https://padlet.com/lboisjot0835/xpiqkv6zq0dnp3y Chronological Padlet on different civil rights important dates en-us 2021-11-22 01:30:44 UTC 2021-11-22 03:08:49 UTC hello@padlet.com lboisjot0835 https://padlet.com/lboisjot0835/xpiqkv6zq0dnp3y/wish/1905057350 This civil rights movement and all the events that occured during that civil rights movement followed this first (of a few) important events for the civil rights movements. 
In March 1955, Rosa Parks, who was 42 years old a the time, was arrested because she occupied a spot on the bus that was not hers because of her ethnicity, which led to a white man not being able to sit down. After her arrest, a giant boycott of oublic transportation by the black community occured, and a year later, the Supreme court removed the ethnicity designed seats.]]> 2021-11-22 02:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lboisjot0835/xpiqkv6zq0dnp3y/wish/1905057350 lboisjot0835 https://padlet.com/lboisjot0835/xpiqkv6zq0dnp3y/wish/1905086793 2 years after the Rosa Parks arrest and the public transportation boycott by the African American community, Eisenhower and the governement signed the Civil Rights Act, who made it easier for everyone to vote, because before that, it was hard for everyone to vote depending on your ethnicity. ]]> 2021-11-22 02:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lboisjot0835/xpiqkv6zq0dnp3y/wish/1905086793 lboisjot0835 https://padlet.com/lboisjot0835/xpiqkv6zq0dnp3y/wish/1905105161 In 1963, in Washington D.C, more than 300.000 protestors from every ethnicity stepped up, marched and protested with a common goal of bringing equality in general for civil rights but more specifically for the job equality for everyone, especially for African-Americans. This gigantic protest is known worldwide for the impact it had and also because that is where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech. ]]> 2021-11-22 02:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lboisjot0835/xpiqkv6zq0dnp3y/wish/1905105161 lboisjot0835 https://padlet.com/lboisjot0835/xpiqkv6zq0dnp3y/wish/1905144436 In March 1965, some protestors were participationg in a march in Selma (from Selma to Montgomery), Alabama, against the few voting rights the African American community had at that time. Arriving after the Edmond Pettus Bridge, police forces were here to stop the march, and when the African American Protestors refused to stand down, the police forces used violence to stop the march which led to a big riot with lots of violence. That is why it is called "Bloody Sunday"]]> 2021-11-22 02:59:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lboisjot0835/xpiqkv6zq0dnp3y/wish/1905144436 lboisjot0835 https://padlet.com/lboisjot0835/xpiqkv6zq0dnp3y/wish/1905157900 In April of 1968, the law of the Fair Housing Act was passed. This act was one of the last (if not the last) movements related to the Civil Rights movement. This act also has a lot of importance since it basically stopped and put a stop to every discrimation because of ethnicity or sex in housing attribution and execution. ]]> 2021-11-22 03:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lboisjot0835/xpiqkv6zq0dnp3y/wish/1905157900