https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0 Timeline for Civil RIghts en-us 2017-02-28 15:27:58 UTC 2025-10-05 21:56:44 UTC hello@padlet.com hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156754607 This was a court case in which many people were fighting for rights of Amish children. They were trying to make it legal for Amish children to be able to go past the 8th grade in the school system. This was influential because African Americans and ethnics weren't the only ones fighting for Civil Rights.]]> 2017-02-28 15:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156754607 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156754974 On July 31st, 1948 President Truman passes the law that desegregates all Armed Forces no matter what branch.
This has a large impact because it was the beginning of the end of segregation.]]> 2017-02-28 15:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156754974 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156755365 This is a commission agency that helps fight for ethnic rights. This organization fights for people to help get jobs and enjoy their lives like many other Americans. This organization is very influential because people wanted to rise against the wrongs of society and make their rights equal.]]> 2017-02-28 15:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156755365 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156755779 This act got rid of all discrimination in housing with ethnic people. It got rid of all discrimination with real estate as well. This was influential to America because Africans were getting discriminated still in many ways and this was another win for them.]]> 2017-02-28 15:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156755779 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156756046 MLK was killed by a sniper. His name was James Earl Ray who was a fugitive from a penitentiary in Tennessee. This made many Civil Rights activists very angered because what they were fighting for was love and peace and someone killed a man who was fighting for peace. This is very influential to America and people who were against Civil Rights finally felt bad for the whole situation. MLK now has a day to honor him during the year.]]> 2017-02-28 15:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156756046 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156756428 This act removed all racial discrimination when voting. This act expanded on the 14th Amendment which allowed everyone to vote in America no matter what race. This was influential because this is exactly what people wanted to have all of their rights.]]> 2017-02-28 15:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156756428 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156756572 This act was very important to American lives because everyone gained equal rights no matter what race. People had been waiting for this to happen for a while. This got rid of segregation in many environments. This was influential to America because it was the first taste of success for those who were fighting for Civil Rights.]]> 2017-02-28 15:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156756572 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156756915 This Amendment removed Taxes that were on voting. This was very influential in America because people who weren't as wealthy could now vote. No one in America enjoyed having to pay to vote.]]> 2017-02-28 15:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156756915 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156757539 This was a fight in the court of law in which people wanted to either make a woman having an Abortion legal or not. It later became legal to have an abortion in America. This is still a very debated topic today. This is very influential to America because women wanted to fight for their rights as well and this was their chance to do so.]]> 2017-02-28 15:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156757539 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156757889 This was the most influential part of Martin Luther King's campaign of Civil Rights. This is where MLK delivered his "I have a Dream" speech in front of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial. This was very influential because it shows that people are still fighting against something that got abolished almost 100 years ago. ]]> 2017-02-28 15:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156757889 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156758339 These protests were started by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. They were started in order to show America that African Americans have a voice and rights in the U.S. They were trying to get everyone in Birmingham integrated. This is influential to the Nation because it shows that all that African Americans want is to become integrated into society and have a peace.]]> 2017-02-28 15:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156758339 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156759376 After Martin Luther King Jr. was sent to jail he sent out an open letter to all of America addressing many things. One of his most famous quotes came from this letter: "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." This is very influential to America because everyone wanted to stand up for their rights and not be trampled over.]]> 2017-02-28 15:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156759376 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156760061 Rosa Parks was an African American Civil Rights activist in America.
Rosa Parks would not comply with the driver of her public transportation bus when she said that she wouldn't give up her seat to a white man in the colored section of the bus she was on. This is very influential to America because Rosa Parks was then considered "The First Lady of American Civil Rights".]]> 2017-02-28 15:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156760061 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156760367 First African American baseball player in the MLB. He had one of the first retired numbers in the MLB aswell. This had a huge impact on the sports world and many African Americans were inspired to play sports as well as other races.]]> 2017-02-28 15:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156760367 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156762858 Emmett Till was murdered for flirting with a white woman.
This enraged people because the 15th Amendment had already been passed and Emmett had the right to flirt with this woman. This discrimination made many people in America mad.]]> 2017-02-28 15:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156762858 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156763477 Gives all U.S. Citizens the right to vote.
No matter what race or sex everyone that is a citizen has the right to vote.]]> 2017-02-28 15:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156763477 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156764686 The 14th Amendment is huge in civil rights.
The 14th Amendment makes all people equal in the eyes of the law no matter what the circumstances.]]> 2017-02-28 15:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156764686 hayden_lestarge_762 https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156764860 The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in America.
This was very important to America because everyone gained the right of freedom and they gained some rights.]]> 2017-02-28 15:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hayden_lestarge_762/z4l9sb4565x0/wish/156764860