Students are to go to the following website: www.youtube.com

You need to enter the following into the search engine located at the top:

Eyes on the prize-05-Mississippi, is this America, 1962-1964. Please watch the entire video which is approximately 55 mins in length. You will need to answer 4 questions. Additionally, please have in hand a copy of the Los Angeles Times article dated, 9/8/2013, section A29, OP-ED, entitled: “Obamacare: New Fight, Old Tactics.” by Nelson Lichtenstein. You need this article to answer question #4


1. Dave Dennis from CORE is shown speaking at James Chaney’s funeral as a young man. As an older man he states, “This country operated then and still operates on violence, an eye-for-an-eye, a tooth-for-a-tooth; that’s what we respect.” Discuss the pros/cons of his statement.


2. What is the MFDP? Name (3) people associated with it? Where did Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer speak (City & Function?). What did she ask/petition for?


3. Discuss FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s stance on refusing to protect civil rights workers. He stated that, “The FBI is not a police organization, it’s an investigative organization and no protection will be given to individuals, this was a matter for the local authority.” Explain. (Included in your discussion should be legal and moral implications).


4. What were some of the voting obstacles that African Am