Civil Rights
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Key players
Some key players in Civil Rights were Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Andrew Goodman, and Jackie Robinson.
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Martin Luther King Junior was a remarkable man. He fought for others rights. He stood up to other people. He stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and gave his "I Have a Dream" speech that enlightened others.
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Rosa Parks was a woman that fought for a spot on a bus. Whites got to sit in the front and blacks had to sit in the back. She sat upfront bold and proud. She refused to give up her spot for a white person so she was arrested on December 1, 1955.
Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. His home was burned down by the Black Legion which was an organization that was run by the Klu Klux Klan.
Andrew Goodman was a college student who went to the South to register African - Americans to vote. He and two others were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in 1964. This created public support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
KEY EPISODES OR EVENTS
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One key event was when Jackie Robinson Joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. The Dodgers were an all white team at the time. He tried out for the Dodgers and made the team and had become the first African American baseball player.
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka decision in 1954. Linda Brown was a little 4 year old girl that was denied permission to go into an all whites school. Her parents filed in a lawsuit and was put into court to let Linda be taught at an all white school.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott went from 1955
to 1957. Rosa Parks was a woman that refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white person. This led up to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
March on Washington in 1963 was a peaceful protest that was led by MLK. More than 200,000 demonstrators took part in the March. The March was for African Americans to have the same rights as whites.
The outcomes of the Civil Rights Movement. Desegregation of schools, Voting Rights Act, and the Civil Rights Act.
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Desegregation of schools was that blacks were not allowed to enter white schools. Otherwise they were quickly brought home.
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The Voting Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon Johnson in1965. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices in many southern states after the Civil War.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964. It was one of the most important civil rights laws in the history of the U.S. It ended racial segregation and outlawed discrimination. It also protected the voting rights of women.
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This is important to us because this was a big road block in U.S. History. This topic interests us the most. It interests me the most because it's amazing how our world has changed.
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Sources
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Web. 11 Jan. 2015. segregation.htm>. This website helped us because it talked all about
segregation and when it started and ended.
segregation and when it started and ended.
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Nelson, Ken, ed. "http://www.ducksters.com." Ducksters. Ken Nelson, 1 Jan. 2009.
Web. 11 Jan. 2015. 2192-The-Civil-Rights-Act-of-1964-which-finally-ended-racial-segregation-in-the-U
SA.html>. This website helped us because it told us a lot of the history
and the details of each Act.
SA.html>. This website helped us because it told us a lot of the history
and the details of each Act.
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Feldmeth, Greg D., ed. "U.S History Resources." U.S History Resources. Greg D
Feldmeth, 30 Mar. 1998. Web. 7 Jan. 2015. ~gfeldmeth/chart.civrights.html>. This website helped us because it told
us the key events that happend during segregation
us the key events that happend during segregation
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