·To identify major civil rights leaders. ·To learn that ordinary men and women struggled for their beliefs and the beliefs of others during the Civil Rights Movement. ·All the participants of the Civil Rights Movement -famous or otherwise - deserve to have their stories told. ·All persons have the obligation to pass stories related to the Civil Rights Movement to younger people.
Recommended level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
1. Daisy Lee Gatson Bates and the Civil Rights Movement