CIVIL RIGHTS SOURCE-COMPARISON NOTES
Editable study worksheet | Yenra | October 17, 2026
Guide: https://yenra.com/civil-rights-institute/
Historical orientation: https://yenra.com/civil-rights-movement/
Source collection: https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-rights-history-project/

Choose one historical question and two sources. Record observations before
interpretations. Keep quotations short and exact; label paraphrases. Check
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MY QUESTION
Place, period and people included:
What would count as useful evidence:

SOURCE A (repeat for SOURCE B)
Title:
Creator/speaker and role in events:
Interviewer, if relevant:
Event date(s):
Date the document/interview was made:
Purpose and intended audience:
Archive and collection:
Item identifier:
Stable URL and date accessed:
Page(s) or timestamp(s) consulted:
What the source directly says/shows:
My interpretation and supporting passage/feature:
What the creator could know directly:
Missing perspectives and unanswered questions:

COMPARISON
Do the sources describe the same event, place and period?
Are they independent, or do they repeat the same original account?
What agrees:
What differs:
Could purpose, audience, timing or wording explain the difference?
Which claim is corroborated, and by what evidence?
Which further record would help?

MY CONCLUSION
Claim:
Evidence from A with locator:
Evidence from B with locator:
Limits / uncertainty:
Next research question:

EXERCISE OPTION
Use the Kennedy Library poll-tax teaching packet linked in the guide and
the Ellie Dahmer interview: https://www.loc.gov/item/2016655401/
The packet's Lee Carr receipt and Dahmer interview involve different
people, places and dates. Compare the kinds of evidence; do not treat one
as direct verification of all details in the other.