The Amazing Museum of Civil Rights, by Tim Jang

The MLK museum of civil rights

By: Hyunjoon Timothy Jang

Selma Marches

MLK assassination

MLK's speech

In 1965 there were 3 Selma marches because the African-Americans wanted the equal right to vote, so the first march began on March 7, 1965. Still, there was one problem, the marchers were met with brutal force from the state police, and the TV and newspaper reports brought attention to Selma. Then Martin Luther King jr planned a second march to Selma on March 9, 1965, and just like the first march the marchers were met with barricade of state troopers Martin Luther King jr turned the marchers around because he did not want any violence. Now on March 21, 1965, MLK jr and the marchers went on a 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, the group of marchers was protected, and the march ended on March 25, 1965. Because of the 3 marches, President Lyndon Johnson made the Voting Civil Rights Act of 1965 a law on August 6. 250,000 African-American new black voters registered by the end of 1965.

Selma Marches

Marching to civil voting rights.

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MLK speech

The Speech that changed everything.

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On August 28, 1963, Martin Luthor King Jr stood with 250,000 others at the Lincoln Memorial, martin stood on the steps while the 250,000 listened, Martin Luthor King Jr gave a speech to the large group of people waiting with excitement, first, he started with a script he wrote telling the people that there was still so much work to be done to make the constitution's words come true, but he had other things to talk about after the script which his words would later become the “I have a dream” speech, he talks about the hopes he has about one day his descendants would be able to join hands with whites and live in peace and harmony and he hoped that African-Americans won't be judged by their skin color but their personality. His words inspired hundreds and thousands of people to keep fighting for equal and better rights.

On April 4, 1968, Martin Luthor King Jr who was now 39 years old was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, room 306 in Memphis Tennessee as he was standing there was a gunshot and Martin Luthor King collapsed to the ground everyone around him gets shocked some people that were next to MLK points to where they heard the gunshot, Martin Luthor King Jr gets rushed to the hospital where he later dies from the gun wound, everyone grieves for the death of a legend that helped trailblaze a path for African Americans to equal freedom and civil rights, he will be remembered as one of the greatest martyrs in all of history.

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MLK assasination

The death of a legend

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In the second march the group was met by selma state troopers but mlk didn't want to be in violence so he turned the group around.

Selma March 2

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The marchers were met with force by the police some were beaten badly

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Marin Luthor King jr stood infront of the lincoln monument to give his "I have a dream" speech.

The lincoln monument

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On the final march, The group of marchers were protected by the army and they safely got to their destination.

The last march.

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