https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr Historical significance en-us 2021-10-20 20:47:49 UTC 2025-11-08 12:05:28 UTC hello@padlet.com chesterwhale https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831647457 Lasting 381 days, the Montgomery Bus Boycott resulted in the Supreme Court ruling segregation on public buses unconstitutional. It played a significant part in helping to eliminate early racial barriers to transportation.]]> 2021-10-20 21:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831647457 chesterwhale https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831651306 The Little Rock Nine became an integral part of the fight for equal opportunity in American education when they dared to challenge public school segregation by enrolling at the all-white Central High School in 1957.  The Little Rock Nine were significant as symbols of the difference between the changing federal laws concerning segregation in the 1950s and opposing public sentiment about the laws in the deep South.]]> 2021-10-20 21:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831651306 chesterwhale https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831652757 Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals. Freedom Riders tried to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters at bus stations in Alabama, South Carolina and other Southern states. The groups were confronted by arresting police officers—as well as horrific violence from white protestors—along their routes, but also drew international attention to the civil rights movement.]]> 2021-10-20 21:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831652757 chesterwhale https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831654569 King's speech sparked a movement, which helped create the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ending racial segregation in the United States.   It spoke of equality and freedom, it became one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement and one of the most iconic speeches in American history.]]> 2021-10-20 21:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831654569 chesterwhale https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831656054 President Kennedy was well liked by the people, and was a supporter of the civil rights movement.  The impacts of this event were very widespread, as his assassination caused many Americans to loose faith in their government. ]]> 2021-10-20 21:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831656054 chesterwhale https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831657935 Black Panther Party's original name was Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The party’s original purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality. The Panthers eventually developed into a Marxist revolutionary group that called for the arming of all African Americans, the exemption of African Americans from the draft and from all sanctions of so-called white America, the release of all African Americans from jail, and the payment of compensation to African Americans for centuries of exploitation by white Americans.]]> 2021-10-20 21:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831657935 chesterwhale https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831661514  In New York City, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights.]]> 2021-10-20 21:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831661514 chesterwhale https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831664333 In March of 1965, peaceful protesters marching for voting rights in Selma, Alabama, were brutally attacked by state troopers. News of what became known as “Bloody Sunday” swept across America, sparking public opinion behind voting reform and prompting Congress to pass the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act.]]> 2021-10-20 21:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831664333 chesterwhale https://padlet.com/chesterwhale/edp8vcrsh7dww8rr/wish/1831665620 With the impeachment proceedings that began against Richard Nixon, it was shown to the Americans and the rest of the world that no person was above the law. The scandal put an end to Nixon's political career, and left his reputation in tatters. The Freedom of Information Act was further strengthened and this allowed people to get easier access to government-related documents. The public became even more wary and distrustful of politicians and that would explain why in the year 1977, the country went on to elect a farmer from Georgia, Jimmy Carter.

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