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The C.K. Civil Rights Museum. Karissa Wagner & Carly Rossi Honors Civics Period 10. www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow. Things that interested me were the many facts about the Ku Klux Klan.
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The C.K.Civil Rights Museum Karissa Wagner & Carly RossiHonors CivicsPeriod 10
www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow • Things that interested me were the many facts about the Ku Klux Klan. • The K.K.K. was founded in the winter of 1865-1866 as a social club of white supremacists that were mostly former Confederate soldiers. • In 1867 it became the “Invisible Empire of the South” at a Nashville convention. • I would be interested in learning more about current and former K.K.K. Members.
I was angered when I read about the many dire things that the K.K.K. were involved in. • They burned of schools and churches. • Drove thousands from their homes. • Between 1869 -1872 it’s goal was to destroy Congressional reconstruction by murdering “blacks” and “white” republicans and school teachers who taught African American children. • During 1915 in Georgia a new Ku Klux Klan was formed that not only persecuted African Americans but, Jews and Romans as well.
Members Some K.K.K. members were respected members in their community.
The K.K.K. Today First Klan founded in 1865. Had 550,00 Members.Second Klan founded in 1915. Had 4,000,000 (Peak in 1924)
www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web14/segments.html • Something that interests me was the fact that three years after Brown v. Board of Education there still weren’t any classrooms in the deep south with blacks and white sitting together. • I get angry when I learned that the Little Rock High School had over 2,000 students, none of which were black. • I also got angry when I learned that local lawmakers who could have helped did not. Instead they opposed the integration because they knew their political career wouldn’t be hurt. • I would like to learn more about the original 9 students and their personal feelings about the integration in the future.
Little Rock Nine The nine African American, students known as the Little Rock Nine, chosen to integrate into an all-white school.
The Guard The National Guard escorts the Little Rock Nine from the schoolpremises. The students included Earnest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls Lanier, Minnijean Brown Tricky, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed-Wair and Melba PattilloBeals.
Little Rock High Little Rock Central High School still exists today, but as an integrated school.
OrvalFaubus OrvalFaubus was the governor of Arkansas during the integration of little rock. Because he knew that African Americans couldn’t vote in his state he knew opposing the integration wouldn’t hurt him politically.
Federal Intervention Dwight D. Eisenhower was the President of the United States at this time.
www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web13/segment18html • Some things that interested me were the fact that it only took a 7 year old girl to break down segregation in schools. • I was angry that people let a 7 yr old be endangered because they were to overwhelmed by their hatred of other races. • I would like to know why the Browns hadn’t reacted earlier to the situation that their daughter was put into everyday. And if the Browns had not raised that question how much longer would segregation in schools existed.
The Brown Family Top: Linda BrownBottom (from left): Linda Brown, with her parents, Leola and Oliver, and younger sister Terry.
Thurgood Marshall Thurgood Marshall represented the Browns when they took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.The Brown case is the case most people remember Marshall by, but later on in life he won 29 out of the 32 cases he argued in front of the Supreme Court.Eventually Marshall was made the first African American to ever be a Supreme Court judge.
The Road to Integration Linda Brown’s African American school was one mile away and each morning and afternoon she had to cross train tracks to get to school.
The School Linda Brown standing in front of the school that made her famous.
The Ruling The Supreme court ruled that separate schools could never be equal.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/mlk/ • Many things interest us. But one of the things that interested us most was the speeches Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made and his assassination. • We got angry when we heard that James Earl Ray killed Martin Luther King because he didn’t like his ideals. • We would like to learn more about his “I have a Dream Speech.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on Jan. 15th, 1929 in Atlanta. He was one of three children born to Martin Luther King Sr.
I Have A Dream Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his most famous speech, “I Have a Dream” on August 28, 1963 at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Assassination Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968 at on the balcony of the black-owned Lorraine Hotel just off Beale Street.
James Earl Ray James Earl Ray, a career criminal and open racist, was the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. he was convicted of his murder. One single bullet pierced King’s spinal and killed him. He died in prison on April 23, 1998, Ray maintained his innocence his whole sentence.
Family Life King married Coretta Scott, on June 18, 1953, on the lawn of her parents' house in her hometown of Heilberger, Alabama. King and Scott had four children; Yolanda King, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King, and Bernice King.
What Karissa & Carly Learned… • We learned that even though some people might think their ideals are correct, other people will hold it against them. • We also learned Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's murderer died only ten years ago. • We learned that the Grand Wizard is the highest rank in the Ku Klux Klan. • In conclusion, we learned that OrvalFaubus prolonged the integration of Little Rock High because he knew his career wouldn’t be affected.
