GRADES 4-6 + CIVIL RIGHTS ENTHUSIASTS OF ALL AGES splcenter.org CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVITY BOOK THIS BOOK BELONGS TO CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT April 7, 1964 July 9, 1965 July 30, 1966 Civil Rights Timeline THE REV. BRUCE KLUNDER Congress passes Voting CLARENCE TRIGGS People have taken a stand for civil and human rights since the beginning of time. Killed protesting construc- 1965 Rights Act of 1965 Slain by nightriders February 26, 1965 tion of segregated school Bogalusa, Louisiana Here, we honor the courage and commitment displayed by countless individuals — JIMMIE LEE JACKSON July 18, 1965 Cleveland, Ohio some who lost their lives — in the struggle for equal rights during a time known as Civil rights marcher WILLIE BREWSTER “the modern American Civil Rights Movement.” May 2, 1964 killed by state trooper Killed by nightriders HENRY HEZEKIAH DEE & Marion, Alabama Anniston, Alabama 1967 May 3, 1963 CHARLES EDDIE MOORE February 27, 1967 March 7, 1965 August 20, 1965 Birmingham police at- Killed by Klansmen WHARLEST JACKSON State troopers beat JONATHAN DANIELS 1954 1956 1961 tack marching children Meadville, Mississippi Civil rights leader killed May 17, 1954 November 13, 1956 May 14, 1961 back marchers at Seminary student with dogs and fire hoses after promotion to June 20, 1964 Edmund Pettus Bridge killed by deputy Supreme Court outlaws Supreme court bans Freedom Riders at- ‘white’ job Freedom Summer brings Selma, Alabama Hayneville, Alabama school segregation in segregated seating on tacked in Alabama while June 11, 1963 Natchez, Mississippi Brown v. Board of Education Montgomery buses testing compliance with Alabama Governor 1,000 young civil rights March 11, 1965 bus desegregation laws George Wallace stands in volunteers to Mississippi May 12, 1967 THE REV. JAMES REEB schoolhouse door to stop BENJAMIN BROWN September 25, 1961 June 21, 1964 March volunteer university integration 1966 Civil rights worker JAMES CHANEY, beaten to death January 3, 1966 1955 1957 HERBERT LEE killed when police ANDREW GOODMAN, Selma, Alabama SAMUEL YOUNGE JR. May 7, 1955 January 23, 1957 Voter registration worker June 12, 1963 fired on protesters THE REV. GEORGE LEE WILLIE EDWARDS JR. killed by white legislator MEDGAR EVERS MICHAEL SCHWERNER Student civil rights March 25, 1965 Jackson, Mississippi Killed for leading Killed by Klansmen Liberty, Mississippi Civil rights leader Civil rights workers activist killed in dispute Thousands complete the voter-registration drive Montgomery, Alabama assassinated abducted and slain Tuskegee, Alabama October 2, 1967 Selma to Montgomery Belzoni, Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi by Klansmen Thurgood Marshall Voting Rights March January 10, 1966 August 29, 1957 Philadelphia, Mississippi sworn in as first black August 13, 1955 Congress passes first August 28, 1963 VERNON DAHMER 1962 March 25, 1965 Supreme Court justice LAMAR SMITH civil rights act since April 1, 1962 250,000 Americans July 2, 1964 Black community leader VIOLA GREGG LIUZZO Murdered for organizing reconstruction Civil rights groups join march on Washington President Johnson signs killed in Klan bombing Killed by Klansmen while black voters forces to launch voter for civil rights Civil Rights Act of 1964 Hattiesburg, Mississippi September 24, 1957 transporting marchers Brookhaven, Mississippi registration drive President Eisenhower September 15, 1963 July 11, 1964 Selma Highway, Alabama June 10, 1966 1968 February 8, 1968 August 28, 1955 orders federal troops April 9, 1962 ADDIE MAE COLLINS, LT. COL. LEMUEL PENN BEN CHESTER WHITE June 2, 1965 SAMUEL HAMMOND JR., EMMETT LOUIS TILL to enforce school CPL. ROMAN DENISE MCNAIR, Killed by Klansmen Killed by Klansmen ONEAL MOORE DELANO MIDDLETON, Murdered for speak- desegregation in DUCKSWORTH JR. CAROLE ROBERTSON, while driving north Natchez, Mississippi Black deputy killed HENRY SMITH ing to a white woman Little Rock, Arkansas Taken from bus and CYNTHIA WESLEY Colbert, Georgia by nightriders Students killed when Money, Mississippi killed by police Schoolgirls killed in Varnado, Louisiana Cleveland highway patrolmen fire Taylorsville, Mississippi bombing of Sixteenth October 22, 1955 on protesters Street Baptist Church OHIO JOHN EARL REESE September 30, 1962 WASHINGTON, D.C. Orangeburg, 1959 Birmingham, Alabama Slain by nightriders April 25, 1959 Riots erupt when James South Carolina WEST VIRGINIA opposed to school MACK CHARLES PARKER Meredith, a black stu- September 15, 1963 April 4, 1968 improvements Taken from jail dent, enrolls at Ole Miss VIRGIL LAMAR WARE KENTUCKY VIRGINIA THE REV. DR. MARTIN Mayflower, Texas and lynched Youth killed during September 30, 1962 LUTHER KING JR. Poplarville, Mississippi wave of racist violence Greensboro December 1, 1955 PAUL GUIHARD TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA Assassinated Birmingham, Alabama Memphis Rosa Parks arrested for French reporter killed ARKANSAS Memphis, Tennessee Oxford Little Rock Attalla SOUTH refusing to give up her bus during Ole Miss riot CAROLINA Money Birmingham Anniston Colbert Orangeburg seat to a white man Oxford, Mississippi MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA GEORGIA Belzoni Philadelphia 1960 Marion Montgomery, Alabama February 1, 1960 Mayflower Jackson Selma Montgomery The great triumphs of the Civil Taylorsville Tuskegee 1964 Brookhaven Hayneville Black students stage January 23, 1964 LOUISIANA Natchez Rights Movement during the December 5, 1955 Meadville Hattiesburg sit-in at “whites only” Poll tax outlawed in TEXAS Liberty Varnado 1950’s and ‘60’s continue to Montgomery bus Poplarville lunch counter in 1963 federal elections Bogalusa inspire those who seek justice boycott begins April 23, 1963 Greensboro, North Carolina WILLIAM LEWIS MOORE January 31, 1964 and equality today. December 5, 1960 Slain during one-man LOUIS ALLEN Supreme court march against segregation Witness to murder of civil outlaws segregation Attalla, Alabama rights worker assassinated F LO R I DA in bus terminals Liberty, Mississippi CIVIL RIGHTS MEMORIAL 1 Civil Rights Memorial Center In Montgomery, Alabama, in 1989, the Southern Poverty Law Center built a memorial to educate young people about the Civil Rights Movement. Memorial designer Maya Lin, who also designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., says it is “a place to remember the Civil Rights Movement, to honor those killed during the struggle, to appreciate how far the country has come in its quest for equality, and to consider how far it has to go.” A visitor studies the Civil Rights Memorial. What would you expect to see if you visited the Memorial? Include a drawing of yourself, a friend, or a family member on the coloring page. COLORING PAGE! CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE 2 A Lawyer Seeking Justice Morris Dees grew up on a cotton farm in Alabama. He picked cotton alongside the black men who worked on the farm. Even when he was little, he did not believe that black people and white people should be treated differently. He was very fair even then. When he was still in college, he started a business delivering birthday cakes to his classmates who couldn’t be with their families. After he became a lawyer, Morris fought in the courts for black people and white people and people of all races to be treated the same — even when no other lawyers would. He won lawsuits that allowed black people to join the state police force, swim in YMCA swimming pools, and get elected into the state legislature. Morris Dees looked around the country and saw that there were many people who needed his help. Morris wanted to help those people, too, so he and Montgomery attorney Joe Levin created the Southern Poverty Law Center. Today, Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center help hundreds of thousands of people all over the country to be treated fairly. Morris Dees wants all people to be treated fairly. COLORING PAGE! Who should Morris be helping today? CIVIL RIGHTS EVENTS CIVIL RIGHTS EVENTS 3 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. When Did It Happen? Where Did It Happen? Draw a line from the event that took place during the Civil Rights Movement Draw the symbol next to the place where WEST to the year it happened. it happened. VIRGINIA KENTUCKY VIRGINIA March on Washington 1965 Greensboro TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA ARKANSAS Thurgood SOUTH Marshall joins the CAROLINA Supreme Court 1964 MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA GEORGIA Montgomery Selma President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act 1955 LOUISIANA Lunch Counter Sit-In 1960 Thurgood R I DA Marshall joins the F LO Supreme Court Montgomery Bus Boycott 1967 Montgomery Beginning of the Bus Boycott Voting Rights March Congress passes President the Voting March on Johnson signs the Lunch Counter Rights Act 1963 Washington Civil Rights Act Sit-In SEGREGATION 5 THINK ABOUT IT! The Journey This was the scene in bus stations across the South during segregation. Take a moment to study the photograph. What details do you notice about the room? About the man? How does the picture make you feel? Write a short story from the point of view of the gentleman in the photograph. Where is he going? Whom will he meet along the way? Imagine how his journey is affected by the practices of segregation, and how he must be forced to deal with them, emotionally and practically. CIVIL RIGHTS ICON CIVIL RIGHTS MEMORIAL 6 7 Powerful Words The Civil Rights Memorial includes a curved black granite wall that is engraved with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s well-known paraphrase of Amos 5:24. Unscramble the letters below to reveal the quote. U l t n i i j e u s c t l o l s r n w d o e i k l t s e a r w d a n n o s h t e u r s e i s g k i e l a i h g m y t t r a m e s “— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —” What will the world look like when these COLORING PAGE! powerful words reflect reality? CIVIL RIGHTS SPEAK CIVIL RIGHTS MARTYR 8 9 Who Am I? Overheard I grew up in Chicago.