMFORT AND SAFETY TO STAND UP TO INJUSTICE. 6 7 STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE While Dr. King’s concentration was in the southern states, Malcolm X criticized integration in the PREPARED RIDES While buses were segregated, restaurants and other stops along the highways and interstates TO DIE 1961 were not. A nonviolent group called CORE joined members of SNCC to organize the F R __ E__ __ E __ D __ O __ M R __ I __ D __ E __. S Young 8 __ R __ __ __. N__ O T H people from all backgrounds saw injustice and rode buses from Use the phones to hear Malcolm X debate his ideas. Washington, D.C. with the goal of getting to New Orleans to 4 8 WE ARE THE FREEDOM THE VOTE challenge segregation practices. One bus was bombed in GIVES A __ __ N __ __ __ T__ O __ N__, AL and other riders were attacked in A N I S Birmingham, but riders from Nashville continued the journey to VOICE How many eligible black voters were Jackson, MS. However, when they arrived, they were arrested registered in 1955 in Mississippi: Less than __%. 5 and put into __ __ __ P A R __ C __ H __ M __ A __ N Prison. WE WHO ORGANIZING BELIEVE IN MISSISSIPPI IN FREEDOM 1945-1963 9 THE AIN’T ALBANY 1 PEOPLE TURNED TO MUSIC TO KEEP THEIR SPIRITS UP IN TIMES OF HARDSHIP. GONNA MOVEMENT LET NOBODY 1961-1963 TURN ME ‘ROUND 10 PEOPLE THE CHILDREN SHALL BIRMINGHAM LEAD THEM 1963 In what Georgia city did the Freedom Singers originate? A __ __ __ L __ B __ A __ N Y B __ O __ M __ B ingham because of the 50+ racially Birmingham was also called __ motivated bombings from 1947-1965. CHILDREN STOOD UP TO INJUSTICE AND MARCHED. COURAGEOUSLY The world was inspired by the children and K __ E __ N __ N __ E __ D __ Y to propose the Civil enraged at the violence shown to them. This led President __ 5 R __ I __ G __ H __ T __ S Act of 1964. __ 3 11 FOR JOBS THE MARCH AND ON WASHINGTON FREEDOM 1963 The 1963 March on Washington was for 12 IS MISSISSIPPI THIS SUMMER PROJECT AMERICA? 1964 J __ O __ B __ S and __ F __ R __ E __ E __ D __ O __ M __ 7 where Dr. King delivered his most famous D __ R __ E __ A __.” M speech “I Have a __ 13 The struggle for voting rights culminated with LONG CAMPAIGN 1965 the march from S __ E __ L __ M __ A to the Alabama state __ capital __ M __ O __ N __ T __ G __ O __ M __ E __ R __. Y 5 __.4 1 The march was __ miles! HOW LONG? SELMA NOT VOTING RIGHTS The Mississippi Freedom Summer Project V __ O T __. E wanted to help people register to __ Groups came together to help forming O __ U __ N __ C __ I __ L C __ OF 6 E __ D __ E R A __ T __ E __ D F __ __ __ R __ G __ A __ N __ I __ Z __ A __ T __ I __ O __ N __ S O __ 14 A TRIUMPH THE This president told Dr. King to get media attention in Selma so he could pass the Voting Rights Act L __ Y __ N __ D __ O __ N B. __ J __ O __ H __ N __ S __ O __. N In a famous __ speech this president referenced the right to vote by stating A __ M __ E __ R __ I __ C __ A __ N problem.” “There is only an __ FOR VOTING RIGHTS ACT DEMOCRACY OF 1965 TO GAIN REAL POLITICAL POWER, A GREAT DEAL OF WORK REMAINED TO BE DONE. 15 WHAT DO BLACK WE WANT? POWER SAY IT BLACK LOUD PRIDE The __ B __ L __ A __ C __ K Power Movement spoke to African Americans with a new sense of urgency. What do we want? L __ A __ C __ K P __ O __ W __ E __ R B __ N __ O __! W When do we want it? __ The Black Power Movement also gave rise to a C U __ L T U __ R __ A __ L __ __ __ __ revolution— a new era of Black P __ R __ I __ D __. E __ 10 16 17 Memphis __ __ __ S __ A __ N __ I T A __ T I__ __ O __ N workers went on strike to protest the unsafe MAN STRIKE 1968 conditions, unjust treatment, and unfair wages they faced every workday. Dr. King supported them fully recognizing their dignity with the statement “all __ A__ B __ O __ R __ has __ L W __ O __ R T__H__.” He gave his final speech at __ __ __ __ __ Temple on April 3, 1968. M A S O N I AM MEMPHIS A SANITATION Today, I learned about the struggle for civil rights and pledge to J __ O __ I __ N __ 7 2 11 5 T __ H __ E __ 14 3 10 M __ O V __ E __ M __ E __ N __ T __ 8 12 9 1 13 6 4 !