Civil Rights Movement Map-Jennifer by Jennifer Lopez Lopez

Fred Hampton's Assassination

lopezjenni — 2025-05-16 01:49:42 UTC

Fred was an activist who was killed because of his influential leadership in helping people of color during a Chicago police raid. This raid was done in his apartment on December 4, 1969, by Chicago police. There was an insider who helped the Chicago police as well as the FBI in doing so.

https://digitalchicagohistory.org/exhibits/show/fred-hampton-50th/the-assassination

Bloody Sunday

lopezjenni — 2025-05-16 02:25:50 UTC

On March 7, 1965, some civil rights marchers were violently attacked by police and state troopers. They were trying to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge. This march was aimed at gaining voting rights for African Americans.

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/onthisday-bloody-sunday

MLKs Assassination

lopezjenni — 2025-05-16 02:55:33 UTC

Dr.King was shot while he was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. He was shot by James Earl Ray. Dr.King later died at a nearby hospital.

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/assassination-martin-luther-king-jr

Whitney Young

lopezjenni — 2025-05-16 03:20:21 UTC

Whitey Young was an American Civil rights leader. He worked to help end discrimination against people of color. He also worked to end employment discrimination. He also collaborated with many other civil rights leaders.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Whitney-M-Young-Jr

Brown V Board of Education

lopezjenni — 2025-05-16 03:41:45 UTC

This court case was famous because it decided whether schools would continue being racially segregated. Although this court case got separated into 5 different but same cases, the ending was good. It ended racial segregation in schools.

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/brown-v-board-of-education#:~:text=In%20this%20milestone%20decision%2C%20the,1896%20Plessy%20v.%20Ferguson%20case.

Rosa Parks

lopezjenni — 2025-05-16 03:54:32 UTC

Rosa Parks was known for her defiance on the Montgomery, Alabama bus on December 1. She was said to be the mother of the civil rights movement. She died because of natural causes at age 92.

https://www.nps.gov/features/malu/feat0002/wof/rosa_parks.htm#:~:text=Called%20%22the%20mother%20of%20the,Boycott%20by%2017%2C000%20black%20citizens.

Malcolm X´s Assassination

lopezjenni — 2025-05-16 04:08:04 UTC

Malcolm X argued for black power. He helped with black racial equality. He was assassinated because of escalating conflicts and threats after separating from the NOI and forming his movement.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/godinamerica-civil-rights/#:~:text=He%20argued%20for%20black%20power,subjugation%20of%20the%20black%20race.

Thurgood Marshall

lopezjenni — 2025-05-16 04:20:05 UTC

Thurgood was known as one of the country's greatest jurists and civil rights advocates. He helped with the Brown V Board of Education court case.

https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/educational-activities/brown-v-board-education-re-enactment/justice-thurgood-marshall-profile-brown-v-board-education-re-enactment