https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z Made with mirth en-us 2022-01-10 17:44:55 UTC 2022-03-03 16:54:42 UTC hello@padlet.com julianalinehan2023 https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990240241 The Bus Boycott was done because on December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks sat in the "white section" of the bus because the "colored section" was full.  So, she took an empty seat but the driver asked her to move seats and she refused due to being exhausted after her long day at work.  She was then arrested and had some taxes to pay.  After this occurred people then began to protest by not riding any of the buses in montgomery.  They would carpool, walk, or ride a bike if they happened to own one.  After the protest went on for nearly a year the Supreme Court ended up fixing the bus system so people would begin riding them again.  This was also the beginning of Martin Luther King becoming a Civil Rights leader. 
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott ]]> 2022-01-13 12:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990240241 julianalinehan2023 https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990247261 On April 3 ,1963 the desegregation campaigns started.  People did different protests such as lunch counter sit-ins, city hall marchings, and the boycott of merchants.  Martin Luther King jr. made sure everyone knew the importance of keeping the campaigns nonviolent.  Everyday more and more people joined these movements which led to more and more arrests.
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/birmingham-campaign]]> 2022-01-13 12:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990247261 julianalinehan2023 https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990248734 In August 1963 Martin Luther King jr had a huge protest consisting of 250,000 people.  The protest was done to emphasize that African Americans were still facing inequalities and or challenges.   An example would be the Brown vs Board of Education.   This was the day MLK said his extremely memorable "I Have a Dream" speech.   The government was worried about this becoming violent but Kennedy reassured this would not happen.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington]]> 2022-01-13 12:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990248734 julianalinehan2023 https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990249195 March 7th 1965 a man named John Lewis was leading many marchers in Alabama.  Some state troopers coming in got extremely violent and fought the protesters due to the rising of racial injustice.  The troopers made a wall to stop the marchers along with other white men waving confederate flags.  The mayor even attempted to stop the march but this did not stop them.  
https://www.history.com/news/selma-bloody-sunday-attack-civil-rights-movement]]> 2022-01-13 12:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990249195 julianalinehan2023 https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990251022 Brown vs Board of Education was when Oliver Brown wanted to send his daughter Linda Brown to a public school closer to his house.  Linda was denied acceptance into Topeka's all white school.  Oliver Brown then filed a lawsuit against the school that was then taken to the supreme court because this was in violation of the 14th amendment.   In the end, the verdict was the next year there would be no school segregation.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka]]> 2022-01-13 12:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990251022 julianalinehan2023 https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990254890 On April 4th, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr was shot dead on his motel balcony in Tennessee.  He was actually in Tennessee to join a workers strike dinner.  The day before this tragic event occured, he gave a speech discussing that there is still a lot of work towards racial equality but it is beginning to look promising.  The day of the assassination, many riots and fights broke out throughout the United States because of this.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dr-king-is-assassinated]]> 2022-01-13 12:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990254890 julianalinehan2023 https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990256249 The Fair Housing Act was created in 1968 to eliminate discrimination for buying houses or renting apartments based on religion, race, and finally sex.  This law was passed only days after Martin Luther King Jr's assassination.  The law was also created to follow up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.   Creating the law was a government debate at first but in the end, in April 1968 the law was passed.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fair-housing-act]]> 2022-01-13 12:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990256249 julianalinehan2023 https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990262839 On January 31, 1961 a group of African American students went to McCrory's all white diner and sat down.  They went to order and their service was refused. The group from "Friendship Junior College" would not leave, the police were then called and they were arrested.  They were charged with trespassing and could either spend a month in jail or pay $1,000.  Nine out of the ten men decided to stay in prison, while they were in jail many protests were being created in Little Rock. 
https://www.scpictureproject.org/york-county/friendship-nine.html]]> 2022-01-13 12:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990262839 julianalinehan2023 https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990265097 On September 15, 1963 a bomb exploded before mass at the 16th street baptist church.  This church was made up of mostly African American people and this is where civil rights meetings occurred.  Unfortunately four young girls were killed in the blast as well as many other casualties.  This left people very angry and the protests grew tremendously and became more violent.
https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/birmingham-church-bombing ]]> 2022-01-13 12:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990265097 julianalinehan2023 https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990267427 The creation of the 24th amendment allowed for anyone to vote no matter what taxes they owed.   This went against the "Jim Crow Laws" which is what held back African American voters in Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and finally Texas.  The original tax that had to be paid was one of the reasons many African Americans didn't vote.  This was created help protect their voting rights in all elections.  
https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/37045]]> 2022-01-13 12:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/julianalinehan2023/lwv6izof08g6hc6z/wish/1990267427