The Struggle for Equality by: Thea Wolff and Leah W.

The Struggle For Equality

By Thea Wolff and Leah Wlodarczyk

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How did it start?

One day, when riding the bus, Rosa Parks decided she was fed up with descrimination. All the white rows in the bus were full and when a white person arrived on the bus, the bus driver told Rosa Parks she had to give her seat away to him. She refused and was ultimately arrested.

What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

The Montgomery Bus boycott, which went from 1955-1956 was a very powerful protest. Over 50,000 Afrcan Americans, including MLK, worked together to make this possible. They all refused to use local buses until they were on a first come first serve basis. They instead found other forms of transportation including their own taxi system.

What did it lead to and why is it important?

The Motgomery Bus Boycott was successful! Buses ended up desegregation on the local level, there were greater efforts to desegregate other public spaces, and it showed that peaceful protests can lead to change.

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Civil rights movement

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When, where, and why did the marches occur?

They occured in 1965. The march was planned to go from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama. This is a 54 mile journy. They were planned when a Black teen got killed by a white police officer while protesting for the right to vote. The goal of the marches was to be able to vote.

What happened during the marches?

There were three marches in total. Many people, including MLK, participated in the first march. They made it patway but were intercepted by heavily armed state troopers. The troopers used tear gas, clubs, and horses to force them to retreat. The second march was a symbolic march. They only got partway through again when they were turned around due to a state court order. MLk led the third and last march. They had 2,000 U.S army soldiers protecting them and had the support of president Lyndon B. Johnson. This march ended sucessfully.

What did it lead to and why is it important

The voting rights act of 1965 is put in place, ending discriminatory practices such as the literary test and the poll tax. In addition to this, 250,000 new Black voters were registered. It took a lot of effort, people, and dedication to make these marches happen and get voting rights.

The Selma Marches

1965

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Where and when did the sit-ins occur?

The sit-ins occured at the white only lunch counter in the downtown woolworths store of Greensboro, North Carolina. They happened in 1960.

What were they and what happened?

Four African Americans students went to protest at there local lunch counter. They bought something from the store to show that they were paying customers before sitting down. The next few days many people joined them in protest. There were rules put in place to keep it non-violent. These rules were no striking/curing back, don't laugh, don't hold conversation, and don't move unless you are served or arrested and dragged away from the counter. As the protests went on they were refused service, dragged away, had food poored on them, and were arrested.

What did it lead to and why is it important?

Most diners and lunch counters became desgegregated due to the protests. They spread to other places around the south and more students started doing the same thing. It also started protests to desegregate other places such as stores, libaries, pools, and bus stations.

The Greensboro Sit-ins

Civil Rights movement

A Nation Affected

The Killer

The Location

After MLK Jrs. death, the black community was devestated. The were upset and sad over his death.

James Earl Ray was the assassin that murdered Martin Luther King Jr. He shot him while he was standing.

When James Earl Ray shot MLK, he was standing on his second story balcony at the Lorrane Motel in Memphis, TS.

MLK made a massive impact on the Civil Rights movement. He helped lead the Blacks to freedom and equality.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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The Freedom Riders

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

They wanted to know the difference in travel between north and souther and see if they could use integrated facilities such as bathrooms and restraunts. They also wanted to end segregation on buses.

What was the goal of the freedom riders?

What happened during their journey?

The buses were attacked by mobs and orgaizations such as the kkk. Their buses were both attacked and fire-bombed. The freedom riders were assulted and beaten over the head with baseball bats. The freedom rides were ended due to the violence they were facing.

What did they accomplish?

It became illegl for discrimination to occure on interstae buses.Their were new rules put in place such as the fact that buses had to show a sign that said "seating aboard this veichle is without regard to race, color, creed, or national origin, by order of the Interstate Commerce Commision.

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The Freedom Riders

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

They wanted to know the difference in travel between north and souther and see if they could use integrated facilities such as bathrooms and restraunts. They also wanted to end segregation on buses.

What was the goal of the freedom riders?

What happened during their journey?

The buses were attacked by mobs and orgaizations such as the kkk. Their buses were both attacked and fire-bombed. The freedom riders were assulted and beaten over the head with baseball bats. The freedom rides were ended due to the violence they were facing.

What did they accomplish?

It became illegl for discrimination to occure on interstae buses.Their were new rules put in place such as the fact that buses had to show a sign that said "seating aboard this veichle is without regard to race, color, creed, or national origin, by order of the Interstate Commerce Commision.

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Why did the chilrdens march occur? When and where were they?

Birmingham was a very segregated town and they needed more people for their protests. They happened in Brimingham, Alabama in 1963.

What happened during it?

The Birmingham Childrens March of 1963 was a protest angainst Bull Connor, the chief of police, and the extreme segregation going on in Birmingham. The children were faced with violence from police officers. They used nightsticks, attack dogs, and high pressure fire hoses to attack them.

What did it lead to/why is it important?

Desegregation was ended in Birmingham, Alabama and it gave African Americans more freedom and equality.This was a step in ending segregation.

Birmingham

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Accuratly explains the montgomery bus boycott, shows real life examples of where things took place, and gave great insight into things that went on.

Shows the affectiveness of her not getting up and the impact she had on people at the time and in the future.

Gives an overview of what happened, the violence and disciination they faced during the sit-ins, showed how they quickly grew, and how sucessful they were.

Shows news footage to help visualize what the marches look like. Gives MLKs opinion on what's happening and shows them crossing the bridge for the first time. It shows how many people were really involved and what they went through/how dedicated they were.

This shows the children holding signs and protesting for equality.

Showed why they protested for desegregatio becusase the facilities weren’t equal. Shows their dedication to this protest and how it spread to other places.

Explains why the marches accrued and the struggles they faced. Gives a great overview of what happened.

Explains what led up to the Selma marches and gives a first hand detailed account of what happened during the march as well as after the march.

Gives us a first hand account of what happen and Rosa Parks explains why she did what she did and exactly what happened.

Shows why the four students decided to do the sit-ins and the emotions they felt during this time.