Andrew Schrenk | Digital Museum

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See 3 mounmental events of the Civil Rights Movement in this digital museum.

Created by Andrew Schrenk

Civil Rights Movement

1955-1956

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Montgomery Bus Boycotts

The Montgomery Bus Boycotts started after Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus. She was sitting in the whites-only section, and then the cops got called on her. After her arrest, almost everyone in the area started a boycott on public transportation that lasted for over a year. MLK Jr. gained great amounts of reputation for this, which is what started off his Civil Rights journey.

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1960

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Greensboro Sit-ins

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The Greensboro Sit-ins were a series of peaceful protests that started at a Greensboro store, and eventually reached out around the country. The store refused to allow the black customers to sit down at the counter to dine. They allowed them to shop, but they valued the happiness of the white people in town over the happiness of the black people. Because of this, blacks sat down at the counter and refused to leave until the store closed. At times it got violent, but eventually they were allowed to dine.

1968

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Assassination of MLK

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While staying in the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, TN, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot in the neck. The assassin, James Earl Ray, was caught shortly after. He was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Right before he died, Martin requested that they sing the hymn Precious Lord, Take My Hand that night. Shortly after, he was shot by a rifle and died.