INTERACTIVE EVENT GUIDE

I have a dream museum

By: Isabelle, Aisley, and Lena

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The Civil Rights Movement was a nationwide movement that fought against the segragation of African American people. This is a digital museum of events that happened during this fight for racial equality.

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Matin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray on Thursday April 4, 1968. He was shot dead while standing on the balcony of his motel. He was staying at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennesee for a strike of African-American sanitation workers. This event caused violence to break out across the country. The Black Power Movement was energized after his assassination.

Assassination Of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Malcolm X and all african-american people were being treated worse than white people. They decided to protest, which was known as the Black Power Movement. The Black Power Movement was multiple protests from 1966 to the 1980's fighting for racial equality. This is an important event because black people stood up for themselves and their rights. The Black Power Movement resulted in legal changes and laws.

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Black Power Movement and Malcolm X

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Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech to people of all races. 250,000 people gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963 to listen to the "I Have A Dream" speech. His speech was about his dreams of black and white people being treatd equally. The result of this event were laws that lead to the end of segragation. The speech inspired the whole country to fight for equal rights for black people.

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March on Washington and "I Have A Dream"

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Little Rock Nine

The Little Rock Nine were a group of very studious kids of color that attempted to go to an 'integrated' school called Central High School. Racists attacked these kids, they were called foul names and harassed for something they had a right to. Things got so bad they called the odered federal troops just to escort them into the building. It led to the desgregation of one of the most racist highschools in the south. This is important because this movement showed other kids that they could take actions to help integrate their public spaces too.

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Greensboro Sit-Ins

The Greensboro Sit-Ins were a series of protests led by 4 college roomates who were upset at not being served in Woolsworth diner. This all took place in february 1960.It is important because it led to other sit-ins which led to more integrated diners not only in greensboro but also in various places throughout the south.

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Montgomery bus boycott was obviously, a boycott of all the buses in Montgomery. People of all colors refused to use transportation until integrated. With no one using the buses, drivers, companies and manufactorers, weren't making money. This all kicked off when Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in her rigthful row of the bus. It angered so many, the boycott lasted a year. It is important because it desegregated all public transportation.

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Brown vs. Board Of Education

They were people protesting for desegragation. There were many types of protests but they choose peacefull protest. The NAACP also helped fight with the Brown Vrs Board Of Education. While the Brown vs Board Of Education ended up geting rid of segragagtion there was still a lot of racism. Then for the first time a black student went to an all-white school. Because people were so violent towards her she had to be walked in and out of school. The fight for desegragation lasted from december 9, 1952 all the way untill may 17, 1954. After the decalred segragation unconstitutional most of the schools were still segragated. It took a few years for them to fully desegragate.

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Freedom Riders

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The KKK fired bombed the Freedom Riders. They also beat them very severely and it made permanent injuries on the people to. The bus is now at the Freedom Riders National Monument located in Anistion Alabama. After they got firebombed the Freedom Riders got arrested in may 24, 1961. They were arrested for defying segragation laws. The bus shows people with signs. They are protesting for no more bus segregation after the Freedom Riders bus got fired bombed. Some Freedom Riders post bail and are released, while others spend months in the prison awaiting trial. The Interstate Commerce Commission ended up banning segragation in travel.

This is MLK waving to the crowd of people that came to the Licoln Memorial for his speech.

A photo of the near empty buses in the duration of the boycott.

Federal soldiers walking in the Little Rock 9 because they were getting attacked before even getting inside the school.

A photo showing that this was a studious group of students who gave the school no reason to make them leave

These are people participating in a Black Power Movement protest.

This is a photo of black people protesting for their rights.

The original 4 that started the sit-in

This was the aftermath of when the KKK firebombed the Freedom Riders just for trying to challenge the state laws that enforced segregation in transportation.

This is MLK on the balcony of his motel before he died.

Rosa Parks' mugshot after being arrested for her own rigths.

This is when the Freedom Riders got arrested just for riding the bus. Many of them got sentences to 2 months in Mississippi worst jail.

This photo is when they let black students go to school with white students on may 17, 1954.

The Little Rock Nine walking in for a normal school day, apart from other non-accepting kids.

This is the gathering of people on the National Mall. They all came to listen to MLK's speech about black equality.

This is from when one of the first black students went to a all white school and people were so violent and cruel to her she had to be waled in and out of school.

People against desegregation dumping condiments, seasonings and various food items on the heads of protesters

This is from when they were protesting for desegragation in schools and for equal rights.

This is MLK speaking on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He is speaking about his dreams that black and white people will be integrated.

This is a picture of MLK's funeral. The amount of people there shows how much he was cared about and how much he was honored.

This is Malcolm X speaking at a protest during the Black Power Movement.

An article released when segregation on buses was appealed

This is James Earl Ray. He got arrested after he shot MLK, and this is his mugshot.

This is when people, after the Freedom Riders got arrested, were protesting for no more segragation on busses.

People of all ages, genders, and races protesting