1. To identify the methods Alabama, and other states, used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote; 2. To describe the events during the marches of March 7, March 9, and March 21-25, 1965; 3. To analyze the roles played by local activists and national organizations in the voting rights campaign in Selma, Alabama; 4. To trace the effect Selma had on Federal voting rights legislation; 5. To identify surviving places in the local area associated with civil rights.
Recommended level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
1. Barriers to the Ballot: How African Americans Were Denied the Vote
2. The Marches of 1965: From Bloody Sunday to Montgomery
3. Legacy and Local Memory: Civil Rights Then and Now