https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot Made with a wish on a star en-us 2022-05-03 18:00:46 UTC 2025-05-03 00:19:30 UTC hello@padlet.com 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2170222845 Many states failed to provide equal educational experiences for African American students. The supreme court then ruled that the segregation in schools was unfair and went against the constitution.]]> 2022-05-04 16:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2170222845 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2170233561 Peter Hernandez (Mexican American) was found guilty of murder by an all-white jury. This happening allowed Mexican Americans to later be involved in helping within the jury. ]]> 2022-05-04 16:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2170233561 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2170239471 African Americans were forced to give up their seats to white people on buses. After Rosa Parks refused to move African Americans began to protest and boycott the bussing systems. This boycott was to hopefully gain more civil rights as well as show respect to Parks. ]]> 2022-05-04 16:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2170239471 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2170317099 Nine African Americans volunteered to attend an all-white high school. They were denied access into the school and the state of Arkansas ordered the National Guard to the scene.]]> 2022-05-04 17:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2170317099 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2175927034 This was a law that President Eisenhower signed into action the year of 1957. This act allowed federal prosecution of anyone who prevented people from being able to vote. It was a big step for the civil rights movement.]]> 2022-05-09 15:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2175927034 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2175939677 The Greensboro sit-in was a nonviolent protest taking place in restaurants throughout the town of Greensboro. The people were protesting against segregated lunch counters and tables.]]> 2022-05-09 15:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2175939677 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2176170046 Civil rights activists (white and black) wanted to break the typical stereotypes and segregation of that time. The group rode interstate busses across state lines as a protest against the supreme court law. This ended with violence by police and white Americans.]]> 2022-05-09 17:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2176170046 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2176186972 African American James Meredith applied to the University of Mississippi which was an all-white school but kept getting denied access to the university. This ended in many riots injuring many and killing some.]]> 2022-05-09 17:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2176186972 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2178040176 African Americans gained the right to vote but commonly had to pay poll taxes or pass exams to actually be allowed to vote. The 24th Amendment prohibited poll taxes for federal and state elections. 
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xxiv]]> 2022-05-10 17:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2178040176 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179495546 Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was put into the Birmingham jail for leading a nonviolent protest. While he was in jail he wrote a letter about the issues taking place in the south involving African Americans.]]> 2022-05-11 14:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179495546 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179522735 On August 28 over 200,000 people marched for freedom and jobs in America. This March led President John F. Kennedy to create a civil rights bill in Congress. ]]> 2022-05-11 14:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179522735 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179641270 Before Sunday morning service at a Baptist church in Birmingham white terrorists had bombed the church. Many were injured and some were even killed. This specific church on 16th St. was a popular place for black civil rights leaders so it was easily targeted by the terrorsits. ]]> 2022-05-11 15:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179641270 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179649749 Congress passed this law which states that there can be no discrimination of race, sex, religion, or national origin in the workplace. This law was put into the work fields so that people can not be turned away from jobs or fired because of their identity.]]> 2022-05-11 15:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179649749 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179659764 The freedom summer was a program put on by volunteers during the summer of 1964 in Mississippi. The volunteers wanted to get as many African Americans to vote in the upcoming election so they came up with this campaign to make it happen. ]]> 2022-05-11 15:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179659764 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179669531 President Lyndon Johnson wanted to fight the war on poverty in America so congress launched the Economic Opportunity Act. This formed programs and agencies to help improve schools, health, and employment. ]]> 2022-05-11 15:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179669531 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179678161 Civil rights leader Marti Luther King Jr. led thousands of people on a 54 day march from Selma Alabama to Montgomery. This was a nonviolent demonstration to campaign for voting rights throughout Alabama's Capitol. ]]> 2022-05-11 15:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179678161 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179684569 President Lyndon Johnson signed off on the law that outlawed discrimination throughout voting. This law being passed allowed African Americans to vote but they were often forced to take and pass literacy tests in order for their votes to be taken. ]]> 2022-05-11 15:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179684569 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179691117 President Lyndon Johnson signed a law saying that companies must expand and create job opportunities for African Americans and minorities. This allowed less discrimination in the work place to occur.]]> 2022-05-11 15:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179691117 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179702328 Malcom X was a huge figure for African Americans during the civil rights movement. He was a vocal advocate for black empowerment. The Black Power Movement was to bring safety support to African American neighborhoods and communities. African Americans started black owned businesses and much more for their communities. ]]> 2022-05-11 16:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2179702328 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181394538 In the summer of July 1967 Detroit police raided a local bar, arresting 82 African Americans. In response to this raid African Americans rioted the streets of Detroit burning down buildings as well as injuring and killing many. ]]> 2022-05-12 14:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181394538 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181425972 On April 3rd 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. gave his last speech in Memphis Tennessee. the next morning on April 4th King was shot on the balcony of his hotel. He was shot by James Earl Ray who was a white man. This assassination affected the civil right movement and hurt the community greatly.]]> 2022-05-12 15:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181425972 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181446450 2022-05-12 15:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181446450 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181455544 2022-05-12 15:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181455544 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181461859 What was the Civil Rights Act of 1957 signed for?
1) equality in jobs/workplaces
2) federal prosecution of people who prevented people from voting
3) the ability for black and white schools to combine]]> 2022-05-12 15:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181461859 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181467787 What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do for African Americans?
1) Allowed them to vote in only city counsel elections
2) Allowed them to vote in major elections, but either had to pass a literacy test or pay poll taxes
3) got rid of poll taxes and literacy taxes letting them vote like the white Americans]]> 2022-05-12 15:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181467787 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181471501 Where was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
1) Detroit, Michigan
2) Birmingham, Alabama
3) Memphis, Tennessee]]> 2022-05-12 15:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181471501 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181474731 Did you know that Rosa Parks mom was a teacher and her father was a carpenter? Rosa parks was a seamstress in her community.]]> 2022-05-12 15:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181474731 196hlj14 https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181477289 Did you know that the freedom rides took place for close to seven months? ]]> 2022-05-12 15:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/196hlj14/xpka858jjoidqqot/wish/2181477289