https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr cool en-us 2017-02-27 20:10:33 UTC 2025-11-23 21:49:37 UTC hello@padlet.com kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156554102 - Granted African American men the right to vote]]> 2017-02-27 20:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156554102 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156554909 - civil rights activist who got arrested when she refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in 1955
- sparked the civil rights movement]]> 2017-02-27 20:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156554909 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156555652 - a series of organized interstate bus rides where 16 black and white CORE members would ride together
- used to directly oppose the discriminatory Jim Crow Laws in southern states]]> 2017-02-27 20:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156555652 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156556159 - More than 250,000 demonstrators protested in front of the nation's capital to protest for civil rights
- Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech was spoken there and pressured JFK to create a strong federal civil rights bill on Congress]]> 2017-02-27 20:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156556159 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156556646 -addressed a number of important civil rights issues on 27 pages
- it prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin in public places as well as employment discrimination]]> 2017-02-27 20:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156556646 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156557162 - Fair Housing Act
- designed to prohibit discrimination in the sale, rental, advertising, and financing of housing]]> 2017-02-27 20:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156557162 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156557612 - eliminated slavery by constitutional amendment
- John Quincy Adams is the main vocalist in abolishing slavery]]> 2017-02-27 20:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156557612 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156557931 - died in a brutal murder after he winked at white women and the husband and friend beat him
- sparked the civil rights movement
-got a court case in which the murderers were found not guilty due to an all white jury]]> 2017-02-27 20:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156557931 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156558642 - A desegregate central high school in Little Rock, AR, became integrated and nine African Americans enrolled
- the governor then didn't allow them to go there and then they got taken to court
- the nine students then won and the national guard had to protect them when they went to school]]> 2017-02-27 20:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/156558642 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157139815 - Sent because he was apart of a nonviolent protest
- Wrote the famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail"]]> 2017-03-01 19:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157139815 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157156363 - A letter written to two of MLK Jr's pastoral colleagues about segregation while he was imprisoned
- this brought more attention to the civil rights movement]]> 2017-03-01 19:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157156363 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157533743 - series of nonviolent demonstrations by African American college students at a segregated lunch counter
- staged to end racial inequalities in the South
- led to sit-ins across the U.S.]]> 2017-03-03 04:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157533743 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157533810 - Nonviolent direct action campaign organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) against racial segregation
- turning point in struggle for civil rights because the protests were in the most segregate city]]> 2017-03-03 04:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157533810 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157533898 - Prohibited the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen can participate in a federal election
- was adopted to respond to policies made in Southern states that limited political participation of African Americans]]> 2017-03-03 04:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157533898 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157533999 - was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee
- his death sparked an enormous wave of riots and looting in urban areas throughout the nation
- it also brought the idealistic phase of civil rights to a close]]> 2017-03-03 04:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157533999 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534064 - President Harry Truman ordered to desegregate the Armed Forces
- required military to provide equal opportunities for all citizens and this eventually led to the end of segregation in the services]]> 2017-03-03 04:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534064 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534161 - controversial decision concerning state laws restricting abortion with a 7 to 2 majority
- case spawned a lot of opposition called for amendments that would eliminate legal abortions]]> 2017-03-03 04:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534161 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534222 - 1st law to guarantee full voting rights of Americans
- authorized use of federal voting registrars, prevented states from changing election laws without clearance, and suspended literacy tests]]> 2017-03-03 04:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534222 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534357 - eliminated discrimination in employment
- the EEOC investigates instances of discrimination in the workplace and ensures equality]]> 2017-03-03 05:01:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534357 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534429 - extended national rights to citizens regardless of their race
-addresses rights concerning citizenship, equal protection of laws, and addressed issues concerning former slaves after the civil war]]> 2017-03-03 05:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534429 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534491 - 1st African American to play Major League Baseball
- was an exceptional athlete; receiving scholarships
- was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan]]> 2017-03-03 05:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534491 kyle_grevsmuehl_179 https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534568 - Wisconsin's school attendance law was unconstitutional to the Amish, since it violated free exercise of religion
- Three Amish fathers refused to enroll their children which conflicted with the state's law of attendance in school til the age of 16
- Court ruled that the state law was not applicable to the Amish]]> 2017-03-03 05:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kyle_grevsmuehl_179/nfucx1a270xr/wish/157534568