Civil Rights Movement Timeline by Melissa Kandel https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq en-us 2022-03-03 19:08:44 UTC 2022-03-04 19:53:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9d0.png 1902 Passage of Poll Tax in Texas 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076520776 Citizens in some states had to pay a fee to vote in a national election.]]> 2022-03-03 19:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076520776 1910 Slocum Massacre 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076524870 White mobs went killing African Americans ]]> 2022-03-03 19:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076524870 Opening of the Colored Carnegie Library in Houston (1912) 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076528236 was one of the first public libraries for African-Americans west of the Mississippi River]]> 2022-03-03 19:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076528236 Founding of the "Harlem Hellfighters" (1913) 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076531002 the 15th New York (Colored) Infantry Regiment, a National Guard unit. ]]> 2022-03-03 19:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076531002 The formation of the NAACP in Texas (1915) 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076535331 America's oldest and largest civil rights organization]]> 2022-03-03 19:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076535331 Lynching of Jessie Washington (1916) 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076539895 Jesse Washington was a seventeen-year-old African-American farmhand who was lynched]]> 2022-03-03 19:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076539895 Houston Riot of 1917 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076549041 The Houston Riot of 1917 was a mutiny and riot by 156 soldiers from the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army.]]> 2022-03-03 19:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076549041 Dorris Miller awarded Medal of Honor (1942) 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076550909 He was the first black American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the highest decoration for valor in combat after the Medal of Honor.]]> 2022-03-03 19:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076550909 Smith v. Allwright (1944) 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076557690 regard to voting rights and, by extension, racial desegregation.]]> 2022-03-03 19:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076557690 Juanita Craft's vote in Dallas (1944) 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076561304 she became the first Black woman in Dallas County to vote in the Democratic Party primary.]]> 2022-03-03 19:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076561304 Sweatt v. Painter (1950) 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076567556 A case won by the NAACP involving the right of African-American,Herman Sweat to attend Law School at the University of Texas.]]> 2022-03-03 19:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076567556 D.Joe Williams integrates collegiate sports (1953) 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076584969 was the first African American to integrate collegiate sports in Texas. ]]> 2022-03-03 19:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076584969 1955 Dallas Youth Council Protest of Negro Achievement Day 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076589976 Craft and members of the Youth Council decided to stage a boycott of the fair to draw attention to discriminatory practices]]> 2022-03-03 20:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076589976 Mansfield School Desegregation (1956) 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076594836 In 1956, Mansfield ISD became the first school district in the state ordered by a federal court to desegregate.]]> 2022-03-03 20:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2076594836 Texas Western Miners Victory (1966) 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2078478710 The team won the national championship in 1966, becoming the first team with an all-black starting lineup to do so.]]> 2022-03-04 19:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2078478710 Election of Barbara Jordan to the Texas State Senate (1967) and House of Representatives 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2078485375 Barbara Jordan of Houston in March 1967.The first black state senator.]]> 2022-03-04 19:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2078485375 Texas Legislative Black Caucus Formed (1973) 108092695 https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2078487978 the Texas Legislative Black Caucus was organized in 1973 by eight African Americans who were elected to the Texas House of Representatives.]]> 2022-03-04 19:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/108092695/ehq1sa2qv4q2j0gq/wish/2078487978