Storyboard by Jorja Pugh https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl en-us 2024-05-15 13:34:04 UTC 2024-05-17 14:06:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3a6.png June 1, 1956 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2994254353 On this day Anthony Ray Hinton was born.

]]> 2024-05-15 13:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2994254353 1956 - The Supreme Court Declares Bus Segregation Unconstitutional panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2996049349 After the boycott of the Montgomery bus system, the local bus company decided to desegregate their busses. However, the city and state still wanted the Jim Crow laws to be informed. In response to this, the Supreme Court declared that segregation would be illegal.

]]> 2024-05-16 13:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2996049349 1960 - The Desegregation of Interstate Travel panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2996052169 In December of 1960, the Supreme Court ordered that interstate buses and bus terminals were required to integrate. This inspired member of the Congress of Racial Equality to ride buses from Washington to New Orleans. These people were known as Freedom Riders.

]]> 2024-05-16 13:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2996052169 1964 - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997612710 A Federal Civil Rights Act was one of the main goals of the march in 1963. This act was to block discrimination from race, color, religion, and/or national origin. This act also established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which helped enforce its (this act’s) goals.

]]> 2024-05-17 13:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997612710 1965 - The Voting Rights Act of 1965 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997613681 This act was created to fix one of the major flaws in the Civil Rights Act. It was to fix the legal and illegal methods white people had used to deny African Americans voting rights. This act was signed on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson

]]> 2024-05-17 13:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997613681 1971 - The Attica Prison Riot panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997615374 The Attica State Correction Facility had an overbearing number of prisoners in it; it was overcrowded. This limited what the inmates could do, so they reached out the the authorities. However, when no change came, they the prisoners took matters into their own hands by rioting for what they wanted. Around thirty-nine people were killed.

]]> 2024-05-17 13:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997615374 1985 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997617866 Hinton was charged with the murders done by “The Cool Killer.”

He was also indicated by a grand jury without even stepping foot in a courtroom.

]]> 2024-05-17 13:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997617866 1986 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997619137 The DA ballistics expert finds that the death bullets did not match the gun found in Hinton’s home.

]]> 2024-05-17 13:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997619137 2002 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997619799 Hinton is told by an officer in the jail that his mother has passed away.

]]> 2024-05-17 13:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997619799 2007 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997633287 I’m born!

]]> 2024-05-17 13:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997633287 2009 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997635573 Penni (my sister) is born!

]]> 2024-05-17 13:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997635573 2013 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997636556 My family moves to Florida, and I start cheering.

]]> 2024-05-17 13:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997636556 2013 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997638350 Stevenson uses a petition to get Hinton another trial.

]]> 2024-05-17 13:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997638350 2015 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997639167 Hinton is released from prison after 30 years.

]]> 2024-05-17 13:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997639167 2016 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997639670 My family moves to West Virginia.

]]> 2024-05-17 14:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997639670 2017 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997640132 Jolie (another sister) is born!

]]> 2024-05-17 14:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997640132 2018 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997642163 Hinton published a book titled The Sun Does Shine talking about his experience on death row, as well as the unjustness of his trials.

]]> 2024-05-17 14:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997642163 1999 panda13jrp https://padlet.com/panda13jrp/9buam1ijt9p5bhpl/wish/2997647491 Bryan Stevenson steps into the case. He sends a letter to Hinton stating that he wants to help him, and he does exactly that.

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