Topics for Further Study
Last Updated August 19, 2024.
- Coming of Age in Mississippi is divided into four parts. Which section do you find the most impactful? Why?
- Research urban and rural southern society in the 1940s and 1950s, before the civil rights movement began. Compare and contrast these two environments.
- Investigate a specific aspect or leader of the civil rights movement, such as the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock or Martin Luther King, Jr. Write a report analyzing your chosen topic or individual within the context of the overall movement.
- Learn more about the murders of Emmett Till, Louis Allen, or Medgar Evers. Write an article about one of these incidents as it might have appeared in a liberal northern newspaper at the time.
- Watch a movie that depicts the civil rights era, such as Mississippi Burning, which focuses on Freedom Summer, or The Ghosts of Mississippi, which deals with bringing Medgar Evers' killer to justice. Research the events portrayed in the film and write a critique evaluating its historical accuracy.
- Research significant events in the civil rights movement that occurred after the spring of 1964. Write an epilogue to Coming of Age in Mississippi summarizing these events and their impact on southern African Americans.
- Examine how northern politicians in the 1950s and 1960s responded to the civil rights movement and African-American demands for equality. Write a report on their level of support, or lack thereof, for the civil rights movement.
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