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Deceleration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson
It marked the beginning of the rights of a US citizen. This set the ground work of a free country who they may live as they please. It is also a foundation for the civil rights activists to thrive for the true freedom for all. -
"Why Sit Here and Die" Speech by Maria W. Stewart
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Lincoln's second Inaugural Address
As the Civil war was coming to an end Lincoln tried to convince the South to end this suffering and to help reshape America. He used God as a way to convince the people. To stop this fighting to make slaves free and live their freedom as an American should. -
Excerpt from "Southern Horrors: Lynch Laws in All Its Phases By Ida B. Wells "
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Ella Baker
Ella Josephine Baker was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned more than five decades. In New York City and the South, she worked alongside some of the most noted civil rights leaders of the 20th century, including W. E. B. -
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Rosa Parks
A female civil right activist. She started the boycotting of the bus when she refused to give up her seat for a white man. she inspired many others in her battle of civil rights. -
Malcolm X: Text
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Malcolm X
A converted Muslim activist who also fought the same battle as Martin Luther King Jr. The difference was their way of protesting was that Malcolm used violence. He wanted for all black people to be free and the rights of a human being. -
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Martin Luther King Jr.
A famous civil right activists who dreamed of seeing African Americans having the same right as the White Americans. His way of protesting were peaceful and nonviolent. He was the voice of the black community and thrived for a better society. -
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John Lewis
He was a Civil Rights Activist and a American politician. Much like martin Luther king Jr. he lead non violnece campaigns demanding civil rights to the African Americans. Also,he was chairmanship of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and for leading the march that was halted by police violence. -
The Zoot Suit Riots and Wartime Los Angeles
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Rosa Parks: Bus
This person caused the period of boycotting the bus for not allowing black people to sit. It causes an uproar in the black community to fight against this inequality, major turning point for black civil rights. -
Freedom Riders
The original group of 13 Freedom Riders—seven African Americans and six whites—left Washington, D.C., on a Greyhound bus on May 4, 1961. Their plan was to reach New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 17 to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Their mission was going to convince the supreme court to stop segregation while riding the "Freedom Bus". -
I Have a Dream
He gave his Famous "I Have A Dream Speech". Thousands of people went to hear his speech. He spoke at the Lincoln Memorial. -
Civil Rights act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing. -
Rosa Parks: Text
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A 'Forgotten History' Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America by Terry Gross
