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March on Washington

Birmingham

Montgomery Bus Boycott

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March On Washington and ``I Have A Dream``

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to 250,000 people to gain support for Civil Rights laws. They were marching for jobs and freedom together. This speech happened on August 28, 1963. MLK used figurative language and he used repetition with pauses to carry his message across. In his speech, he used phrases like ¨the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.¨ to get his point across.

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This article is included because this shows how far news really reached. They made such an impact that they were on the front page of the newspaper.

A newspaper pupblished about the March on Washington.

I put this picture in my museum because this shows how many people came to march and fight for their freedom.If you look closely at the signs they're holding up you can see the kind of things they are fighting for.

African Americans marching for jobs and freedom.

I put this in my museum because this speech was the most moving speech told throughout the civil rights movement. This speech inspired people back then and even now to stand up for yourself and each other. Martin Luther King paved a huge way for freedom with just his words in this speech.

This was Martin Luther King Jr. presenting his speech.

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Birmingham was one of the most racist towns in America in 1963. When Martin Luther King came to Birmingham to help reduce segregation and when he arrived he got arrested. In the week he was in jail he wrote "Letter from a Birmingham Jail to explain the goals of the Civil Rights Movement. President Kennedy ordered troops to Birmingham to protect the protesters. In the end, the business owners gave in and desegregated. Intergration was not totally accepted still.

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Birmingham

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Martin Luther King Jr. mugshot and the letter he wrote in jail (Letter From The Birmingham Jail).

I included these because MLK's letter when he wrote in jail was really powerful and the fact he even went to jail just because he was such an influence in Birmingham is crazy.

A police officer in Birmingham grabs an African American by the shirt as a dag is attacking him.

I put this in my room because this photo changed the perception of racism when it was in the newspaper. People all over the world saw that picture and they were appalled.

I put this in my museum because this shows how far people were going to go just because someone was a different skin color then them.

Officers spraying the children protesters.

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On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was on her way home on the bus and she sat in the whites only section and got arrested. The following Monday African Americans found another way to work. Then, 50,000 people stayed off the buses to use station wagons to work. The bus company lost a lot of money in revenue. The Montgomery Improvement Association organized the boycott. The Supreme Court eventually ruled in favor of the MIA and declared that segregated buses were unconstitutional. This boycott lasted 382 days.

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Mongomery Bus Boycott

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I put this in there because these instructions were given to people to help further the boycott and make sure everyone knew how to get to where they needed to be without the buses. She cared for people and tried to make sure people were still able to go places while still being apart of the boycott.

Instructions for transportation by Rosa Parks.

I included this mugshot because Rosa Parks was the real reason why this whole movement started. Rosa Parks was the most moving woman, who inspired other people to stand up and fight for themselves and everyone else.

Mugshot of Rosa Parks.

I put this photo in my museam because all people know is what they hear about. Now, you can really see how unfair this was to put African Americans at the back of the bus away from other people.

Segregated buses between whites and African Americans.