Selma Film Study Flashcards

This set of flashcards covers key figures, events, statistics, and vocabulary terms from the lecture notes on the film Selma and the historical civil rights movement.

The Nobel Peace Prize

The award Dr King is presented with in the opening scenes of the film.

$$1964$$

The year in which the opening scenes of the movement are set.

Annie Lee Cooper

The woman who unsuccessfully attempts to register to vote at the courthouse.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The President of the United States who meets with Dr King regarding voting rights.

Malcolm X

The individual described as militant by the President and who was eventually murdered.

War on poverty

The priority issue in domestic affairs for President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Serving Whites Only since $1855$

The text written on the sign outside the hotel in Selma.

J. Edgar Hoover

The director of the FBI who proposes hurting Dr King by targeting his family dynamic.

Atlanta

The city where the King family resides.

Jim Clark

The Sheriff of Selma.

Coretta

The first name of Dr King's wife.

SCLC

The initials representing the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

$$50\%$$

The percentage of the population of Selma that was black in $1964$.

$$2\%$$

The percentage of registered voters in Selma who were black during the time depicted.

Give us the vote

The specific rally cry used by Dr King during his speech.

George Wallace

The Governor of Alabama during the Selma protests.

Jimmie Lee Jackson

A civil rights activist from Marion, Alabama, who was beaten and shot by police.

Vietnam

The location of the foreign war the United States was involved in at the time of the Selma events.

Poll tax

A tax required for each year an individual was not legally registered to vote.

Voucher

A registered voter who mentors an applicant wishing to register to vote.

John Lewis

The young man from SNCC who wanted to march despite opposition from others in his organization.

Hosea Williams

The individual who led the first march.

Brown Chapel

The location where the march began.

$70$ million

The number of people who watched the march on television.

James Reeb

A white minister from Boston who traveled to Selma to participate in the march.

Frank Minis Johnson

The judge who presides over the court case regarding the five-day march.

Selma to Montgomery

The intended route of the march organized by the SCLC.

Viola Liuzzo

A woman who was murdered by the KKK following the march.

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

The poem from which Dr King includes a verse in his speech at the end of the film.

$$39$$

The age of Dr King at the time he was murdered.