Selma Lesson Plans & Classroom Activities
The Role of LBJ in the Selma March and the Voting Rights Act
“At times, history and fate meet at a single
time in a single place to shape a turning point in man’s unending
search for freedom. So it was at Lexington and Concord. So it was
a century ago in Appomattox. And so it was last week in Selma, Alabama.”
President Lyndon Baines Johnson
March 15, 1965
Introduction
As a U.S. President, LBJ played an important role in the Civil
Rights Movement. To examine his role, research the documents below
and answer the questions that follow.
Audiotape conversation between President Johnson and Dr. King
January, 1965
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/lbjforkids/civil_audio.htm
The President’s Daily Diary: March 11, 1965
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/diary/1965/650311.asp
The President’s Daily Diary: March 12, 1965
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/diary/1965/650312.asp
The President’s Daily Diary: March 13, 1965
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/diary/1965/650313.asp
The President’s Daily Diary: March 14, 1965
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/diary/1965/650314.asp
The President’s Daily Diary: March 15, 1965
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/diary/1965/650315.asp
Highlights from telephone conversations (January – March
1065)
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/dictabelt.hom/highlights/65jan-mar.asp
Remarks for the Voting Rights Act—August 6, 1965
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/speeches.hom/650806.asp
Click here to print worksheet
Developed by Alabama Focus on Civil Rights Educators
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