Name:
Civil Rights Movement Leaders Research Project
Directions: You will be investigating leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
1. Pick one of leaders from the list below and follow the directions.
a. James Chaney
e. Malcolm X
b. Eldridge Cleaver
f. Thurgood Marshall
c. Medgar Evers
g. A. Philip Randolph
h. Michael Schwerner
d. Andrew Goodman
2. Research the internet to answer the following questions…
a. Where and when was he/she born?
b. Where and when did he/she die?
c. Describe his/her upbringing in their early life:
d. What did they contribute to the Civil Rights Movement?
e. If you could use one adjective to describe him/her, what
word would you chose and why?
3. Enter this information into a PowerPoint using the following
format:
Slide 1: Name and a picture of the person
Slide 2: Birth date and place and death date and place
Slide 3: Early Life
Slide 4: Contributions to Civil Rights
Slide 5: One word to describe them and why you chose that word