Civil Rights Movement: Legacy, Day 1

1. Introduction to the voter registration drives in Alabama and Mississippi during 1964 and 1965
2. Watch President Obama's Selma Speech (you can read the transcript HERE) and take notes on the following:

• According to Obama, what is the positive legacy, or the lesson, of the civil rights movement?
• Which issues and challenges addressed by the civil rights movement still exist today?
• What does Obama suggest as a next step? How can we, as a society, continue to address these issues and challenges?

3. Class debrief and discussion

If you want to learn more about Freedom Summer in Mississippi, the 1964-65 voter registration drive in Selma, the "Bloody Sunday" march, or the Selma to Montgomery march, you can watch these videos:

• Full Video: "Eyes on the Prize: Bridge to Freedom"
• Clip from Eyes on the Prize:  "Bloody Sunday" march
• Full Video: 1965 documentary on the Selma to Montgomery march
• Full Video: "Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi, 1962-64"