https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp Made with mirth en-us 2023-02-09 18:03:18 UTC 2026-03-24 06:30:06 UTC hello@padlet.com mackvickers2025 https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2475435381 Governer Orval Faubus called in the national guard to assist in keeping out black students, due to the claim that "He could not keep order if he had to desegregate schools." This act went against a supreme court mandate, and so, Former President Eisenhower took control of the National Gaurd, forcing them to protect the black students. - Notes]]> 2023-02-09 18:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2475435381 mackvickers2025 https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2478837001 Started by Rosa Parks, after she refused to let up her seat on the bus to a white man, was arrested due to violating segregation laws. A group of black leaders, after hearing of her story, gathered other black folks around and decided to completely boycott all usage of busses or affiliation towards bus companies. In the end, the Supreme Court removed the segregation laws regarding the bus system. - notes]]> 2023-02-13 12:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2478837001 mackvickers2025 https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2478862687 Oliver Brown, a welder, wanted his daughter to go to school. The problem was, the nearest school to his home did not allow african american attendees. In retaliation, Mr. Brown sued the Board of Education. In his lawsuit, brown stated that segregation between white schools and black schools violated the 14th amendment. After a hard-fought case. Brown wins, and the Supreme Court bans segregation within all schools (legally).]]> 2023-02-13 12:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2478862687 mackvickers2025 https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2478987133 After being inspired by Rosa Parks's movement, MLK held peaceful marches and protests with hundreds, if not thousands of blacks, and even some whites. His movements took heavy inspiration from the ways of Ghandi. Throughout his time involved in the Civil Rights protest, MLK was considered the official leader of the movement. In 1968, he was assassinated. 

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-https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/biographical/]]> 2023-02-13 13:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2478987133 mackvickers2025 https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2479052235 President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, in response to the mass Civil Rights movements, which prevented the unfair rules in voting made to prevent black americans from voting. The main one being literacy tests. This would be the end of an era, as these rules were made way back during the end of the Civil War.

-https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement]]> 2023-02-13 13:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2479052235 mackvickers2025 https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2479209853 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the act, despite heavy disagreement from the South. This act prevents discrimination of race, gender, and religion in the workforce throughout employees, aswell as any other public area. This act was first brought up by John F. Kennedy. However, following his assassination, it was up to  his successor, President Johnson, who passed the bill. President Johnson handed out separate pens of which he used to sign the bill to supporters, such as Martin Luther King Jr, and Roy Wilkins.

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-https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement]]> 2023-02-13 13:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2479209853 mackvickers2025 https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2484501462 Emmet Till, a 14 year old, is beaten to death by multiple white folk due to flirting with a white woman. He was beaten due to violating the unwritten rule of black on white relationships. This took place in the South. His story was written and posted in newspapers everywhere, which gained the attention of many black citizens around the continent. The men responsible for his murder were given the title not guilty in court, furthering the anger of black americans.

-https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement-timeline]]> 2023-02-16 05:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2484501462 mackvickers2025 https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2484506706 A peaceful protest consisting of 600 people, in protest of the murder of a Civil Rights activist, Jimmie Lee Jackson, who was brutally beaten and killed by law enforcement. As the protestors made their way across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, officers threw tear gas, and beat down some of the protestors, with dozens ending up paralyzed. However, because of this, MLK gained federal protection for yet another march.]]> 2023-02-16 05:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2484506706 mackvickers2025 https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2484514488 Days after MLK's assassination. An Act was formed named the Fair Housing Act. It prevents discrimination based on gender, race, and religion when involving housing. This was the last act created during the Civil Rights era. 

-https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement]]> 2023-02-16 05:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2484514488 mackvickers2025 https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2484517905 Primarily lead by the three leaders, Martin Luther King Jr, A. Randolph, and Bayard Rustin. 200,000 protestors of all color gathered around and marched peacefully into washington D.C,  with the purpose of demanding the publishment of a civil rights legislation. The most iconic part of this protest was MLK's speech. His famous speech, "I have a dream."

-https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement]]> 2023-02-16 05:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mackvickers2025/9azotgdmfydk86fp/wish/2484517905