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Ralph Bunche, First African-American Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, 1950.
Ralphe Bunche was a American political scientist, academic and diplomat. He was the first African american to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his 1940's meditation in Israel. -
Brown v Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education was a important event in the Civil Rights movement. The supreme court spoke about how segregation was "unconstitutional" and how the races should be "equal". -
Rosa Parks Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest which African Americans refused to ride public buses in Alabama. Rosa Parks is an African American women who refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person and was arrested. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Martin Luther King assassination
Martin Luther King Jr was a civil rights leader and had a big impact in the Civil Rights movement. He was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was pronounced dead April 4, 1968 at 7:05pm. -
The Change in Segregation After Brown v Board of Education
This graph shows the change in African Americans attending school after Brown v Board of Education. It explains how the numbers went up after segregation was banished in schools. -
"I still have a great deal of hope and optimism because I truly believe that the action of Rosa Parks and the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. inspired so many of us to find a way to get in the way".
This quote was said by John Lewis who was an important civil rights leader that was about 15 years old when the Bus Boycott was happening. He looked up to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr for what they are doing. This quote was said during an interview of people who were affected by the Bus Boycott and John Lewis spoke. He still believes that the actions of Rosa Parks and King will inspire people to help make a change. -
Changes in Voting in Present Day
This is a map of Voting Rights Act violations in each state. This shows that still now in the future ,after the Voting Right Act has been made, that states are still are refusing to follow voting laws. -
Oprah Winfrey: First African American Female to win Cecil B. DeMille Award
Oprah Winfrey makes history in being the First African American to win the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes on January 7th, 2018. She made a remarkable speech that made an impact on everyone listening. -
‘Your father was taken away from us, and hurt very badly, and is no longer going to be living, but he's gone home, to live with God,’”
On the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's death his son Martin Luther King III interviewed with WSB and explained what his mother told him right after his father was shot. His mother Coretta Scott King held it together the day Martin was shot for the emotional safety for her kids. To this day Martin Luther King III misses his father and gets emotional whenever talking about it on interviews.
