Role of the Media in the Civil Rights Movement

What reporter became the first African-American woman reporter for The Washington Post?

• Leah Chase

• Dorothy Butler Gilliam

• Diane Nash

• Rosa Parks

Which Civil Rights leader once said that without television news coverage the Civil Rights Movement would’ve been like a bird without wings or a choir without a song.

• John Lewis

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Medgar Evers

• Dorothy Butler Gilliam

What was the impact of having the events at Selma, Alabama broadcasted to the country?

• Everyone decided to ignore the events

• It didn't make an impact

• As a result of more people being able to see the brutality in Selma, more protests in over 80 cities across the country

True or False:

The images from The Montgomery Bus Boycott demonstrated the power of the whole black community using direct but non-violent action. It also highlighted to the citizens of America, straight into their own homes, the importance and potential of black economic power as businesses lost millions of dollars.

• True

• False

What was the media able to show through capturing events of the Civil Rights Movement?

• The media wasn't able to show America anything through their broadcasting

•  The media was able to show the country the injustice happening around them

• The media didn't help spread the message to help inspire the movement