FREEDOM'S CHILDREN

1.  This book is an oral history of the Civil Rights Movement to 1968.  How is this oral history organized?  What other ways can oral history be done besides this one?

2.  What are the strengths and weaknesses of oral history?

3.  Analyze the title--what does it mean?

4.  What did you learn from this book about the system of segregation?  What are some specific examples from the book?

5.  What did you learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

6.  What did you learn about school desegregation attempts?

7.  Why was Central High in Little Rock, Ark., both typical and unique?

8.  Why did Birmingham, Ala., and Washington, D.C., stand out in 1963?

9.  What was Freedom Summer in Mississippi in 1964?

10.  Why did Selma, Ala., stand out in 1965?

11.  Who were:  Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, Sr.
                          Rosa Parks
                          Fannie Lou Hamer
                          Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
                          Michael Schwerner
                          Jim Cheney
                          Andrew Goodman
                          Viola Liuzzo
                          Jimmy Lee Jackson

12.  What were:    SCLC
 
                             SNCC

                             CORE

                             COFO

                              the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party