Civil Rights Movement: Legacy, Day 2

1. Watch President Obama's Selma Speech 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?

2. Class debrief and discussion (if you want to refer to the transcript, you can find it HERE)
3. If we have time, we will begin our "Data Driven Dialogue" (click link for discussion protocol) on the following sources:

• Source #1: "It's Not Just Ferguson: America's Criminal Justice System is Racist" 
• Source #2: "The Six Most Damning Findings from the DOJ's Report..."
• Source #3: Collection of data on racism in the Criminal Justice System

EXTRA:

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"

Also, if you want to read the full version of the Department of Justice report on racism in the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department, it's available HERE.