Analyze Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968 as multi-leader Black Freedom Struggle: Brown 1954 + Emmett Till 1955 + Montgomery 1955-56 + Little Rock 1957 + sit-ins + Freedom Rides + March on Washington 1963 + Birmingham + Selma + Voting Rights Act 1965 + MLK assassination — centering Ella Baker + Bayard Rustin + Fannie Lou Hamer + Bob Moses + Diane Nash + Septima Clark per Hall 2005
Exercise
Difficulty 2
~4 min
hist.g8.s.ex_31
Matching
Prompt
Match each leader to their role: (a) Ella Baker; (b) Bayard Rustin; (c) Fannie Lou Hamer; (d) Bob Moses; (e) Diane Nash; (f) Septima Clark.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
matching
correct
- a
- SNCC founder April 1960 Shaw University 'More Than a Hamburger' speech
- b
- March on Washington Aug 28 1963 organizer (gay Black civil-rights leader)
- c
- MFDP DNC Credentials Committee testimony Aug 22 1964
- d
- SNCC Mississippi field secretary + Freedom Summer 1964
- e
- SNCC + Freedom Rides + Nashville Sit-Ins leader
- f
- Citizenship Schools educator
Hints
- Refuses MLK-only framing per MG-14f.
- Rustin re-centered as gay Black civil-rights leader per D'Emilio 2003.
Misconceptions to watch
- Confusing Baker + Hamer roles
- Forgetting Rustin's role
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