https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241 en-us 2017-12-14 04:26:10 UTC 2024-10-15 03:15:31 UTC hello@padlet.com meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216038592 The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for blacks to gain equal rights under the law in the United States. The Civil War had officially abolished slavery, but it didn’t end discrimination against blacks—they continued to endure the devastating effects of racism, especially in the South. By the mid-20th century, African Americans had had more than enough of prejudice and violence against them. They, along with many whites, mobilized and began an unprecedented fight for equality that spanned two decades.

(History Channel)

]]> 2017-12-14 04:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216038592 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216039012 2017-12-14 04:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216039012 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216039025 2017-12-14 04:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216039025 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216039084 2017-12-14 04:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216039084 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216039137 2017-12-14 04:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216039137 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216039177 "By Any Means Necessary"]]> 2017-12-14 04:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216039177 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216237733 "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" ]]> 2017-12-14 17:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216237733 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216245779 "To be a negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all of the time."]]> 2017-12-14 17:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216245779 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216250529 2017-12-14 17:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216250529 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216256153 Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist, he participated in protest and gave speeches like this one. 
This was the last speech he gave, he was assassinated the next day. ]]> 2017-12-14 17:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216256153 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216257138




“Jim Crow” was a derisive slang term for a black man. It came to mean any state law passed in the South that established different rules for blacks and whites. Jim Crow laws were based on the theory of white supremacy and were a reaction to Reconstruction.]]> 2017-12-14 17:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216257138 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216257538 2017-12-14 17:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216257538 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216258441 On September 9, 1957, President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law, the first major civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. It allowed federal prosecution of anyone who tried to prevent someone from voting. It also created a commission to investigate voter fraud.]]> 2017-12-14 17:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216258441 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216259740 This law guaranteed equal employment for all, limited the use of voter literacy tests and allowed federal authorities to ensure public facilities were integrated.]]> 2017-12-14 17:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216259740 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216260446 The Fair Housing Act became law on April 11, 1968, just days after King’s assassination. It prevented housing discrimination based on race, sex, national origin and religion. It was also the last legislation enacted during the civil rights era.]]> 2017-12-14 17:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216260446 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216260915 Going through the material this semester along with material I am covering in other classes, what I noticed in African American Writing is the strong will to tell the story. To tell the story of what African Americans in our country have been through in the past and continue to go through today. It's important for students not to be blind to some of our countries most important histories in order to be more fairly advised in the future on very similar issues. ]]> 2017-12-14 17:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/wn530tccx241/wish/216260915