Reena Evers-Everette Recounts What Motivated Her Father, Medgar Evers, to Get Involved in the Civil Rights Movement
3:34
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: New June 2022! Reena Evers-Everette, daughter of Medgar Evers, shares memories of why her father decided to get involved in the Civil Rights movement in Mississippi.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Civil Rights-79**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Have your students research and create a map of lynchings in both a Southern state and either a Northern or Western state between 1882 and 1968. Study the patterns, draw 3 to 5 conclusions about the reasons behind the patterns and be prepared to defend these conclusions in class.
- There are many first person Civil Rights videos on the Educate.Today website. Use a keyword search for Civil Rights. These may be used as prompts for think pair share activities, jigsaws, small group discussions, journaling, and dramatic play. Their stories are also available for individual study, research projects or National History Day projects.
To learn more about segregation, the Blues and the Delta, check out the full program this segment is edited from: History in the First Person: Music Moved the Movement – Civil Rights and the Blues 2.
*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
