INTERACTIVE EVENT GUIDE

By: Dylan Cassidy and Erin Chandler

Civil Rights Movement Muesum

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All About the Civil Rights Movement

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The Birmingham Marches in May 2nd, 1963 involved blacks and mainly blacks children. The were marches to show the world what whites do to them. As soon has they started firefighters and police hit them and used firehouses. It showed that even the most segregated town can change, It paved the way for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Birmingham, 1963

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Rosa Parks and Bus Boycott

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It started when Rosa Parks wanted to make a stand and sat in a white person's spot on a local bus. She later got arrested for her actions. Once it was announced that she got arrested, blacks started not to ride the bus as a protest. The protest lasted about a year and and the Montgemory buses and the town of Montgemory all lost money and revenue. Those acts lead to the law passed that any race could sit any where with any one. This movement really sparked the whole civil rights movement going and lead to want it is today.

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Greensboro Sit-ins

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.It all started when 9 collage students walked into a resturants that they were allowed to buy stuff but now sit down at the cafe. and they all decided to make it right and sit down at that restaurant and order a coffee. but the waiter said no because they were black. but they just sat there waiting to be served. until closing,the next day they came back a few more people came about 20 blacks sat down. next day maybe 100, then slowly more and more until the police had to come beat them up but they didn't care. i mean they were all terrified but they just sat there waiting to be served. until one day that restaurant desegregated.

MLK Assassination

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-MLK was planing a march for sanitation workers .-so decided to stay at hotel -and was met by james real ray at a balcony who later shot him

The little rock 9 occured on feb 1st 1970 in a town called little rock. 9 smart students were chosen to attend this school but were met by a massive mobs of people and the prez had to call the military just to get them inside. it lead too desegragation in the most segregated town.

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Selma Marches

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Local African Americans and blacks gathered in Selma Alabama on March 7th 1965, and marched to Montgomery. They marched to try and get voting rights. They tried 2 times and were might with violence with it ¨Boodly Sunday". On the 3rd time with military protect they successfully made it to the capital. Later it led to black voting rights and that the Jim Crow laws were unconstitutional. This is important because blacks could have a say/opinion on what the country they live in and support should follow.