Civil Rights Padlet by Mai Nguyen https://padlet.com/821990/wr0slthjuo3jzf77 en-us 2021-04-28 06:47:05 UTC 2026-01-17 21:28:55 UTC hello@padlet.com Emmett Till 821990 https://padlet.com/821990/wr0slthjuo3jzf77/wish/1467797591 He was 14 years old African American. He was from Chicago  in 1941 and He died in 1955.  
When he visited Mississippi with his family, he was murdered. The reason he died is he was allegedly flirting with a white woman. His reason for death shocked the nation and provided a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement.


https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-emmett-till#:~:text=On%20August%2028%2C%201955%2C%20while,white%20woman%20four%20days%20earlier.
]]> 2021-04-28 06:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/821990/wr0slthjuo3jzf77/wish/1467797591 Rosa Parks 821990 https://padlet.com/821990/wr0slthjuo3jzf77/wish/1476638321 She was American activist rights movement. She was born from the United state, Alabama in 1913 and she died in Michigan in 2005. She was called " the mother of the Civil rights movement." The reason why people called it that is she invigorated the struggle for racial equality. She did the Montgomery Bus Boycott with 17000 black people in 1955.


https://www.nps.gov/features/malu/feat0002/wof/rosa_parks.htm#:~:text=Called%20%22the%20mother%20of%20the,Boycott%20by%2017%2C000%20black%20citizens.]]> 2021-04-30 02:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/821990/wr0slthjuo3jzf77/wish/1476638321 James Meredith 821990 https://padlet.com/821990/wr0slthjuo3jzf77/wish/1476641917 He was the first African American University student of Mississippi. He was born in the United State, Mississippi in 1933 and he was shot by a sniper when  beginning civil rights. First time he was accepted to the University of Mississippi in 1962, but his admission was revoked because of his race. He graduated with a degree in political science in 1963
He was known as the " March Against Fear." 

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-meredith-shot
]]> 2021-04-30 02:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/821990/wr0slthjuo3jzf77/wish/1476641917 Phyllis Schlafly 821990 https://padlet.com/821990/wr0slthjuo3jzf77/wish/1480518687 She was American writer and political activist. Especially she was an activist best known for her opposition to the women's and Equal Rights Amendment. She was born from Missouri in 1924, United State and she died in 2016. She was an opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in 1970s. She argued that the amendment would forcing women into military service, expanding access to abortion.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phyllis-Schlafly
]]> 2021-05-01 05:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/821990/wr0slthjuo3jzf77/wish/1480518687 821990 https://padlet.com/821990/wr0slthjuo3jzf77/wish/1480541699 He was the Governor of Mississippi from 1960 to 1964. He was born from Mississippi in 1898, United State and he died in 1987. He was southern Democrats and supported racial segregation. He was white supremacist and a staunch segregationist.But He was also the last governor who was born in the century in which Mississippi was admitted to statehood. He imprisoned freedom riders at Parchman Farm in 1961.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Barnett#:~:text=During%20his%20time%20as%20governor,imprisoned%20them%20at%20Parchman%20Farm.
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