https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o Yes I know I have not added pictures yet en-us 2022-01-18 15:04:14 UTC 2025-10-24 05:09:21 UTC hello@padlet.com owenunderwood2024 https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998158811 The Jim Crow laws were laws that were enforced in ex Confederate states to allow segregation by finding loopholes in the Emancipation Proclamation. This was done in many ways, such as a voting fee or a literacy test. This is important to the Civil Rights movement because segregation was still in effect in the South, despite being banned by the federal government.]]> 2022-01-18 15:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998158811 owenunderwood2024 https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998159093 The case of Brown vs the Board of Education was an important case in the Supreme Court. The justices of the Supreme Court unanimously declared that segregation in schools was unconstitutional. This only applied to schools, however, and not to other public spaces such as restaurants.]]> 2022-01-18 15:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998159093 owenunderwood2024 https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998159326 The Bus Boycott happened in December of 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. Over the coming weeks, African Americans boycotted the bus system by organizing carpools and walking. Even when the protests were met with violence, the protesters refused to fight back.]]> 2022-01-18 15:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998159326 owenunderwood2024 https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998159606 The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students who tried to attend a formerly all white school. While segregation was unconstitutional, according to the 1954 case Brown vs. the Board of Education, the Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the students from attending school. In response, President Eisenhower sent in national troops to escort the students into the school.]]> 2022-01-18 15:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998159606 owenunderwood2024 https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998159808 In February 1960, four students refused to give up their seats at an all-white food counter. This kind of peaceful protest spread nationwide]]> 2022-01-18 15:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998159808 owenunderwood2024 https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998160150 In August 1963, nearly a quarter million people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial, the movement was divided into 2 smaller movements. One of the movements, led by A. Randolph, advocated for less discrimination in the workforce. The other movement was led by Martin Luther King Jr. It was at this event that MLK delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech.]]> 2022-01-18 15:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998160150 owenunderwood2024 https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998161016 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in all public places, and banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Whilst many southerners opposed the act, it did make it's way through Congress and was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.]]> 2022-01-18 15:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998161016 owenunderwood2024 https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998161538 In 1965, there were many marches in Selma, Alabama, and the surrounding communities. On February 18th, the tension turned into bloodshed when a man was beaten for trying to protect his mother.  In response, MLK and other civil rights leaders organized a 54-mile walk to Montgomery to talk to the governor of Alabama, George Wallace. State troopers were ordered to take any measure to prevent the march. When the protesters met the troopers, they attempted to peacefully settle the dispute, they met with teargas and gunfire.]]> 2022-01-18 15:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998161538 owenunderwood2024 https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998161845 The Voting Rights Act was signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson. It prevented the use of literacy tests, poll taxes, and other methods used to prevent black people from voting.]]> 2022-01-18 15:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998161845 owenunderwood2024 https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998162192 In 1968, an extension of the Civil Rights Act was signed into law, which prevent discrimination of race, color, religion, or sex concerning the sale or rental of housing.]]> 2022-01-18 15:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/owenunderwood2024/faht56mfmhbhcl6o/wish/1998162192