Olive Treutler & Luciana Pesoli

Rosa Parks

I Have A Dream Speech

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Greensboro Sit-ins

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I Have Dream Speech

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to 250,000 listeners. It was his famous 'I Have A Dream' speech. This was on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. and his speech referenced the Gettysburg Address. His speech was about freedom, and civil rights. He mentioned the Gettysburg Address because they conveyed a very similar in their message.

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I Have Dream Speech

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to 250,000 listeners. It was his famous 'I Have A Dream' speech. This was on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. and his speech referenced the Gettysburg Address. His speech was about freedom, and civil rights. He mentioned the Gettysburg Address because they conveyed a very similar in their message.

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Overview of Rosa Parks

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On December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat. The bus driver asked for her to move and she refused. She was going to be arrested. All the African Americans boycotted busses and found other ways to get to work, school, or any other places. The bus companies lost a bunch of money. There was violence, four churches and homes of King and Aberthany were bombed. The boycott continued and lasted about 382 days.

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Greensboro Sit-Ins

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The Greensboro Sit-ins started in 1960 in Greensboro, NC. Sit-ins were where costumers that were refused service would sit and take up spaces and restaurants. It spread to other states across the South by word of mouth. The people sitting would get kicked, dragged, and things thrown at them. After the businesses were loosing too much money, they finally desegregated and opened business to everyone.

This is the conversation Rosa Parks had with the bus driver. It is important to be in this room because it is a primary source.

This is Rosa Parks conversation with the bus driver.

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This is an important artifact for this museum because this is the bus Rosa Parks rode in. And after this bus thats when all the boycotts started and bus companies lost a lot of money.

This is the bus Rosa Parks rode in.

This chair is important because Rosa Parks sat in it and made history. Its also really old and means something so it is important to show in a museum. This is proof that Rosa Parks was sitting a seat and how it meant something.

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The chair that Rosa Parks sat in when she refused to get up.

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This is the store where the sit-ins started.

These students started the sit-ins

This is one of the signs seen in many buildings that said that that store was segregated.

The store that only served white people and started the sit-ins. The store was called Woolworth Co. and they served things that were 5 cents, so it was ridiculous that they didn't serve certain people.

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The 4 students that started the sit-ins were so affective that it spread across the South and ended segregated stores.

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This sign was seen in segregated buildings that sparked the inpiration and fury to start the Greensboro Sit-ins.

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A picture of the Lincoln Memorial monument.

The speech took place at the Lincoln Memorial. This was important because MLK's speech referenced the Gettysburg Address.

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The steps at the Lincoln Memorial is where MLK's speech took place. This is very close to the white house aand was a very popular spot for people to be and was an important spot.

This is the steps at the Lincoln Memorial where the speech took place.

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This is all the people that attended the speech.

250,000 people atttended this speech. This is a good thing to have in this museum because there was a lot of people and they all were there to agree with MLK.

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