https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l By Shawn Wells. en-us 2023-02-09 18:03:38 UTC 2025-09-10 00:03:41 UTC hello@padlet.com shawnwells2025 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2475419961 bvhbhhjvvhjvshjvhjfvhavshjfvsvfhvshfvhvhfjvashjfvavfahjfvhvsfvavhfvshfavshfvashvhjahjavhfvavfvsfhavsfhafvvfhjfvahjfvhjfvhjvhvahfvahsfvahfvashfvashfvhvahsfvashjvashjfvhjfvashfvahfvashfvshfvashjfvahsjfvashdfvashjfvashfdasfvahjfvahsjfvahsfvhsfvashfvashasvfhasvfhjasfvashfvavshjfvashfvashjavsfhasfvashfvajsfd

https://padlet.com/alfonsor/k09liwyahymxnhnr]]> 2023-02-09 18:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2475419961 shawnwells2025 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2475419962 Malcolm X was a Civil Rights activist with roughly as much influence as Martin Luther King Jr despite the fact that his philosophy was almost the polar opposite of King. This meant that when he was assassinated the Civil RIghts movement took a heavy loss.]]> 2023-02-09 18:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2475419962 shawnwells2025 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2478815526 The bus boycott is when Rosa Parks refuse to move to the back of the segregated bus and led to many black people boycotting the busses of Montgomery by not riding them. This choice made by Rosa was one of the biggest in US History and provided the biggest fire for the civil rights movement in the US.]]> 2023-02-13 12:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2478815526 shawnwells2025 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2478851942 On September third in Little Rock, nine black students attempted to attend Little rock's central high school but were met with extreme resistance from both students and staff. This ultimately led to president Eisenhower enlisting the 101st Airborne division to protect the students and allow them access to the school. This was one of the first steps in desegregating schools for good.]]> 2023-02-13 12:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2478851942 shawnwells2025 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2478951659 On May 4th 1961, thirteen activists, Seven Black and Six White, boarded a bus in Washington D.C. They did this as an attempt at testing out the 1960 supreme court case Boynton v. Virginia. When they did this however they faced heavy amounts of violence and by Mothers day of that year, the bus entered Alabama where in which a large mob of people climbed on and bombed the bus. All 13 activists made it out of the bus but had received heavy amounts of injuries in the process. This carried on all the way until the Freedom Riders entered Jackson, Mississippi and were ultimately arrested and sentenced to 30 days in prison. Ultimately this led to the Kennedy administration issuing regulations against segregation in busses.]]> 2023-02-13 13:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2478951659 shawnwells2025 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2479068899 On August 28th 1963, 200,000 Civil Rights activists of all races and genders led peacefully by Martin Luther King Jr marched on Washington DC in an attempt to provide job equality for everyone and to help enforce Civil Rights legislation. The march ultimately ended in front of the Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his now famous "I have a dream..." Speech, which swiftly became the slogan and mission statement for equality in the US.]]> 2023-02-13 13:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2479068899 shawnwells2025 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2479155187 On July 2nd of 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the "Civil Rights Act of 1964" which was initiated by President John F. Kennedy before he was Assassinated. The Civil Rights Act would do many things for US civil rights including, but not limited to, the equal employment of all US citizens, the limited use of voter literacy tests and the allowance of authorities to ensure the integration of public facilities.]]> 2023-02-13 13:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2479155187 shawnwells2025 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2484407689 September 15th 1963, The 16th street baptist church in Birmingham was bombed as prayers began. This led to the deaths of 4 14 year old girls and the loss of a fifth girl's eye. Following this attack Martin Luther King Jr sent a telegram to the governor of Alabama at the time, George Wallace, claiming "The blood of our children is on your hands"]]> 2023-02-16 03:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2484407689 shawnwells2025 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2484414322 Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated on April 4th 1968. This was a heavy hit to the Civil Rights movement due to just how much of an impact King had on the Civil Rights movement. This ultimately added far more fuel to the fire that had already started in black and white citizens and led to the abolishment of any and all jim crow-esque laws in the US at the time.]]> 2023-02-16 03:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/w9yzla0xqpwxex1l/wish/2484414322