https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832 Amie & Makayla en-us 2017-03-13 17:44:15 UTC 2023-07-05 11:13:16 UTC hello@padlet.com matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/159771843 Four African-American college students made history when they sat down at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in February 1960. These four college students never got service. They were known as the "Greensboro Four". Their peaceful protest sparked more sit-ins in southern cities. ]]> 2017-03-13 17:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/159771843 akason3530 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160050024 The Sit In Movement was a nonviolence and Peaceful protest movement. People would sit in places like restaurants and the key strategy was to sit there quietly and wait to be served and not to react even if you were pushed to the ground, spit on , had food thrown at you and insulted.]]> 2017-03-14 17:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160050024 akason3530 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160054911 The supreme court ruling of Brown V. Board of education was important because it ruled that racial segregation was in public education facilities (Public Schools) were unconstitutional. This case happened because Linda Brown a small African girl denied education and admission in her elementary school in Topeka, Kansas because of the color of her skin. May 17, 1954]]> 2017-03-14 17:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160054911 matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160056299 Martin Luther King Jr. 
He was born on January 15, 1929. He was a baptist minister and a civil rights activist. In the spring of 1963 Martin organized a spring demonstration in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Many families attended and were arrested along with Martin Luther King Jr. himself. He gave his famous "I have a dream" speech in August of 1963. More than 200,000 people attended. He was assassinated on April 4, 19

]]> 2017-03-14 17:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160056299 akason3530 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160060603 Started December 5th, 1955 Rosa parks court hearing and lasted 381 days. Where African Americans refused to ride the city buses in Montgomery Alabama. The U.S Supreme Court ordered Montgomery to integrate the bus system.]]> 2017-03-14 17:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160060603 matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160325133 2017-03-15 17:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160325133 akason3530 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160325495 This topic influenced a lot of other civil rights groups to be non violent because it was more effective than violence for violence. They were more effective for example in 1944 students used sit in tactics to desegregate a cafeteria.]]> 2017-03-15 17:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160325495 akason3530 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160327910 This cartoon shows the different motives between a black man and a white man at a whites only lunch counter. The white man responds to the black man sitting beside him with violence but the black man stays calm and acts un bother for a greater good. " We shall overcome"]]> 2017-03-15 17:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160327910 matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160328561 2017-03-15 17:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160328561 matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160329235 2017-03-15 17:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160329235 matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160330944 2017-03-15 17:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160330944 akason3530 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160330959 The 14 amendment was being violated because the 14th amendment "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" states that all races are to be treated the same. ]]> 2017-03-15 17:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160330959 matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160332530 2017-03-15 17:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160332530 matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160333113 Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, David Richmond and Ezell Blair. Joseph Alfred McNeil was born in 1942 in Wilmington, North Carolina. McNeil then became involved in the formation of the Student Executive Committee for Justice, a student group created in response to the sit-ins. He also participated in negotiations between student protesters, Woolworth’s management, and the Human Relations Commission. Franklin Eugene McCain was born in Union County, North Carolina, in 1942. Along with the sit-in McCain also participated in the negotiations between the student protesters, Woolworth’s management, and the Human Relations Commission. David Richmond was born on April 20, 1941 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Ezell Alexander Blair Sr. was born on December 14, 1919, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He served in the United States army during World War two. He ha a daughter who was also an active participant in demonstrations. Blair received the "Stepping Stone to Freedom" award by Greensboro's Sit-In 30th Anniversary Committee, the "Unsung Hero" award from the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, and the Hayes-Taylor YMCA Century Club award.]]> 2017-03-15 17:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160333113 matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160387352 One of the major organizations involved in the sit-ins was the student nonviolent coordinating committee. This organization was formed to give younger African Americans more of a voice during the Civil Rights movement. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was another organization that was lead by Martin Luther King Jr. This organization fought peacefully against the harsh discrimination African Americans faced during this time.]]> 2017-03-15 22:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/o1rfxi8bb832/wish/160387352