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CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUMChelsea Darrow, Brittany Martini, & Briana Meshkofski
Class Period - 10
Jim Crow Stories
What interests you? Madame CJ Walker became the first African American
woman to become a self made millionaire.
What makes you angry or upset? The Red Summer was upsetting to hear about because
there were many riots.
What would you like to learn more about?
I would like to learn more about the Great Depression.
Atlanta Riot
This is a
depiction of the Atlanta
Riot which took
place in 1902.
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan
was originally organized
in the winter of 1865 in Pulaski,
Tennessee as a social club by six Confedera
te veterans.
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Charlotte
Hawkins Brown
had arrived at the worst
time of the Jim Crow era.
James Jones
James Jones, a veteran of World War II, shares
compelling stories from his tour of duty.
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance
was the name given
to the cultural,
social, and artistic
explosion that took place in Harlem
between the end of World
War I and the middle
of the 1930s.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
What interests you? The story of Rosa Parks interests me because of her
courage to do what she did.
What makes you angry or upset? That Claudette Calvin, an African American 15-year-old,
was arrested after allegedly violating bus segregation laws.
What would you like to learn more about?
I would like to learn more about Rosa Parks and her life story.
Rosa Parks
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her
bus seat so that a white
man could sit, it is unlikely that she fully realized the
forces she had set into motion
and the controversy that would soon swirl
around her.
After a Hearing
Coretta Scot King, the Rev. Ralph
Abernathy and the
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. talking
after leaving a
Montgomery Bus
Boycott hearing.
Rosa Parks’ Death
Rosa Parks
died on October 24,
2005 – leaving
a legacy behind.
Refusal of Seat
It was very
illegal for Rosa to refuse
giving up her seat to that white
man on that
December 1st
afternoon.
Sarah Herbert
It was dangerou
s for a white
woman to support the Bus Boycott,
but Sarah Herbert was one who did.
Central High
What interests you? There were nine African American students chosen to be
the first to integrate into Central High.
What makes you angry or upset? Something that got me angry was that Orval Faubus
ordered in the Arkansas National Guard. Most people thought the guardsmen were going to protect the black students from harm, but they were in fact there to keep those students out of the school.
What would you like to learn more about?
I would like to learn more about Melba Patillo and the rest of the Little Rock Nine.
Beginning of Integration
Integration in Little
Rock had lasted just part of a morning. With the
mob vowing to attack the black
teens, local police swiftly
removed the students from the building.
"The first day I was able to enter Central High School, what I felt inside was terrible, wrenching, awful fear. On the car radio I could hear that there was a mob." - Melba Pattillo
The Little Rock Nine
These are the nine
brave students picked to integrate
Little Rock High
School in 1957 with
the president
of the Arkansas
Chapter of the
NAACP.
Central High Forced to Close
The governor at
the time was so
upset by the
integration of Little
Rock High School that
in September,
1958 he shut down the school altogether.
Ernest Green
Ernest Green in
1957, just days after he became one of the first
black students of
Central High. He
later became the first
black person to graduate from Central
High.
Daisy Bates
Daisy Bates was president
of the Arkansas
Chapter of the NAACP
at the time, and a
major supporter
of the Little Rock
Nine.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What interests you? Something that interests me is that Martin Luther King
became such a hero because of his nonviolent protesting ways and his ideals on freedom.
What makes you angry or upset? It upsets me that he was assonated even though he was
such an amazing man.
What would you like to learn more about?
I would like to learn more about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr..
Mr. King
King, and his policy
of nonviolenc
e protesting, was the dominant force in the civil-
rights movement
.
“I Have a Dream”
The famous speech
delivered in 1963 to more than 200,000
civil-rights marchers
at the Lincoln
Memorial in
Washington, D.C.
Public Speaker
Martin Luther
King, Jr. often
spoke to the
media. He was a very public loved man.
Often Arrested
Martin Luther
King, Jr. was often getting
arrested at
protests. Although he was all about non-
violent protesting
.
5th artifact
Thousands of
people attended
the funeral of
Martin Luther
King, Jr.. He was
assonated on April 4, 1968.
What We Learned
I learned that the riot in Atlanta started in 1902.
I also learned of Melba Patillo.
I learned that Martin Luther King, Jr. passed away when he was 33 years old.
Lastly, I learned that Rosa Parks sat in the white end of the bus on December 1, 1955.
By doing this project I learned that Martin Luther King, Jr. had a large policy on nonviolent protesting.
I also learned that the Ku Klux Klan was created in Tennessee.
I learned that both white and black people supported the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Finally I learned that Ernest Green was the first African American person to graduate from Central High.
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