Civil Rights Museum

Civil Rights Museum

Freedom Riders

MLK and the March on Washington

1Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

These 3 events helped the Civil Rights movement grow and helped the movement gain the following it needed for real change to happen.

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Rosa Parks and The Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Rosa Parks was riding the bus home after work in 1955 when the driver told her that she need to stand so a white man could sit she said no. She was arrested and this sparked outrage in the Black community on Montgomery so they started a bus boycott the day after she got arrested no black person rode the bus. This Bus Boycott lasted for over a year and at the end the supreme court ruled that segregation of local bus was unconstitutional and was outlawed. This boycott inspired other boycotts throughout the United States and inspired people to stand up to segregation and this event kickstarted the civil rights movement.

This is all the people of Montgomery walking in protest

This is the conditions of the buses with all the black people in the back

This is Rosa Parks the day she got arrested

MLK and 250,000 protesters marched toward Washington for jobs and the freedom of all black people. They hoped to pressure the government into passing a civil rights bill. When the protesters got their MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. In his speech MLK talked about his dream for the future of the United States of America where every one is treated equally no matter what their skin color is and people are judged based on the content of their character not the color of their skin. This took place on August 28, 1963 in Washington D.C. This led to the civil rights act of 1964 this made all forms of segregation outlawed. This was the biggest event of the civil rights movement and this day went down in history and people still remember it today.

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MLK and the March on Washington

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This is MLK and all the people that showed up for the march

MLK giving his "I Have a Dream," speech

This is why they were marching

A group of black and white activists in 1961 wanted to end segregation on interstate buses so they decide to do a freedom ride. The ride started in Washinghton D.C. and was supposed to go all the way To New Orleans, Louisisana but attacks by the KKK in Anniton, Alabama forced them to stop the ride. After the ride the Interstate Commerce Commision was forced to pass a law to end discriamation on interstate buses. The ICC passed a law that forced buses to have a sign that says "Seating on this bus is without regard to race, color, creed, or national orgin by order of the Interstate Commerce Commision." This brought attetion to the way black people were being treated and how the KKK were brutal and needed to be stopped because they brutally beat the riders and firebombed the bus.

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Freedom riders

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This is the bus in the aftermath of the fire bombing

This is the freedom riders

This is the freedom riders fleeing the burning bus