Selma

What was published in the local newspaper once a black person registered to vote?

• The date they registered.
• Their birthdate
• Their political party.
• Their name and address.

What is a possible theme of this film?

• Progress takes patience, persistence, and unfortunately sometimes, sacrifice.
• Leaders have to make difficult decisions, sometimes, very quickly.
• Leaders always hold high morals.
• Treat others the way you want to be treated.

What does Annie Lee Cooper (Oprah) attempt to do early on in the film?

• Sit in the white section of the bus

• Register to vote

• Eat at a lunch counter

• Enroll her daughter in classes at the white school

What organization had been leading the movement in Selma for two years before MLK arrived.

• CORE

• NAACP

• SNCC

• SCLC

Who surprisingly comes to visit Coretta Scott King? He says he is a different man, but willing to play the bad guy if it helps MLK.

• John Lewis

• Huey Newton

• Stokely Carmichael

• Malcolm X

What happens to Jimmy Lee Jackson during the night march?

• Killed by police

• Arrested and jailed for over a week

• Beaten by KKK

• Disappears, never to be seen again

Who is the President during the film?

• Kennedy

• Johnson

• Nixon

• Eisenhower

What happened during the SECOND attempt of the march?

• Participants were attacked

• It was successful and they reach their destination

• MLK decided to turn around and return to Selma

• The court did not allow the march to go on

What was the outcome of the campaign in Selma?

• Ultimately it was a failure, but valuable lessons were learned that would help in the next city

• The President called for a Voting Rights Act to be passed in Congress

• MLK emerged as a well know leader of the Civil Rights Movement

• It became more solely a black movement as white support decreased

The major topic of the Selma march was which of the following?

• lunch counters
• popular sovereignty
• desegregation
• voting