1. Charles Evers worked to register black voters and organized boycotts of white businesses during the Jim Crow era. What do you think is the biggest problem that African Americans face in our society today? What do you think should be done about it? Outline your thoughts in a short essay. Use the following web link to see what issues Charles Evers thought were important in a CNN interview. http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/bhm/ Then click on "transcript."

This lesson activity was submitted by Debbie Dickerson, a social studies teacher in Kansas.