https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl Key Locations en-us 2023-05-09 20:26:05 UTC 2026-01-09 15:36:34 UTC hello@padlet.com kamaya12 https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2584374975 Violence erupts in Watts, CA in August, 1965, as citizens are outraged because of a traffic stop in which a black man was stopped and arrested by a white Highway Patrol officer. An African American man, Marquette Frye, was pulled over on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Frye resisted arrest, however it is unclear today whether or not the officer used excessive force to detain him. "The riots resulted in the deaths of 34 people, while more than 1,000 were injured and more than $40 million worth of property was destroyed." -Britannica. The riots lasted for 6 days starting on Aug 11, 1965. There are conflicting opinions about the riots, some believe that it was caused by opportunists who saw a chance to loot, steal, and cause chaos by burning their own neighborhoods. Others believe that the relationship between the police and the citizens in the area had a long history of mistreatment and the Watts riots was simply a breaking point for the community. Still others blamed poverty, as a result, President LBJ declared a war on poverty across America.]]> 2023-05-09 20:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2584374975 kamaya12 https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2584389734 There were more than 436 riders from May until November of 1961. Riders included student activists, faith leaders, members of the Jewish and Greek Orthodox communities and others. Many had membership in different civil rights organizations. ]]> 2023-05-09 20:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2584389734 dramirez226 https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2584393459 Following a lawsuit filed by an African American man named Oliver Brown against the Topeka Board of Education to have his daughter Linda admitted to a local school, the U.S. Supreme Court determines that segregated schools are unconstitutional. In the famous 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the justices held unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.




]]> 2023-05-09 20:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2584393459 kamaya12 https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2584393622 The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense BPP was founded in October 1966 in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, who met at Merritt College in Oakland. It was a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality. ]]> 2023-05-09 20:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2584393622 jcastillo1718 https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2584395120 On February 27, 1973, half the world in general and the entire United States in particular was stunned by the news that the Indians had once again dug up the hatchet and occupied a town in South Dakota.

The arrival of the FBI meant a shooting confrontation, some casualties and a state of siege that lasted more than two months until an agreement was reached to lay down their arms.]]> 2023-05-09 20:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2584395120 kamaya12 https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2584396770 The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. The boycott took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, and is regarded as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation.

]]> 2023-05-09 20:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2584396770 jcastillo1718 https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2585666653  December 23 near Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. It had a moment magnitude of 6.3 and a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive). The epicenter was located 28 km (17 mi) northeast of the city center and at a depth of about 10 km (6.2 mi). The earthquake caused numerous casualties among the inhabitants of Managua: between 4,000 and 11,000 dead, 20,000 injured and more than 300,000 homeless.

Two-thirds of Managua's 1,000,000 residents were displaced and faced food shortage and disease, and dry-season winds worsened the problem with fires created by the disaster.]]> 2023-05-10 15:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2585666653 jcastillo1718 https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2585676743 The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, referred to by the Chinese government as the June 4 Incident (Chinese: 六四事件), consisted of a series of demonstrations led by Chinese students that occurred between April 15 and June 4, 1989, and their subsequent crackdown ordered by the authorities of the People's Republic of China. The protest is named after the place where the Chinese army broke up the mobilization: the symbolic Tiananmen Square, historical and cultural center of the Chinese capital. The protesters came from different groups, ranging from intellectuals who believed that the government was too repressive and corrupt, to city workers who believed that China's economic reforms had gone too far and that inflation and unemployment were threatening their livelihoods.]]> 2023-05-10 15:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2585676743 dramirez226 https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2586021791 (September 4,1957) Nine African American students are denied entry to Central High School by members of the Arkansas National Guard and an angry crowd despite court-ordered school desegregation. The Little Rock Nine are escorted to school by federal troops sent by President Dwight Eisenhower.They moved through the crowd while shouting profanities and even tossing things. The National Guard stopped the children from entering the school as they arrived at the front entrance, forcing them to leave for home instead.

]]> 2023-05-10 19:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2586021791 dramirez226 https://padlet.com/kamaya12/5wz9le0nmbox7itl/wish/2586025811 ( May 14 1961) By traveling from Washington, D.C. through the South on buses with mixed-race passengers, the Congress for Racial Equality is contesting segregation. Many of the non-violent Freedom Riders are brutally attacked when they are confronted by irate white people, including Ku Klux Klan members, along the journey. The first significant incident to make headlines around the world was a Mother's Day assault in Anniston, Alabama. Freedom Riders carry on through the fall despite the attacks until the federal government steps in to enforce desegregation.



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