CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM
Created by: Ava Rodriguez-Cain
ROOM ONE
ROOM THREE
1955
1963
Little Rock Nine
ROOM TWO
1957
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Martin Luther King Jr. and the "I Have A Dream" speech
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ROOM ONE
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
On December 1st, 1955, a woman named Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, AL for refusing to give up her bus seat. The significance of this ties to the Civil Rights Movement. In the 50s, African-Americans were segregated and discriminated in the U.S. For example, they'd have to sit at the back of buses.
Rosa Parks sat in the front on that winter day, and didn't give her spot up for a white man. People were furious to hear about her arrest. The incident sparked something in the Civil Rights Movement. A protest.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott started on December 5th, 1955 and lasted 381 days. During that period, people boycotted public transportation, instead walking to get to work, school, etc. Eventually, trasnportation companies had been effected and protesters were making a change. On June 5th, 1956, the federal district court ruled that bus segregation was uncostitutional. The supreme court affrimed that, meaning they decided it was correct.
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ROOM TWO
Little Rock Nine
In Little Rock, AR, nine students entered Central High School as the first African-Americans to do so. It was 1957, and schools were beginning to integrate. the Brown v. Board of Education ruling had just passed, desegregating public settings. This paved the path for positive change.
As it turns out, a hostile, agressive mob mades attempts to prevent the students from entering the school. This occured only a day after the judge ordered the nine teenagers to attend.
In result, the governor sent the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the students from entering Central High school. Later on, the president sent federal troops to guide the teenagers into the school.
ROOM THREE
Martin Luther King Jr. and the "I Have A Dream" speech
Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist. On August 23rd, 1963, he gave a speech that focused on the hopes of equality and empowered many. Martin Luther King Jr.