https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl en-us 2021-11-04 20:19:04 UTC 2023-03-21 05:41:06 UTC hello@padlet.com 99055444 https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1868400518 After being arrested for mass public demonstrations in Alabama, Martin Luther King Jr. writes "The Letter from Birmingham Jail." which inspired many people to join the Civil Right Movement.]]> 2021-11-04 20:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1868400518 99055444 https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1868418498 The Children's Crusade was many high school and college students that went on a march to 16th Baptism Church. While they were marching many they were attack by policemen with dogs and firehoses. Many of them got captured and sent into detention centers. https://www.biography.com/news/black-history-birmingham-childrens-crusade-1963]]> 2021-11-04 20:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1868418498 99055444 https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1868430154 After many people saw what happened at the Children's Crusade they got very mad, which lead to President John F. Kennedy sending his assistant general to Birmingham to negotiate with the Civil Right and city leaders.]]> 2021-11-04 20:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1868430154 99055444 https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1868440438 In a protest to stop segregation, 4 African American college student were sitting in at a whites only Woolworth's lunch counter in Jackson, MI. They were attack by a mob of white people who were helped by police. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jackson-woolworth-sit-in/]]> 2021-11-04 20:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1868440438 99055444 https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1868446629 Civil Rights leader and WW2 veteran Medgar Evers was assassinated in his driveway by Byron De La Beckwith who is part of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group. Beckwith went to court for his first case which ended up in a deadlock which lead to many protests. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/medgar-evers-assassinated]]> 2021-11-04 20:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1868446629 99055444 https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1869108662 250K people attended The Great March for Jobs and Freedom on Washington. During this march, the people were protected by 6k policemen and 6k soldiers. No problems broke out and Martin Luther King Jr. got to say his famous "I Have a Dream Speech" making the march a huge success. https://www.nps.gov/articles/march-on-washington.htm ]]> 2021-11-05 03:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1869108662 99055444 https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1869110049 4 little girls in the basement were killed by a bomb that was planted under the steps of the 16th Baptist Church by the Ku Klux Klan. This incident helped the 1964 Civil Rights Act to be passed]]> 2021-11-05 03:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/99055444/zpb1holorfvm5nwl/wish/1869110049