https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb Let's look at the insanity that was 1968. en-us 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC 2025-04-14 15:56:53 UTC hello@padlet.com acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270492 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270492 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270493 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270493 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270494 After two sanitation workers are killed by unsafe working conditions on the job, a city-wide strike begins. Dr. King takes notice and plans to visit to support the workers.]]> 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270494 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270495 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270495 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270496 Although the public won't learn about the event for two years, a company of American soldiers murdered an entire village of unarmed civilians in Vietnam. Over 500 people were killed, including women and girls who were also abused before their deaths. The military reported the event as a success against the Vietcong and attempted to cover up the truth. ]]> 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270496 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270497 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270497 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270498 The controversial musical was groundbreaking in its racially-diverse cast and its founding of the "rock musical" genre. But it generated controversy because it depicted drug use, nudity, burning of draft cards and irreverence for the American flag.]]> 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270498 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270499 While visiting striking workers in Memphis, Dr. King is shot and killed.]]> 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270499 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270500 In response to King's assassination, members of the Black Panther Party ambushed Oakland Police leading to a shootout that killed member Bobby Hutton.]]> 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270500 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270501 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270501 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270502 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270502 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270503 Organized by Dr. King and carried out by Ralph Abernathy, 3,000 people camped out on the Washington Mall for 6 weeks demanding an Economic Bill of Rights for poor people of all racial backgrounds. The event is seen as a failure and an end to the massive, organized, and united Civil Rights protests of the era.]]> 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270503 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270504 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270504 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270505 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270505 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270506 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270506 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270507 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270507 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270508 He became the first black man to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament. ]]> 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270508 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270509 This marks the beginning of investigative TV journalism.]]> 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270509 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270510 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270510 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270511 Sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their black-gloved fists in protest for human rights during the US National Anthem.]]> 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270511 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270514 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270514 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270515 As a representative from New York, Chisholm became the first black woman elected to Congress. She would go on to organize the Congressional Black Caucus. ]]> 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270515 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270516 He becomes the 3rd black Heisman Trophy winner.]]> 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270516 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270517 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270517 acallahan9 https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270518 It's the first crewed spacecraft to leave low-Earth orbit and reach the moon. ]]> 2025-04-14 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acallahan9/rutit6t1sq20klmb/wish/3409270518