Connor(s)'s Civil Rights Museum

The Civil Rights Movment is a huge part of American history. This museum shares a couple events from this era. Click through our museum and enjoy.

MLK Assassination

The March on Washington and I have a Dream

Malcolm X and the Black Power Movement

The Little Rock 9

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Selma Marches and Bloody Sunday

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Connor(s)'s Civil Rights Museum

On March 7th, 1965, also known as Bloody Sunday, hundreds of voting rights activists were met with violence. Peacfully marching, the police attacked them. Starting in Selma, Alabama, they intended to reach Mongomery, Alabama. They did eventually reach Montgomery on the third attempt. This led to the passing of the Voting RIghts Act. This let hundreds of thousands of Black voters to register to vote. The nation was mortified by the violence in the South.

The Selma Marches and Bloody Sunday

Rosa Parks

On December 5, 1955 in Mongomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks got taken to jail for not giving up her seat to a white man. The NAACP, WCP, and MLK were done with getting racially bullied and taken advantage of, So they made a bus boycott. They boycotted until, December 20, 1956. Overall, the boycott worked and segregation on busses ended. The people got what they wanted. It showed that boycotts worked, and led to many other protests.

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Thousands of people gathered to listen to MLK

MLK I have a dream speech

On August 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C, a big protest happened now known as the March on Washngton. MLK had many great speeches while there but the one that stuck out to everyone the most was his I Have a Dream speech. He did this spech without having it planned out. The speech took place on the Linclon monument in Washington, D.C. to help him say that it has been 100 years from when slavery ended but there is still segregation. The speech inspired many people to stand up for civil rights.

March on Washington and “I Have a Dream”

Balcony of the Lorraine Motel where MLK was shot

On April 4, 1968, in the Lorraine motel, Memphis, TN. MLK got assainated by James Eral Ray. MLK was trying to make an unplanned speech to some fans in the motel. He was always trying to make an impact to the people he was around even if they were being mean to him. His assassination energized Malcom X and the black power movement. MLK was trying to make protests non violent, but after he got assainated Malcom X thought that violence might be the answer.

Assassination of MLK, 1968

Video of Malcolm X speaking

The fist in the air was a common symbol for Black Power

Malcolm X

Malcolm X was a fiery speaker for the Civil Rights Movment. He was part of a group called the Black Panthers. The Black Panthers were created it 1966 in Greenwood, Mississippi. The Black Panthers wanted power in their communities, and they were not afraid to use violence to get it. This led to the opening of many Black-operated services and businesses. Racial Pride skyrocketed for Blacks and it gave confidence for them to do more for racial equlaity.

Malcolm X and the Black Power Movement

Military helping Little Rock 9 enter

Video of the Little Rock 9

The Little Rock 9

On September 4th, 1957, in Little Rock, Missouri, Minnijean Brown, Terrance Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls attempted to integrate into a white school. They were met with hatred and violence, and were blocked from entering the school. They needed military assistance to enter the school, but once they were in, they were treated horribly. After this, Gov. Faubus of Missouri cancelled all the schools of Little Rock. It showed that the South wasn't really desegregated. In fact, they would rather cancel all schooling instead of integrate.

The Little Rock 9