https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19 en-us 2018-04-09 15:48:45 UTC 2025-11-22 19:26:14 UTC hello@padlet.com cgomez3938 https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/249904500 The Freedom Summer was a volunteer campaign for more voting rights for African American people. The movement started in June 1964 in Mississippi. Over the course of the protests, the Ku Klux Klan, police, and state authorities attempted to stop the protests by beating or arresting them]]> 2018-04-09 16:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/249904500 cgomez3938 https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/249913644 Moses was born on January 23, 1935 in New York City. During the Civil Rights Movement and the Freedom Summer he organized sit-ins at restaurants, and helped found freedom schools]]> 2018-04-09 16:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/249913644 cgomez3938 https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/249917722 Dave Dennis was born in Louisiana in 1940. Dennis became an organizer of sit-ins and was also a freedom rider]]> 2018-04-09 16:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/249917722 cgomez3938 https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250336071 Lawrence Guyot was the director of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the time. Lawrence also helped the Civil Rights Movement by speaking out against police brutality and the beatings of African Americans during peaceful protests]]> 2018-04-10 15:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250336071 bbarto4775 https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250339815 2018-04-10 15:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250339815 cgomez3938 https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250341106 Congress of Racial Equality
- Founded in 1942
-  Helped to ensure everyone, no matter what color or sexuality would attain equal rights

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee
- Organized the first sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement
- Had a large number of members and was supported by Northern states' governments and organizations
- Also participated in the Selma Marches and organized Freedom Schools

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Founded in 1909
- Ensured the political, social, and educational rights for colored citizens in the United States
- Participated in many Civil Rights Protests

Ku Klux Klan
- Founded in 1865
- Intimidated protesters by beating and sometimes killing them
- Worked with police in Southern States to put down protests]]> 2018-04-10 15:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250341106 cgomez3938 https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250774383 Feb. 9,  1964 - The Freedom Summer Project is authorized

Mar. 21, 1964 - A Freedom School planning conference for the Freedom Summer Movement

June, 1964 - Protesters start facing violence from police and white supremacists

Jul. 22, 1964 - MLK visits Vicksburg to show support for the Freedom Summer Movement

Aug. 4, 1964 - Murdered Freedom Summer protesters murdered by three KKK members were found. The police let them go afterwards

Aug. - Sep., 1964 - Violence continues in McComb, Mississippi. Nine African-American homes, businesses, and churches are burned in fire-bombings]]> 2018-04-11 15:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250774383 bbarto4775 https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250781555

The KKK cartoon made by the clan during the freedom summer was used to instill fear into the African American residents in an effort to stop their campaign.]]> 2018-04-11 15:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250781555 cgomez3938 https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250782478 The strategies used by the leaders of this movement were to peacefully protest the low amount of registered African-American voters and the process which they had to go through to be able to vote. One means of protest was to ride buses from Northern cities down to cities in Southern states. Another means of protest were sit-ins at diners and restaurants. Though the protests were peaceful, they usually resulted in the beatings and arrests of some protesters]]> 2018-04-11 15:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250782478 bbarto4775 https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250785733 During the Freedom Summer in 1964, the rights of the African American men were infringed by not allowing them to vote. Even when they obtained the right to vote in 1870 with the 15th amendment]]> 2018-04-11 15:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250785733 cgomez3938 https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250788198 - Bailey v. Patterson (1962): Impacted American society by outlawing segregation on public transportation
- Heart of Atlanta Motel Inc. v. US (1964): Impacted Americans by allowing segregation in private businesses (no service to colored people, etc)
- Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Outlawed "separate but equal" rules in public schools]]> 2018-04-11 15:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250788198 bbarto4775 https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250807755 The leaders of the Freedom summer used a nonviolent approach to obtain their goals. ]]> 2018-04-11 16:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250807755 cgomez3938 https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250815034 2018-04-11 16:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cgomez3938/z4jnk8zmda19/wish/250815034