https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt Lexus & Michael en-us 2017-03-13 19:29:50 UTC 2023-06-28 16:13:07 UTC hello@padlet.com mshelf4347 https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/159809111 The Birmingham Campaign took place in 1963. Led by MLK, these were nonviolent campaigns of black students against white civic authorities. Birmingham was one of the most segregated cities in the U.S at the time. The protesters were all college, high school and elementary age students, trained in nonviolence]]> 2017-03-13 19:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/159809111 lmarti3150 https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160084453 Martin Luther King Jr., was an American baptist minister and activist. He is mainly known for nonviolent civil disobedience during his time. In 1957, he helped to find the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He helped to organize the the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, AL. ]]> 2017-03-14 19:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160084453 mshelf4347 https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160085400 The SCLC is an African American civil rights outfit, lead by Dr. King, that was founded after the Montgomery bus boycotts. During the campaign, the SCLC taught thousands of students in the ways of nonviolent protest.]]> 2017-03-14 19:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160085400 lmarti3150 https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160087546 In the spring of 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama, activists created Project C, also known as, The Birmingham Campaign. It started out with marches on the city hall, lunch counter sit-ins, boycotts on downtown merchants to protest the laws on segregation. Only a few months later they had to start high-pressure fire hoses and police dogs on men, women, and even children to control them. By the May of 1963 the local officials made the decision to remove the "Blacks Only" and "Whites Only" signs from public affliations, so the community was a desegregated community within the next few months, it was just an over night change. ]]> 2017-03-14 19:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160087546 mshelf4347 https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160088615 Selective buying campaign-- A year long series of boycotts organized by college students, that caused downtown businesses to decline by as much as 40%

Project C-- As an attempt to attract media and show what was going on between police and protesters, the project consisted of multiple forms of nonviolent protests, sit-ins at lunch counters, kneel-ins at white churches, a march was organized to the county building to begin a voters-registration drive.

]]> 2017-03-14 19:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160088615 mshelf4347 https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160091657 The campaign was met with violence by the Birmingham police, who used methods like fire hoses and police dogs to detain the protesters. Images of police brutality were released and shocked the world, earning the civil rights movement sympathy.
After the protests, MLK was jailed, and the "Letters from Birmingham Prison" were written and released, giving the rest of the world a larger view on the movement]]> 2017-03-14 19:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160091657 mshelf4347 https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160093007 1st amendment- Many nonviolent protesters were arrested and jailed during the demonstrations
14th amendment- African Americans were denied the right to shop in many downtown stores in Birmingham
15th amendment- Many African Americans had no say, the mayor at the time "Bull" Connor was elected by members of the KKK]]> 2017-03-14 19:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160093007 lmarti3150 https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160355500 This political cartoon shows how the white people are pushing the blacks away practically telling them that they can't be on that side of the street. ]]> 2017-03-15 19:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160355500 mshelf4347 https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160355546 https://youtu.be/-0lD37bq8YI]]> 2017-03-15 19:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160355546 lmarti3150 https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160358684 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was created due to some of the events happening such as the Birmingham Campaign. The act initially prohibited racial discrimination in public places such as restaurants, schools, and grocery stores in the United States. ]]> 2017-03-15 19:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160358684 lmarti3150 https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160361045 African American Baptist pastor and leader in the civil rights movements. He was born in Montgomery County. His mother helped influence him in preparing him for civil rights leadership by letting him develop a combative personality. ]]> 2017-03-15 19:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarti3150/yqmcdw210mpt/wish/160361045