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 * Grace, Logan H., Madison, Tucker, Damon, and Makayla**, read and analyze five (5) of the listed readings below. Use the [|Primary Source Analysis Tool] to thoroughly analyze each of your documents. Dig deep to learn why that document exists.

Once you have analyzed a document, download the [|8.3.1 Readings.pages] document which is modeled after the table below. Complete each row of the table according to the readings you selected. Be critical and careful with your document analysis. A good method is to go one at a time: analyze one document, research the document's existence and learn why it was created. Then fill out a row of the 8.3.1 Readings.pages document (or simply type it in the table below).

In the "Analysis" column, put your name in the row for the documents you're reading. When finished, replace your name with the link to your completed "Primary Source Analysis Tool" PDF for that document -- make sure you change the name of these PDFs. Civil Rights Movement. People heard about Emmett Till, and wanted to stop this from happening again. || —Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. || Without these goals peoples lives would have never improved, and many people would have still been living in poverty. || segregation can feel. ||
 * ~ Primary Source ||~ Analysis ||~ Description/Context ||~ Role in Civil Rights Movement ||
 * "On the Verge of a Dangerous Racial Conflagration" || Makayla || This article was written by a man from the White House. It was after the lynching of Emmett Till. They responded by writing this letter because people thought that the White House was not going to respond to the lynching. "It was not that we did not care," said the writer, "it was just that we did not know how to respond." It was true because Emmett Till was murdered horribly, and people did not know how or why someone would do this to such a person. The letter also said that lynching needed to be stopped so no more people would be lynched. || This was the beginning of the
 * "Rules for Riding Desegregated Buses" || grace || This reading contains a newspaper article about the boycotting of public transportation. It said that on Monday the black community was going to stop riding all public transportation. The black people didn't want to have segregation on the buses anymore. Ever since Rosa Parks refused to get out of her seat for a white man they wanted to stand up for themselves. The paper went on to say that black people who refused to get out of their seat were put in jail and that they should stop riding the buses to fight for those peoples rights. After the boycott and segregation on buses was illegal Mr. Luther King sent a note of suggestions telling the black community how to go about it. He says to be polite to everyone. Don't brag about the end of segregation and a few more. || This was a big part of the Civil Rights Movement because it was the first place that blacks weren't segregated. ||
 * "No school in our state will be integrated" || logan ||  ||   ||
 * "Non-violence and Racial Justice 1957" || grace || This was written by Mr. Luther King Jr. It think that it was right about the boycott of public transportation. This was written to insure peace between the whites and blacks. Also to solve racial conflicts. He thinks that to insure peace we have to insure non-violence. He says not to fight, but always keep your mind active. He says not to seek the defeat or the humiliation of your opponent. The third point says to defeat evil no the ones being victimized by evil. The last says not to fight physically, but mentally. In other words just be friendly. || The was a part of the Civil Movement because the black community was trying to fight for Racial Justice. They were trying to be friendly so that the white people look a them in a different way. ||
 * "Letter from a Freedom Fighter's Father 1961" page 1, page 2, text only || grace || This is a letter from a father to a son. This boy is fighting for black peoples freedom and his dad doesn't agree with it. So he sends his son a letter and in the letter the father says that the boys needs psychiatric help. This letter was sent from a white father to his white son. Racism was terrible during this time. If you thought differently toward the black community you were frowned upon. || This was a big part of the Civil Rights Movement because white people were trying to help stop segregation even though they were looked down upon. ||
 * "A Volatile Time, 1962" || damon ||  ||   ||
 * "An Ugly Situation in Birmingham, 1963" || logan ||  ||   ||
 * "Patience is a Dirty and Nasty Word" || logan ||  ||   ||
 * "One Volunteer's Freedom Summer, 1964" || grace || This document was about Terri Shaw a member of COFO who went to Mississippi as a volunteer during the Freedom Summer and wrote down what it was like. She tells us how it is to live as a black person on a normal day. It also tells her journey to help the Black community get voting rights and education. || This was a part of the Civil rights movement because we were trying to get rights for the blacks to vote and get education. ||
 * "Alabama Voter Registration Form, c.1964-65" || Makayla || This voter registration form was created for all Alabama residents. However, they changed the form 4 times during 1964-65 to prevent Blacks from registering to vote. it was nearly impossible to study for the test because there was at least 100 different versions of the form at the time of the test. || This form prevented Blacks from voting, which made them angry and ready to fight for their rights. ||
 * "What does Mississippi Have to Do With Harlem? (1964)" audio || damon ||  ||   ||
 * "Creating an Open and Just City, 1966" ||  ||   ||   ||
 * "Two Societies, Separate and Unequal, 1967" ||  ||   ||   ||
 * "People, Acting Together, Are Power, 1967" || logan || Carl Stokes was seeking office in 1967. Even though the odds were against him he won. The city's population 35% black and 65% white. It was hard for Stokes to not use Civil Rights in his campaign but he didn't. He even turned down appearing with his hero (Martin Luther King). This shows that one person can make a difference. In Gary, Indiana they introduced their first black mayor, Richard Hatcher. || This showed that blacks were becoming bigger parts of the community. ||
 * "The Goals of the Poor People's Campaign, 1968" || [[file:The Goals of the Poor People's Campaign, 1968.pdf]] || I n 1967, one in seven Americans lives in poverty. These goals brought attention to America's most needy people. "....We are dealing with issues that cannot be solved without the nation spending billions of dollars and undergoing a radical redistribution of economic power."
 * "Where is the Draft for the Freedom Fight?" || Makayla || By 1967, the US was involved in war in Vietnam. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee argued that the war in Vietnam was the same as the one back home for Blacks. They also said that the US was taking away the Vietnamese people's freedom, just the same as taking away the Blacks freedom. || People were standing up for the Blacks knowing that they were fighting a big fight all by themselves. ||
 * "The Panthers' Ten-Point Platform" ||  ||   ||   ||
 * "Attica Inmate Demands, 1971" || grace || Attica Inmate Demands. There was a big riot at the prison before this hearing. There was terrible living conditions in this prison and the prisoners demanded better living conditions. This hearing was held to get these rights in the prisons. Then the commissioners during the hearing called the reasons of the prisoners so-called reasons. So even thought they were in prisoner people still believed that they didn't deserve better. || This was a part of the civil rights movement because the black people were fighting for their rights. Even though they were in jail, they still knew that they deserved better. ||
 * "Both Parties Have Betrayed Us, 1972" || Makayla || The meeting at Gary talked about the political parties that have betrayed blacks. Both of the parties betrayed them by not thinking that they can do anything. They were preventing them from voting, and being part in a political stand (going up for a political position) || This discussion at Gary told people that Blacks do have a future in the political stand. ||
 * "Keeping Atlanta Too Busy To Hate, 1975" || damon ||  ||   ||
 * "Remember the Real Fight, 1975" || Makayla || In 1965, Boston Black parents fought for segregation in the schools. The Boston school board did not approve of this, so the parents took them to court. The parents won, and that meant the buses would be hauling both blacks and whites. The letter in the manual for the Blacks coming to the school was for their behavior. The letter stated that the Blacks needed to be very careful of how they behaved in the school because of all the police that would be there. || The segregation in the schools was a major part of the Civil Rights Movement. The Boston schools being segregated gave people an understanding of how
 * "Equal Opportunity Not Enough" ||  ||   ||   ||
 * "Report on the Miami Riot, 1981" || damon ||  ||   ||
 * "Young Residents of Cabrini Green" ||  ||   ||   ||
 * "We Must Have a Black Mayor, 1983" || damon ||  ||   ||