Protesters

                                  Students in line
Questions          

                 1. Describe what these young people are doing above.
                 2. Why might Civil Rights leaders have used children?
                 3. What do you believe is the purpose of the police in this picture?
                 4. Explain the impact of children in the Civil Rights movement.
                 5. What does the expressions on the children faces indicate about their involvement.
                 6. Why would parents permit their child to participate in the Civil Rights movement knowing the potential danger?

                                                                 RACISM
QUESTIONS

1. What message is the picture/cartoon trying to get across?  
2. Describe the emotions that a picture like this would generate in the 1960s and today.
3. Examine the colors used in the picture and explain the metaphor(s) being depicted.
4. What are some forms of racism that minorities might have faced in the 1960s and today?
5. How can this picture be used by both sides on the issue of racism?
6. Explain why discussing the topic of racism might improve relations between whites and minorities.




                                                                Resisting

Questions

 1. Why do you think the police is handling this young man in this manner?
 2. Describe the emotions that this picture might evoke for a white and black person in the 1960s.
 3.  Create a title for this picture that could have run in the local news paper in the 1960s.
 4.  If you saw this picture in a news paper TODAY what would you think? Why?
 5.  Explain what the photographer might have been trying to get across through this picture.
 6.  How does the background of this picture suggest that this might not be about the Civil Rights Movement?


                                      Water Hoses

Questions
1. Describe what is going on in this picture.
2. Why did the Fire Department use water hoses on these people?
3. How effective were either side in the picture in achieving their purpose/goal?
4. Explain why you would or would not have participated in this demonstration.
5. Why do you believe the bystanders did not protest the activities of the firefighters?
6. What would happen today if the activity shown above occurred today? Why?



Fight for Rights
 Questions
 1. Describe each panel above and tell how each panel relates to the civil rights movement.
 2. What does the use of guns in the panels illustrate about the fight for civil rights?
 3. Sum up all the panels in one sentence. Why did you write this sentence?
 4. Why is there a mixture of violence and non-violence depicted above about the civil rights movement?
 5. How important were women in the civil rights movement from the panels above? what role(s) they play/assume?
 6. Have minorities achieved the rights they were fighting for in the 1960s? Explain answer.

Togetherness
QUESTIONS
1. What does the red symbolizes in the picture above?
2. Explain the intend of the artist based on the picture above in regards to race relations.
3. Did the civil rights movement have an impact on the whole of the United States population or just African-Americans? Explain answer.
4. What are your thoughts on non-violence versus violence for civil rights?
5. Analyze the picture; does racism still exist in the United States (if so, how can it be solved)?
6. Why are the two hands embracing each other above?