https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm en-us 2023-03-31 14:50:52 UTC 2025-11-09 13:17:00 UTC hello@padlet.com voigtn28731 https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2541665009 CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) was founded in 1942. The problem or goal of CORE was ending racial segregation with non-violent protests. Some of the main ways CORE fought for racial equality were through sit-ins. Sit-ins were protests that involved African Americans sitting in places where it was illegal, a way of civil disobedience that required no violence. The protests did get out of hand though as people fought back against their protests by slurring and throwing food at the protesters as seen in the picture above. the result of this took segregation away from many public places like restaurants, diners, and cafes.]]> 2023-04-03 03:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2541665009 voigtn28731 https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2541684238 Brown vs. Board of education was a Supreme Court case that stopped racial segregation in schools. It all started in Topeka, Kansas after Linda Brown was denied entry at an all-white girl's school. After being denied her father Oliver Brown filed a Lawsuit against the board of education for the Separate But Equal Doctrine was plausible because of Fergosun vs. Plessy which gave way to the fight for¨facilities for each race were equal in quality¨. This was one of the biggest steps toward ending segregation and starting the movement toward equality.]]> 2023-04-03 03:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2541684238 voigtn28731 https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2541696770 Rosa Parks was a renowned civil rights figure and still today her stand on the bus gives inspiration to many. The event I'm talking about took place on December 5th, 1955 in Montgomery Alabama when Rosa Parks refused to get up from her seat when asked to. After this, she was arrested and became one of the biggest icons of the fight for racial equality it started the Mongomery Bus Boycott that refused service from the Bus service till equality for both races was met. Soon after the boycott took place their demands were met. ]]> 2023-04-03 04:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2541696770 voigtn28731 https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2543970757  The Greensboro Sit-in took place on July 25 1960 and was a non-violent protest that went against the rules of the segregated restaurant. The main goal of the protest was to give confidence to young African Americans to make a stand against racial inequality. Also to put the roots in for a new generation to start taking a stand instead of just watching. The sit-in was a success and partially integrated restaurants. More importantly, gave national light on the problem and how severe it was in southern regions.]]> 2023-04-04 17:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2543970757 voigtn28731 https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2543973277 Freedom rides were buses with student activists from CORE that fought the segregation of White and African Americans in the South in 1961. The main goal of the freedom rides was to stop the segregation of Bus terminals. It was important in the movement because it gave national attention to places where the push for ending segregation havent even been introduced. (Southern States) The end result of these freedom rides was met with large discrimination and even the destruction of buses and imprisonment of some of the riders. The goal was met by giving groundwork for the start of ending segregation in some of those southern areas.]]> 2023-04-04 17:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2543973277 voigtn28731 https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2544463799 the Civil Acts right of 1964 is an act passed by the government that prohibits discrimination based on race color, religion, sex, or national origin. The importance of this was that it was a big step in the right direction for racial equality as well as the other issues of discrimination that were going on. The act was passed on July 2, 1964, and soon after that the voting act of 1965.]]> 2023-04-05 02:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2544463799 voigtn28731 https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2544515621 The Voting Act of 1965 gave African Americans the right to vote and stopped discrimination against it. This was important because it was one of the biggest pushes toward the end of segregation. this took place on On August 6, 1965, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act in the President's Room just off the Senate Chamber.]]> 2023-04-05 03:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2544515621 voigtn28731 https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2544516340 The March On Washington took place on August 28 1963 where Martin Luther King Jr gave one of the most famous speeches famously known as the "I Have a Dream Speech". The point of this rally was to pressure the Kennedy administration on initiating stronger Civil Rights bills. This was one of the biggest rallies and protests America has ever experienced, just on the number of people who showed up to support and push for the legislation of more bills was incredible. There were over 250,000 participants in the Washinton March all with the same goals of putting an end to segregation, fair wages, economic justice, voting rights, education, and long overdue civil rights protections. In the end, the march was a success and demonstrated how determined people were to have justice.

]]> 2023-04-05 03:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2544516340 voigtn28731 https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2544544075 The Black Panther party was formed in October of 1966 in Oakland CA. The founders of the group were Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, who met at Merritt College in Oakland. It was an Organization that practiced the ideology of self-defense instead of taking a peaceful protest route. The main goal of this was to fight back against the growing police brutality against African Americans. This group was comprised of extreme and determined people that had the ideology of black nationalism. Besides the fight against police brutality, some of their other goals were organizing the working class, self-defense, economic improvements, and improving conditions in northern ghettos. The party stretched out from 1966 till it ended in 1982.]]> 2023-04-05 04:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2544544075 voigtn28731 https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2544554507 The Fair Housing Act of 1968 was made upbecause of the issue in america in refusing to sell or rent property to African Americans. Edward Brooke Lyndon B. Johnson Martin Luther King, Jr. were the people that shedded light into the issue. The problem with the Fair Housing Act was that the FHA somtimes refused black buyers morgages making it unfair to them when trying to purcase a house. This act was passed in wake of Martin Luther King Jr assanation that caused riots and protests because of how much he sacrificed to make a change.]]> 2023-04-05 04:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/voigtn28731/ywv2q48bw3u97usm/wish/2544554507