https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl Events significant to Civil Rights Movement en-us 2017-03-20 18:08:41 UTC 2017-03-21 14:47:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161286999 This case was against the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas by Oliver T. Brown. This landmark court case allowed students in public schools to no longer be segregated due to color of skin.]]> 2017-03-20 18:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161286999 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161291266 Information Brown vs Board of Ed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education
Picture Brown vs. Board of Ed: http://www.nea.org/home/brown-vs-board-share-your-story.html
Information Medgar Evers: http://www.biography.com/people/medgar-evers-9542324
Picture Medgar Evers: http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/medgar-evers
Information Bus Boycott: http://www.ushistory.org/us/54b.asp
Picture Bus Boycott: http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/montgomery-bus-boycott-rosa-parks-civil-rights-movement-anniversary/
Information Greensboro: https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/feb-1-1960-black-students-and-the-greensboro-sit-in/?_r=0
Picture Greensboro: http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/6-legacy/images/sit-in.jpg
Information March on Washington: http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington
Picture March on Washington: http://www.history.com/images/media/video/history_black_history_march_on_washington_sf_1126200/History_Black_History_March_On_Washington_SF_still_624x352.jpg
Information Church Bombing: http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/birmingham-church-bombing
Picture Church Bombing: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing_girls.jpg
Information Civil Rights Act: http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act
Picture Civil Rights Act: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/civilrights/images/Lyndon_Johnson_signing_Civil_Rights_Act-_July_2-_1964_LOC_B_2.jpg
Information Selma March:
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/bloody-sunday-selma-alabama-march-7-1965
Pictures Selma March:
https://gerryco23.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/selma-march-bloody-sunday-officers-beating-the-people-from-the-march.jpg
Information Voting Rights:
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act
Picture Voting Rights:
http://jewishcurrents.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/johnson_voting_rights_act.jpg
Information Thurgood Marshall:
http://www.biography.com/people/thurgood-marshall-9400241
Picture Thurgood Marshall:
http://www.biography.com/people/thurgood-marshall-9400241]]> 2017-03-20 18:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161291266 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161291274 Medgar Evers was a man from Mississippi who worked with the NAACP as a Civil Rights Activist, and was the first southern spokesperson for the group. He investigated the Emmett Till case, and brought the man who committed the murder to jail. In 1963, he was murdered in his driveway.]]> 2017-03-20 18:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161291274 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161296545 Rosa Parks was sitting the African american section of the bus, and when a white man came to sit down, due to the overload of the bus, and whites having the privilege to sit in the front, she refused to give up her seat. This started the boycott in Montgomery, Alabama lead by Martin Luther King, Jr. No African-American road the bus for months.]]> 2017-03-20 18:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161296545 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161300215 2017-03-20 18:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161300215 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161300297 2017-03-20 18:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161300297 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161300724 2017-03-20 18:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161300724 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161300893 Four Black students from Greensboro, NC sat at the"white's only" lunch counter in Woolworth's and were refused service. This sparked many other college students to do this in many towns and states. These were sit in's that sparked many young African-Americans to take part in the Civil Rights Movement, despite the horrific acts of violence against them.]]> 2017-03-20 18:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161300893 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161303747 This Civil Rights Movement was held in Washington, DC to showcase the political and social challenges faced by African-Americans. This march was lead by Martin Luther King, Jr. and involved civil rights activists and religious groups. This is where Martin Luther King, Jr. made his "I Have a Dream" speech.]]> 2017-03-20 19:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161303747 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161304133 2017-03-20 19:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161304133 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161304202 2017-03-20 19:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161304202 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161306591 4 African American girls were killed when during a meeting for Civil Rights Activists were held on that sunday morning, a bomb went off. Many were injured as well. This was a leading event to the Civil Rights Act, due to the bomber never being persecuted.]]> 2017-03-20 19:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161306591 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161306892 This act was put in place to end segregation in all states in the United States. This not only ended segregation, but it also said that "no one can be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." This ended segregation in public and work places. This was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.]]> 2017-03-20 19:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161306892 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161307110 A Protest march was held starting in Selma to Montgomery. When activists had lined up and crossed the bridge to go to Montgomery, when they were stopped by police. When the marchers refused to turn around, the police sprayed marchers with tear gas and beat them with clubs.]]> 2017-03-20 19:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161307110 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161307283 This was a law passed by congress and signed by Lyndon B. Johnson saying that you cannot be discriminated against when it comes to voting. This is what today is known as the 15th amendment.]]> 2017-03-20 19:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161307283 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161307595 2017-03-20 19:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161307595 pgoodskey2015 https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161307755 Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American to be sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice. This ended legal segregation in the United States. He was also the leading council for the NAACP for the Brown vs. Board of Education case. ]]> 2017-03-20 19:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/pgoodskey2015/19l3dgm0drkl/wish/161307755