Living History Interview Questions
1.What did you think about Malcolm X and what he believed in?
2.How did the abolition of segregated buses affect you?
3.How did you feel about the Jim Crow laws?
4.How did Martin Luther King’s assassination affect you?
5.What did you think about Martin Luther King and what he believed in?
6.Describe how you felt when President Kennedy was assassinated.
7.What did you think about the Freedom Riders and what they set out to accomplish?
8.What can you remember about the four students that were killed at Kent State University during the Vietnam War protests?
9.What did you think about the invention of transistor radios?
10.Which part of past history is most memorable to you?

Living History Interview Answers
1.Seemed like a guy that had people’s best interest in mind.
2.Lived in Ohio, really didn’t affect me.
3.Shocking to find out that people didn’t have the same rights.
4.Disheartening. Knew it wasn’t going to be a good thing. I was afraid of what would happen next.
5.I heard the speech. I was very inspired. I kind of knew the country was going to be better.
6.I was really stunned. I watched the assassination on television.
7.I agreed with their goals, but I thought that they were a little crazy.
8.I felt bad for the guys doing the shooting. I was angry at the establishment, because they handled the situation so poorly.
9.I thought it was a marvelous invention. I got one for birthday.
10.The Vietnam War era. Because very young people were protesting on campuses. I got drafted to the Vietnam War, but was medically discharged.