https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n historical significance en-us 2022-04-04 01:13:49 UTC 2025-04-15 14:08:13 UTC hello@padlet.com myaasidhu https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127711812 Black and white children had to go to different schools due to segregation. Due to this segregation many black kids could not go to university. A named Mr. brown wanted his daughter to be able to go to the white school in their neighborhood, Little rock central high. Mr. brown then went to court to show the inequality in the black and white schools, the court ruled that schools should be de-segregated. In the image above is Mr. Browns daughter being escorted out from their white school after being allowed to attend. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127711812 myaasidhu https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127713205 The US was very fearful of the threat of communism due to the cold war and wanted it to stop. North Vietnam was communist and South Vietnam was anti-communist and backed by the US. Over 3 million people died and many Americans were outraged feeling as if the US had no business being involved in the war resulting in protests such as in the photo above. In the end north Vietnam won and the Vietnamese people call it the victory war. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127713205 myaasidhu https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127715004 The freedom riders was a group of black and white people who sat on uncharted buses to protest segregation. as the image above depicts the bus was surrounded by a mob who beat and fire bombed the bus in protest to their actions. The protest was supposed to be non-violent from the black protesters but thew white mobs turned it to an event of violence. As a whole the freedom riders symbolized to empowerment of ordinary people can be involved in big things. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127715004 myaasidhu https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127716408 The black panther party was political party that fought for black rights. They fought against police brutality and organized armed citizen patrols in US cities. The FBI labeled them as an communist organization and further went on to make up evidence in them to have them disbanded. The party had many internal conflicts and had incredibly violent methods of justice. However, as we can see in the photo the people were a passionate party to simply wished to fight for equality but later lost the plot. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127716408 myaasidhu https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127718612 This famous march took place in Alabama that was a very racist state at the time. The reason of the march was to show that only about 2% of black people were registered to vote and that they had a hard time trying to vote. Demonstrators were violent as showed above were police began to beat the protesters. Even though the march was relatively peaceful 3 white ministers who were supporters got attacked by the KKK. Once this event got attention in later months president Johnson signed a bill that allowed black people to vote. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127718612 myaasidhu https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127720809 Martin Luther King was a very educated man who had a PhD in theology however, he was arrested due to leading protest. During his rally in Washington he presented his speech: i have a dream. As we can see above there were many people who supported him and heard this speech. He went on to win the Nobel peace prize for combating racism through non-violent means however, he was assassinated in Memphis. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127720809 myaasidhu https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127722196 John F. Kennedy was assassinated November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. The photo above show Mr. Kennedy Moments before he was shot and killed. The assassination impacted so many Americans since he was such a progressive president and many conspiracy theory's were born from this attack. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127722196 myaasidhu https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127732486 Watergate happened while president Nixon was in office. He later began to tapping into info coming in and out of the white house due to confidential papers being leaked about hoping to end the Vietnam war. When the break in at the democratic headquarters happened Nixon denied involvement however, it came out that he paid the burglars hush money. As we can see from the image above the press was very heavily involved in this case and caused a rift to form between the people and their government. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127732486 myaasidhu https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127734412 The Montgomery Boy boycott was a protest against segregation. As we can see in the image above African Americans boycotted the public transport because of segregation seating laws at the time. Since black people made up 75% of bus riders at the time it was an effective protest that was started by Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat to a white women. The black people at the time gained a little more acceptance due to this protest. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127734412 myaasidhu https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127737462 Malcolm X was only 39 when he was assassinated.The image above was taken on the same day that he was assassinated. He was a leader of black civil rights movement, and grew up in extreme poverty. Malcolm was a Muslim minster and was very passionate in his preaching while being an active black rights leader. He felt that America was a backwards country after going to Mecca and seeing that Islam was all about equality. Even though Malcolm preached such things as freedom and equality he was a violent protester and leaded through fear. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/myaasidhu/2qyclg2c19xad04n/wish/2127737462