https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6 Made with big dreams en-us 2022-03-29 15:58:11 UTC 2022-04-02 19:54:24 UTC hello@padlet.com johndavidburner https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2119715821  The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest in Montgomery, Alabama, in which African Americans refused to board city buses in protest of segregated seating. Started by Rosa Parks as she refused to sit at the back of the bus, this movement was very effective and acted like a wakeup call about discrimination.]]> 2022-03-29 16:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2119715821 johndavidburner https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2120831654 On September 4, 1957 Nine African American students arrived at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Once the students reached the front door, the National Guard prevented them from entering the school and were forced to go home.]]> 2022-03-30 05:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2120831654 johndavidburner https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2122339080 On May 4, 1961 Freedom Riders traveling by bus through the South to challenge segregation laws were brutally attacked by a white mob at the Greyhound Station in downtown Montgomery, Alabama.]]> 2022-03-30 21:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2122339080 johndavidburner https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2122342815 Martin Luther King, Jr., gave a speech during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963 called "I have a dream". Being a call for equality and freedom, it became one of the most crucial moments of civil rights movement and one of the most iconic speeches in history of America.]]> 2022-03-30 21:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2122342815 johndavidburner https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2126433096 While riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.]]> 2022-04-02 11:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2126433096 johndavidburner https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2126435439 On February 21, 1965, Malcom X was gunned down as his pregnant wife and 4 daughters took cover in the front row at the Audubon Ballroom. ]]> 2022-04-02 12:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2126435439 johndavidburner https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2126695977 The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery.The marches were organized by nonviolent activists by to demonstrate the desire of African-American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of segregationist repression; they were part of a broader voting rights movement underway in Selma and throughout the American South. ]]> 2022-04-02 19:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2126695977 johndavidburner https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2126698549 The black Panther Party came into existence during those years of political protest and change, being founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton on October 25, 1966. They were greatly influenced by Malcom X ,and believed that violence or threat to violence might be needed to help bring about change. ]]> 2022-04-02 19:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2126698549 johndavidburner https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2126705784 The Watergate Scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's continual attempts to cover up its involvement in the June 17, 1972, break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Washington, D.C. Watergate Office Building. ]]> 2022-04-02 19:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2126705784 johndavidburner https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2126706053 Having rebuilt their forces and upgraded their logistics system, North Vietnamese forces triggered a major offensive in the Central Highlands in March 1975. On April 30, 1975, NVA tanks rolled through the gate of the Presidential Palace in Saigon, effectively ending the war.]]> 2022-04-02 19:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/johndavidburner/9tcvk8ucjnj5e9s6/wish/2126706053