INTERACTIVE EVENT GUIDE

Civil Rights Movment Museum

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Greensboro Sit-ins

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Four college students, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr., and David Richmond wanted to be served and treated equally to the Greensboro Diner. Many other college students decided to join into the protests . These protests lasted from February 1st to July 25th. Sit-ins like this popped up all over the South and many businesses were being protested. The goal was for blacks and whites to be served equally. It showed people that peaceful protests could be effective and inspired many others to lead their own.

Where the sit-ins took place:

A plaque dedicated to the four students who started it

A picture of protesters in the act.

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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the whites only section of a train car. People heard about this and decided to lead a protest, refusing to take the bus until it was desegregated. Over 50,000 people participated in these boycotts. They formed their own system of transportation. Busses were empty, leading to a supreme court ruling that busses had to desegregate.

A sign making blacks go to the back

A plaque for the bus boycott

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Brown vs. Board of Education

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In Kansas, Oliver Brown wanted his daughter, Linda, to be able to attend the white school near where they lived. This argument started a court case in 1954 called Brown vs. Board of education. It ruled that segregation of schools was a violation of the 14th amendment. There was a law passes that schools had to desegregate with deliberate speed, but schools didn't take action because there was no specific date they had to desegregate by.

Linda Brown

Schools being desegregated

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Assassination of MLK 1968

On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was shot on a balcony at a motel in Tennessee. His death caused many outbreaks of violence regarding race, but it also energized the Black Power Movement. He died at the age of 39 but achieved many great things in his lifetime.

MLK and his wifes tombstones.

The place where MLK got shot.

Pictures of MLKs funeral.

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Birmingham, 1963

Birmingham drew the attention of many when the KKK bombed a baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. Four young girls were killed. All sorts of people started protesting by marching. Jails were full so police officers resorted to using attack dogs and fire hoses to disperse marchers. These protests eventually led to desegregation within Birmimgham and paved the way to form the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The polices officers and firefighters

A picture of the hose

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Selma Marches, 1965

Troopers and marchers set out to protest all laws that made them unable to vote. Many people were killed during the first march, making it known as Bloody Sunday. This happened in March of 1965 in Alabama

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed. Discriminatory voting practices were ended by this federal law and it was another step closer to desegregation in the South.

The path the marchers traveled

Troopers