Matthew L. Civil Rights Projects

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By Matthew Larson

Rosa parks and the buss boycot

Little rock 9

civil rights Legislation

The busses, the nine, and the rights.

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Rosa Parks is generly known as the woman who didn't give up her seat to a white man. While all of this is true she was not the first to refuse giving up her buss seat. Many women did this before her, she was more memeroble because she was an important figure of NAACP. The bus boycott was formed and 99% of blacks stoped riding busses and found other means of transportation. After 13 months the U.S. supreme court found that segregated busses were unconstitutional.

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Rosa parks and the buss boycot

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The Little Rock 9 was a group of kids selected to find out what would happen if schools became integrated. The kids were met with violence and harassment as they were on their way to school. Govener Fabus ordered the National Guard to keep the Little Rock Nine out of school. The national guard was told to move by the current president of the USA, President, Eisenhower. He didn't listen to the President so he was forced out by the army. When the Little Rock 9 eventually got into school they were protected by the army and got to learn.

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The Little Rock 9

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The Civil Rights Legislation consists of 3 elements. The 24th amendment, the Civil Rights act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. These are important events and made a huge difference towards the Civil Rights Cause. Most of the events consist of blacks getting their voting rights back, but one affects sgeregation as a whole. Laws were very influential in advancing in civil rights. This is because the blacks don't have many laws in there favor and need to be free to make there own choices.

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Civil Rights Legislation

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USA Millitary

The United States millitary was sent in by President, Eisenhower. 1,000 troops were sent to control the National Gaurd and protect the kids when they went to school.

Governor Fabus diden't want the Little Rock 9 to help the civil rights movement or for schools to intergerte at all. Governor Fabus used the national guard to keep the kids out of school.

Governor Fabus

The Little Rock 9 Memorial was built in August 2005. It is located in the state capital of Arkansas. The Memorial was built to honor the kids for participation in the civil rights movement.

Little Rock 9 Memorial.

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People protesting for the bus boycott

Rosa parks's fingerprints

Bus 2875, Rosa parks bus

The day after the bus boycott 17,000 People stoped riding the busses and found other means of transportation. The leader of this organization was none other than Martin Luter King Jr. Towards the end of the bus boycott 99% of blacks stopped using the buses. MLK and his friend Ralph Abernaty were arrested for the boycott. In the end the company needed money and desegregated the buses. The bus boycott took a total of 382 days, that is a little bit over a year.

Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1 ,1955. She was fined a total of 10$ for violating segration laws and 4$ in court costs. Rosa Parks only spent a few hours in jail and was bailed out by Edgar Nixion.

This is the bus that Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up to the white man and sparked the civil rights movement. The bus was used back in 1955 and is still seen today in our very musem. Another follow up fact is that the busses number was 2875.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1965 was the most important event in my opinion. It made segregation illegal. It also outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This means African Americans can enter public places and be employed.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was another huge achievement for the blacks. It banned literacy tests and ensured African Americans the right to vote with no obsticals.

The 24th Amendment banned the poll tax. The band poll tax meant that you couldn't charge a person a tax to vote. It was ratified on January 23, 1941. This was huge for the slaves because they now didn't need to pay a tax to vote.

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