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Civil Rights Timeline

1965
April 7, 1964 July 9, 1965 July 30, 1966
THE REV. BRUCE KLUNDER Congress passes Voting CLARENCE TRIGGS
People have taken a stand for civil and human rights since the beginning of time. Killed protesting construc- Rights Act of 1965 Slain by nightriders
February 26, 1965
Here, we honor the courage and commitment displayed by countless individuals — tion of segregated school
JIMMIE LEE JACKSON July 18, 1965
Bogalusa, Louisiana
Cleveland, Ohio
some who lost their lives — in the struggle for equal rights during a time known as Civil rights marcher

1967
WILLIE BREWSTER
“the modern American Civil Rights Movement.” May 2, 1964 killed by state trooper Killed by nightriders
HENRY HEZEKIAH DEE & Marion, Alabama Anniston, Alabama

1954 1956 1961

May 3, 1963 CHARLES EDDIE MOORE February 27, 1967
March 7, 1965 August 20, 1965
Birmingham police at- Killed by Klansmen WHARLEST JACKSON
State troopers beat JONATHAN DANIELS
tack marching children Meadville, Mississippi Civil rights leader killed
May 17, 1954 November 13, 1956 May 14, 1961 back marchers at Seminary student
with dogs and fire hoses after promotion to
Supreme Court outlaws Supreme court bans Freedom Riders at- June 20, 1964 Edmund Pettus Bridge killed by deputy
‘white’ job
school segregation in segregated seating on tacked in Alabama while June 11, 1963 Freedom Summer brings Selma, Alabama Hayneville, Alabama
Natchez, Mississippi
Brown v. Board of Education Montgomery buses testing compliance with Alabama Governor 1,000 young civil rights
March 11, 1965

1966
bus desegregation laws George Wallace stands in volunteers to Mississippi May 12, 1967
THE REV. JAMES REEB

1955 1957
schoolhouse door to stop BENJAMIN BROWN
September 25, 1961 June 21, 1964 March volunteer
university integration Civil rights worker
HERBERT LEE JAMES CHANEY, beaten to death January 3, 1966
killed when police
May 7, 1955 January 23, 1957 Voter registration worker June 12, 1963 ANDREW GOODMAN, Selma, Alabama SAMUEL YOUNGE JR.
fired on protesters
THE REV. GEORGE LEE WILLIE EDWARDS JR. killed by white legislator MEDGAR EVERS MICHAEL SCHWERNER Student civil rights
March 25, 1965 Jackson, Mississippi
Killed for leading Killed by Klansmen Liberty, Mississippi Civil rights leader Civil rights workers activist killed in dispute
Thousands complete the
voter-registration drive Montgomery, Alabama assassinated abducted and slain Tuskegee, Alabama October 2, 1967
Selma to Montgomery

1962
Belzoni, Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi by Klansmen Thurgood Marshall
August 29, 1957 Voting Rights March January 10, 1966
Philadelphia, Mississippi sworn in as first black
August 13, 1955 Congress passes first August 28, 1963 VERNON DAHMER
Supreme Court justice
March 25, 1965
LAMAR SMITH civil rights act since April 1, 1962 250,000 Americans July 2, 1964 Black community leader
VIOLA GREGG LIUZZO
Murdered for organizing reconstruction Civil rights groups join march on Washington President Johnson signs killed in Klan bombing

1968
Killed by Klansmen while
black voters forces to launch voter for civil rights Civil Rights Act of 1964 Hattiesburg, Mississippi
September 24, 1957 transporting marchers
Brookhaven, Mississippi registration drive
President Eisenhower September 15, 1963 July 11, 1964 Selma Highway, Alabama June 10, 1966
February 8, 1968
August 28, 1955 orders federal troops April 9, 1962 ADDIE MAE COLLINS, LT. COL. LEMUEL PENN BEN CHESTER WHITE
June 2, 1965 SAMUEL HAMMOND JR.,
EMMETT LOUIS TILL to enforce school CPL. ROMAN DENISE MCNAIR, Killed by Klansmen Killed by Klansmen
ONEAL MOORE DELANO MIDDLETON,
Murdered for speak- desegregation in DUCKSWORTH JR. CAROLE ROBERTSON, while driving north Natchez, Mississippi
Black deputy killed HENRY SMITH
ing to a white woman Little Rock, Arkansas Taken from bus and CYNTHIA WESLEY Colbert, Georgia
by nightriders Students killed when
Money, Mississippi killed by police Schoolgirls killed in highway patrolmen fire
Varnado, Louisiana

1959
Taylorsville, Mississippi bombing of Sixteenth
Cleveland

October 22, 1955 on protesters

Street Baptist Church OHIO
Orangeburg,
JOHN EARL REESE September 30, 1962
Birmingham, Alabama
WA S H I N G TO N , D. C .

Slain by nightriders April 25, 1959 Riots erupt when James South Carolina
opposed to school Meredith, a black stu- September 15, 1963
WEST
MACK CHARLES PARKER
April 4, 1968
VIRGINIA

improvements Taken from jail dent, enrolls at Ole Miss VIRGIL LAMAR WARE K E N T U C KY VIRGINIA
THE REV. DR. MARTIN
Mayflower, Texas and lynched Youth killed during
September 30, 1962 LUTHER KING JR.
Poplarville, Mississippi wave of racist violence Greensboro

Assassinated
December 1, 1955 PAUL GUIHARD
Birmingham, Alabama
TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA

Rosa Parks arrested for French reporter killed Memphis, Tennessee

1960
Memphis
ARKANSAS

refusing to give up her bus during Ole Miss riot

Oxford

1964
Little Rock
Attalla SOUTH
CAROLINA

seat to a white man Oxford, Mississippi

Money
Birmingham Anniston Colbert
Orangeburg
MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA GEORGIA

Montgomery, Alabama February 1, 1960

Belzoni Philadelphia
Marion
The great triumphs of the Civil

1963
Mayflower Jackson Montgomery

Black students stage January 23, 1964

Selma

Rights Movement during the

Taylorsville
Hayneville Tuskegee

December 5, 1955
LO U I S I A N A Brookhaven
Natchez

sit-in at “whites only” Poll tax outlawed in Meadville Hattiesburg

1950’s and ‘60’s continue to

Montgomery bus
TEXAS Liberty

lunch counter in federal elections

Varnado

inspire those who seek justice

Poplarville
Bogalusa

boycott begins April 23, 1963

Greensboro, North Carolina and equality today.
WILLIAM LEWIS MOORE January 31, 1964
December 5, 1960 Slain during one-man LOUIS ALLEN
Supreme court march against segregation Witness to murder of civil
outlaws segregation Attalla, Alabama rights worker assassinated F LO R I DA

in bus terminals Liberty, Mississippi

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Civil Rights Memorial Center

In Montgomery, Alabama, in 1989, the Southern Poverty Law
Center built a memorial to educate young people about the Civil
Rights Movement.
Memorial designer Maya Lin, who also designed the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.,
says it is “a place to remember the Civil Rights
Movement, to honor those killed during the struggle,
to appreciate how far the country has come in its quest
for equality, and to consider how far it has to go.”

A visitor studies the

Civil Rights Memorial. What
would you expect to see if
you visited the Memorial?
Include a drawing of yourself,
a friend, or a family member
on the coloring page.

COLORING PAGE!
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A Lawyer Seeking Justice

Morris Dees grew up on a cotton
farm in Alabama. He picked cotton
alongside the black men who
worked on the farm. Even when he
was little, he did not believe that
black people and white people
should be treated differently. He
was very fair even then.
When he was still in college, he started a business delivering
birthday cakes to his classmates who couldn’t be with their families.
After he became a lawyer, Morris fought in the courts for black
people and white people and people of all races to be treated the
same — even when no other lawyers would. He won lawsuits that
allowed black people to join the state police force, swim in YMCA
swimming pools, and get elected into the state legislature.
Morris Dees looked around the country and saw that there were
many people who needed his help. Morris wanted to help those
people, too, so he and Montgomery attorney Joe Levin created
the Southern Poverty Law Center. Today, Morris Dees and the
Southern Poverty Law Center help hundreds of thousands of
people all over the country to be treated fairly.

Morris Dees wants all people to be treated fairly.

COLORING PAGE! Who should Morris be helping today?
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WA S H I N G TO N , D.C .
When Did It Happen? Where Did It Happen?
Draw a line from the event that took place during the Civil Rights Movement Draw the symbol next to the place where
to the year it happened. it happened. WEST
VIRGINIA

K E N T U C KY VIRGINIA

March on
Washington 1965 Greensboro
TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA

ARKANSAS

Thurgood SOUTH
Marshall joins the
1964
CAROLINA

Supreme Court MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA GEORGIA

Montgomery
Selma

President
Johnson signs the
Civil Rights Act
1955 LO U I S I A N A

Lunch Counter
Sit-In 1960 Thurgood
F LO R I DA
Marshall joins the
Supreme Court

Montgomery
Bus Boycott 1967 Montgomery Beginning of the
Bus Boycott Voting Rights
March

Congress passes President

1963
the Voting March on Johnson signs the Lunch Counter
Washington Civil Rights Act Sit-In
Rights Act
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THINK ABOUT IT!

The Journey
This was the scene in bus stations across the South during segregation.
Take a moment to study the photograph.

What details do you notice about the room? About the man?
How does the picture make you feel?
Write a short story from the point of view of the gentleman in
the photograph. Where is he going? Whom will he meet along
the way? Imagine how his journey is affected by the practices
of segregation, and how he must be forced to deal with them,
emotionally and practically.
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Powerful Words
The Civil Rights Memorial includes a curved black granite wall that is engraved with the
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s well-known paraphrase of Amos 5:24. Unscramble the
letters below to reveal the quote.

Ultni ijeusct lolsr

nwdo eikl tsearw
dan noshteurseisg
kiel a ihgmyt trames

“— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

———— ———— ——————

——— —————————————

— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —”

What will the world look like when these

COLORING PAGE! powerful words reflect reality?
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Who Am I?
Overheard I grew up in Chicago.
Find the words or expressions often used during the Civil Rights Movement.
In the summer of 1955, I took a bus to Money,
Boycott Voting rights Segregation Mississippi, to visit my cousins.
Protest Equality Integration I was 14 years old.
Demonstration Equal rights Jim Crow My name is
Non-violence Struggle Sit-in
Freedom Respect Justice

—————— —————
F S A D E Q I T B R E G U A M
P I B S W U Y E L G G U R T S
————
T T O C Y O B Q O Y I K E L E
K I N G T T A U P J A C S C G
I N O H I P I A V S V F P I R
N P R I O T R L O G H P E V E
T E H A N K G R A N Q R C I G
E D F O W A O I R U M O T L A
G N R M O N U G J O Q T C G T
R S E T R Q K H U R A E L H I
A B E J C G G T S E N S D Y O
T R D E M O N S T R A T I O N COLORING PAGE!
I V O T I N G R I G H T S M E What do you think he most
enjoyed about visiting his
O O M A J F S I C M A R T I N cousins in Mississippi during
the summer?

N N O N V I O L E N C E L A W
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Civil Rights Martyrs

The names of 40 individuals who lost their lives during the Civil Rights Movement
are etched into the Civil Rights Memorial. Take several minutes to read about these
individuals in the Timeline on pages 4-5. Study their faces on this page.
What the Martyrs How the Martyrs Differ
Have in Common from One Another

1 1
They were all killed because
Some were older;
some people opposed equal
some were just children.
SAMUEL LEAMON
YOUNGE JR.
EMMETT
LOUIS TILL
LOUIS ALLEN ONEAL MOORE WHARLEST
JACKSON
WILLIE BREWSTER MICHAEL HENRY
SCHWERNER
MACK CHARLES
PARKER
rights for black people.

JAMES EARL
CHANEY
DELANO HERMAN
MIDDLETON
HENRY EZEKIAL
SMITH
JIMMIE LEE
JACKSON
HERBERT LEE HENRY
HEZEKIAH DEE
MEDGAR EVERS VERNON FERDINAND
DAHMER
2 2
BEN CHESTER
WHITE
SAMUEL EPHESIANS
HAMMOND JR.
REV. BRUCE
KLUNDER
CPL. ROMAN
DUCKSWORTH JR.
CYNTHIA WESLEY DENISE MCNAIR
JOHN EARL
REESE

ANDREW
GOODMAN
3 3
PAUL GUIHARD DR. MARTIN LT. COL. REV. JAMES REEB ADDIE MAE CAROLE
CLARENCE
TRIGGS

JONATHAN
4 4
LUTHER KING JR. LEMUEL PENN COLLINS ROBERTSON MYRICK DANIELS

5 5
WILLIAM LEWIS BENJAMIN REV. GEORGE LEE CHARLES EDDIE LAMAR SMITH VIRGIL LAMAR VIOLA GREGG WILLIE EDWARDS JR.
MOORE BROWN MOORE WARE LIUZZO

THINK ABOUT IT! Next, fill out the chart ∞

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Do you know this favorite protest song from the Civil Rights Movement?
Sing along, then create your own refrain to share with friends and family.

We Shall Overcome
Originally composed as “I’ll Overcome Someday” by Rev. Charles Tindley in 1901.

We shall overcome, we shall overcome,

We shall overcome someday; Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe, We are not afraid today.
We shall overcome someday.
The truth shall set us free, the truth shall set us free,
The Lord will see us through, the Lord will see us through, The truth shall set us free someday;
The Lord will see us through someday; Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe, The truth shall set us free someday.
We shall overcome someday.
We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace,
We’re on to victory, we’re on to victory, We shall live in peace someday;
We’re on to victory someday; Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall live in peace someday.
We’re on to victory someday.
We’ll walk hand in hand, we’ll walk hand in hand, My verse:
We’ll walk hand in hand someday;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We’ll walk hand in hand someday.
We are not afraid, we are not afraid,
We are not afraid today;
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Who Said That?

Sometimes someone says something so amazing that it just has to
be repeated.
The Civil Rights Memorial’s beautiful black granite wall includes
a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This line from the Book of
Amos was quoted by Dr. King during his “I Have a Dream” speech.
It reflects his belief that we must keep working to ensure equal
rights for everyone.

“Until justice rolls down like waters and

righteousness like a mighty stream”
Think about what you might say to express a similar sentiment.
The best quotes are short and to the point. Create your own
memorable quote to be placed on the Civil Rights Memorial wall
on the next page.

This is what I believe:

Once you have added your own memorable quote to the

memorial, color in the water as it flows over the surfaces. COLORING PAGE!
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Who Am I?
I was a mother of five children living in Detroit, Michigan. One
night, I saw some very disturbing images on the evening news.
State troopers in Selma, Alabama, were attacking peaceful
protestors with tear gas and clubs as they tried to cross the
Edmund Pettus Bridge. I couldn’t do anything but cry as I watched.
Four days later came the news reports of the death of the Rev.
James Reeb, a white minister from Washington, D. C., who came
to Alabama to join Dr. King and thousands of others who were
determined to march from Montgomery to Selma.
I got in my car and left for Selma alone.

————— ——————

COLORING PAGE!
Even though her children
grew up without their
mother, what lasting lesson
did she leave for them?
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A Moment in Time
A Deeper Look at the Civil Rights Memorial
Answer the following questions using the Civil Rights Memorial table as reference.

1) What was the name of the case decided by the U.S.

Supreme Court that ended segregation in schools?

2) In what city was Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give

up her seat on a bus?

3) When did 250,000 Americans march on Washington,

D.C., for Civil Rights?

4) Which U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

5) What is the name of the first African-American

Supreme Court Justice?
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Children of the Movement The March Continues

Find the names of the children included on the Civil Rights Memorial Social movements often use signs to convey a message. Civil Rights activists would create
in the word search below. signs to be used as part of demonstrations or acts of civil disobedience. Design a protest
sign to deliver your own important message.

Addie Mae Collins Emmett Till

Denise McNair Virgil Ware
John Earl Reese Cynthia Wesley
Carole Robertson

C E M C Y N S A K F C N U B W S P A
Y M J O D E N I S R A O Y O N Y F J
N M A V W M L T V P D S M I D H U O
T E A B Y E U S B W O T L V E R T H
B T P U H G J C E I S L N P N C E N
D T W L M C N A I W O M E N I S Y E
A T A K E A I C L C A V D F S H T A
C I R T R E D R E J B I Y W E V M R
H L R G A I G A D D P O H G M U O L
P L F O W U M K H D I N J T C S D R
C A R O L E R O B E R T S O N A H E
S E R L I G A E D J K B F D A Y N E
R I C D G E L W P E V R T L I B C S
V T D S R C I S J F N C K J R A E E
F A G W I T B V I R G I S A T L G A
U H Y O V M R H N J M O H N E A R M
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Then and Now Now draw a picture of yourself and your friends in the background,
Which one of the people pictured was not an activist during the joining the march.
Civil Rights Movement? How do you benefit from the Civil Rights Movement?

How did this person benefit from the Civil Rights Movement?
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Who Am I?
Once, I walked alone from Baltimore, Maryland, to the state
Famous Civil Rights Protest Marches capitol in Annapolis to protest segregation.
Draw a line from the march to the corresponding photo. The images are your clues.
Later, I walked to Washington, D.C., to deliver a letter I wrote to
President Kennedy at the White House.
My last walk was to be much longer — from Chattanooga,
Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi — to deliver a letter urging
Governor Ross Barnett to accept integration.
I never finished that march.
Thankfully, others completed
it for me.

March on Washington
Memphis Sanitation Workers ———————
Selma to Montgomery March
Bloody Sunday —————
Children’s Crusade

COLORING PAGE!
What challenges would he
have faced along the way?
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Mother of the Civil Rights Movement Rosa Parks’ Path

Match the identical pictures of Mrs. Rosa Parks on a Montgomery city bus. Trace the path that is the shortest distance between home
and work for Mrs. Parks.

Cleveland Court

Born Rosa Louise McClauley Rosa Parks lived with her husband, Raymond,
in the Cleveland Court housing development.
Born February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama During the Montgomery bus boycott, Mrs. Parks,
Died October 24, 2005, in Detroit, Michigan like thousands of others, often walked to work.

Montgomery Fair
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Facts About the Movement

ACROSS
1 2 4
3 !!!! Marshall was the first black Supreme Court justice.

3 5 10 !!!! Till was a 14-year-old boy from Chicago, Illinois.

11 !!!! Evers was the first NAACP Field Secretary for Mississippi.
6
13 The school the Alabama Governor fought to keep segregated.

7 8 9 17 Where Mrs. Rosa Parks was trained in nonviolent civil disobedience.

18 The number of students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

19 The first black student to attend the University of Mississippi.

20 Number of students who began the Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-In in Greensboro, North Carolina.

21 Her name before she became known as Mrs. Coretta King.

10

DOWN
11 12
1 During the 1960’s, he was a Freedom Rider and led
13 14 the “Bloody Sunday” march. He became a member
of the U.S. House of Representatives.

15 2 “Bloody Sunday” protestors marched across this bridge.

4 President of the United States who signed the Civil

16 Rights Act of 1964.

5 !!!! Edwards was forced to jump to his death in

the Alabama River.

6 This reverend was killed protesting construction of

17 segregated schools in Cleveland, Ohio.

7 French reporter killed during a riot at Ole Miss.

18
8 The Tennessee city where Dr. King was killed.

9 The Baptist Church where four schoolgirls were killed

in Birmingham.
19
12 He preached about voting rights at his church
in Mississippi.
20
14 City that is home to the Civil Rights Memorial.

21 15 16-year-old Texan shot while with his cousin in

a little café.

16 George !!!! was the Alabama governor who

blocked the schoolhouse door.
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Ripples of Hope
Inside the Civil Rights Memorial Center, next to the Wall of
Tolerance, a quote from Robert F. Kennedy’s 1966 speech at Cape
Town University in South Africa appears. It reads, in part:
… Each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the
total of these acts will be written the history of this generation.
… Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of
others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
When you drop a rock in a pool of water, small waves ripple out
from where the rock hit the water. Water also bubbles up through
the Civil Rights Memorial to ripple out over the names of people
who took a stand during the Civil Right Movement. In a similar
way, when you make a personal choice, the effect or consequences
of that choice can ripple out to many other people.
Think about a time when you took a stand to help someone else.
Fill out the ripples on the facing page, to show how your choice
affected those around you.

EXAMPLE

I became best
friends with Zoe, Dexter knew
and she introduced he needed I told Dexter to stop
me to Tristan and to stop being calling Zoe names.
Helena. We helped mean.
our school to be a
nicer place.

THINK ABOUT IT! Now fill in the ripples ∞

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SAMPLE POEM
Music with Meaning Ain’t no bully gonna talk down to me,
Talk down to me, Talk down to me,
I’m gonna keep on a-walkin’, keep on a talkin,’
With my head held up high
Circle phrases that stand out for you in “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around.” Ain’t no bully gonna talk down to me
Combine those phrases with your own words to create a poem. I’m gonna keep on a-walkin’, keep on a-talkin,’ Ain’t no bully gonna get me down,
With my head held up high Get me down, Get me down,
Ain’t no bully gonna get me down
Ain’t no bully gonna push me down, I’m gonna keep on a-walkin,’ keep on a-talkin,’
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around Push me down, Push me down, Cause I’m proud to be me
Ain’t no bully gonna push me
ORIGINALLY COMPOSED AS GOSPEL SONG “DON’T LET NOBODY TURN YOU ‘ROUN’”

Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around,

Turn me around, turn me around,
Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around,
I’m gonna keep on a-walkin’, keep on a-talkin’
Marchin’ down to freedom land
Ain’t gonna let segregation turn me around,
Turn me around, turn me around,
Ain’t gonna let segregation turn me around,
I’m gonna keep on a-walkin’, keep on a-talkin’
Marchin’ up to freedom land
Ain’t gonna let no Jim Crow turn me around …
Ain’t gonna let racism turn me around …
Ain’t gonna let no hatred turn me around …
Ain’t gonna let injustice turn me around …
Ain’t gonna let no jail cell turn me around …

THINK ABOUT IT! Now create your own poem ∞

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Who Am I?
I was the youngest of 12 children. My dad was a farmer. We had 80
acres of land.
I served as a military police officer in the U. S. Army, reaching the
rank of corporal.
My wife had just had a new baby, and I was granted emergency
leave to go home. I was excited about seeing them, but a little
anxious about the 950-mile bus ride.
I was asleep when the bus pulled into my hometown of Taylorsville,
Mississippi. Apparently, a Taylorsville police officer came on board
when we arrived. He woke me up by slapping my face. The officer
slapped me several more times before he shot me.
Some say the police officer shot me because I was seated in
the wrong section of the bus. Others say I was mistaken for a
“Freedom Rider.” The police officer later claimed I attacked him,
and the grand jury believed him. The police officer was cleared of
any wrongdoing.
More than 2,000 people attended my funeral. I was buried with
full military honors, including a 16-gun salute.

———————— —————

—————————— — —.
Why would someone be upset because a black person
was seated in the “wrong” section of the bus? COLORING PAGE!
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Pledge to Take a Stand

On the Wall of Tolerance in the Civil Rights Memorial Center,
visitors have an opportunity to make a pledge to stand against hate
and work for tolerance and justice in their daily lives:
I pledge to take a stand against hate, injustice and intolerance.
I will work in my daily life for justice, equality and human rights —
the ideals for which the Civil Rights martyrs died.

What does this mean to you?

Rewrite the pledge in your own words. WRITE YOUR OWN SHARE YOUR PLEDGE WITH A FRIEND OR ADULT, AND ASK THEM TO COMMIT TO IT, TOO.

We, and ,
commit to the pledge above and will help each other live
up to these promises, today and every day.

YOUR SIGNATURE

FRIEND/ADULT SIGNATURE

DATE

★ Keep your pledge someplace where you will see it — and remember it — often!
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People Power
Find the 10 things that are different in the second photograph from the original and circle them.
CIVIL RIGHTS WORDS

Glossary Activity Answers

Activism (noun) the act of doing something, like participating in #3 March on Washington — 1963 #9 Emmett Louis Till
a march or boycott to create change in the world Thurgood Marshall joins
the Supreme Court — 1967 #13 Viola Liuzzo
Activist (noun) the person who is doing something to President Johnson signs the
create change Civil Rights Act — 1964 #14 1) Brown v. Board of Education
Lunch Counter sit-in — 1960 2) Montgomery, Alabama
Boycott (noun) refusing to deal with/buy from a person, business Montgomery Bus Boycott — 1967 3) August 28, 1963
or organization Congress Passes Voting 4) President Johnson
Rights Act — 1965 5) Thurgood Marshall
Civil Rights (plural noun) rights that guarantee freedom and
equality to everyone
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Equality (noun) being equal in rights and privileges Washington, Montgomery, Washington, B T P U H G J C E I S L N P N C E N
D.C. Alabama D.C. D T W L M C N A I W O M E N I S Y E
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