https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag Made with fortitude en-us 2017-02-28 17:04:53 UTC 2025-06-21 15:16:06 UTC hello@padlet.com camden_cronje_657 https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/156791534  The thirteenth amendment officially abolished slavery in America. ]]> 2017-02-28 17:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/156791534 camden_cronje_657 https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/156796259 While visiting his family in Mississippi, Emmett Till is murdered for flirting with a white woman four days earlier. The Emmett Till murder trial emphasized the brutality of Jim Crow segregation in the South. ]]> 2017-02-28 17:21:31 UTC https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/156796259 camden_cronje_657 https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/156798014 Nine black students enrolled in an all white school in Little Rock, Arkansas were prohibited from entering the school. 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This event was protesting racial segregation. ]]> 2017-02-28 18:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/156812689 camden_cronje_657 https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/156813600 The 24th amendment ended mandatory poll taxes. 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Parks became a national symbol of dignity and strength in the struggle for racial equality. ]]> 2017-03-02 03:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/157223952 camden_cronje_657 https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/157224333 The Freedom Rights were a series of organized interstate bus rides meant to directly confront discriminatory Jim Crow laws found in Southern States. ]]> 2017-03-02 03:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/157224333 camden_cronje_657 https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/157224597 The March on Washington was a political rally for jobs and freedom. The event shed light on the political and social changes African Americans continued to face. MLK's famous "I have a Dream Speech" ended the rally. ]]> 2017-03-02 03:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/157224597 camden_cronje_657 https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/157224900 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. ]]> 2017-03-02 03:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/157224900 camden_cronje_657 https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/157225122 The Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin and sex. ]]> 2017-03-02 03:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/camden_cronje_657/2al1b08bdmag/wish/157225122