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Civil Rights: Medgar Evers - Coggle Diagram
Civil Rights: Medgar Evers
Timeframe
Complete OPVL: January 14th
Complete Research + MLA Citation: January 14th
Complete Podcast Planning: January 18th
Complete Podcast Discussion/Recording; January 18th
Complete Podcast Reflection: January 21th
Sub-Questions
What actions did Medgar Evers initiate for civil rights?
What motivated Medgar Evers?
What responsibility does a NAACP field secretary have?
How did the desegregation of the University of Mississippi happen?
Why was Medgar Evers assassinated?
Types of Sources
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Autobiography of Medgar Evers
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: This is one of the most detailed books written by Manning Marable in 2005 including how Medgar Evers was inspired to be a leader in civil rights movements, as well as the letters written by Medgar Evers during his lifetime, showing his perseverance for equality.
NAACP and FBI Website
: Both websites have an exclusive profile of Medgar Evers commemorating his civil rights actions that has stopped the education segregation in Mississippi
Educational Websites (Britannica, History.com)
: It has detailed accounts on the influence and history of the civil rights movement that gradually unsegregated Mississippi state university
Documentaries
: This source will allow me to visually observe the movements and extract information that are relevant to the level of violence, the size and the purposes of the movements targeting to segregation in education.
Information Needed
Account of Events and their significance
: There are a series of civil rights movements that happened in the 1960s that were led by Medgar Evers which has overturned the racial segregation at the University of Mississippi.
Quotes/Speeches from Medgar Evers
: From this information I will be able to extract his thoughts and main ideas to education segregation that he wants to convey to the general public, and link it to his actions.
Descriptions on the Principles and Ethos by the NAACP
: Using this information I will able to find out the main purpose of the individuals from the black community and their main goal that they want to pursue/aim for in terms of fairness and equality.
Legacy of Medgar Evers
: The legacies will be able to help identify his contributions on overcoming segregation in education in future years, and can show how Medgar Evers was able to influence future generations to use their powers to pursue fairness and equality.