https://padlet.com/393392/jzfx7rw67lkqkrum en-us 2021-04-28 06:13:48 UTC 2021-04-29 07:58:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2623.png 393392 https://padlet.com/393392/jzfx7rw67lkqkrum/wish/1467709088 Rosa was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. She helped initiate the civil rights movement by standing up for herself. Her actions inspired the leaders of the local Black community to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott. After the boycott she retired along with her family and co-founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development. She is known to be the black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955.

Source: Rosa Parks]]> 2021-04-28 06:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/393392/jzfx7rw67lkqkrum/wish/1467709088 393392 https://padlet.com/393392/jzfx7rw67lkqkrum/wish/1467712795 Thurgood was born on July 2, 1908, Baltimore, Maryland. He was a lawyer who helped many black people. In 1967, Thurgood became the first first Black justice, to the U.S. Supreme Court. He was a good member of the Supreme Court who supported expanding civil rights. His life impacted many people and even got a university to rename them self the Thurgood Marshall School of Law.

Source: Thurgood Marshall]]> 2021-04-28 06:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/393392/jzfx7rw67lkqkrum/wish/1467712795 393392 https://padlet.com/393392/jzfx7rw67lkqkrum/wish/1467721695 George was born on August 25, 1919, Clio, Alabama. On January 14, 1963, George Wallace is inaugurated as the governor of Alabama and gave a speech which was given by the KKK leader Asa Carter. The NAACP endorsed him while the KKK were against him. George allowed black people to go to universities and many more for the people. He is remembered as the man who had promised segregation forever made more African American politics than any other figure in Alabama history.

Source: George Wallace]]> 2021-04-28 06:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/393392/jzfx7rw67lkqkrum/wish/1467721695 393392 https://padlet.com/393392/jzfx7rw67lkqkrum/wish/1467722890 John was born on February 21, 1940, in Alabama. John Lewis grew up in an era of racial segregation and was inspired by Martin Luther King. In 1970, he became director of the Voter Education Project. Lewis also spoke out against the presidency of Donald Trump and how he didn't think he was gonna be a good president. He is known to be a Civil War icon today.

Source: John Lewis ]]> 2021-04-28 06:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/393392/jzfx7rw67lkqkrum/wish/1467722890 393392 https://padlet.com/393392/jzfx7rw67lkqkrum/wish/1467729176 Stokely was born on June 29, 1941 in Port of Spain. He was a U.S. civil rights activist which he originated the black nationalism slogan, “black power.” Stokely visited the revolutionary leaders from Cuba, North Vietnam, China and Guinea and became Prime Minister to the Black Panthers. He spent years doing speeches and writing essays  black nationalism, black separatism and, increasingly, pan-Africanism. In Today's world, he stands out as one of the preeminent figures of the American civil rights movement.

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