Civil Rights Museum

1. Civil Rights Museum Josie Bachman & Rachel Ciccozzi Period 2

2. Brown vs. Board of Education Questions: • How did Linda Brown feel walking to school on a railroad track? • Why did they segregate schools? Comments: • It is interesting how Linda Brown had to walk far to get to an all black school, when there was a white school closer to her. • It makes me upset that the schools had to be segregated.

3. Thurgood Marshall "Ever since the Emancipation Proclamation, the Negro has been trying to get the same status as anybody else regardless of race.“ This quote shows how people were trying to get equal rights for a long time. • Thurgood Marshall, opening argument in Brown vs. Board of Education

4. Thurgood Marshall “Like a cancer, segregation destroys the morale of our citizens and disfigures our country throughout the world.” This quote shows how segregation affected people and “separate but equal” can never happen. • “Separate but equal” is unconstitutional.

5. Linda Brown Linda Brown had to walk across railroad tracks to get to an all black school. There was a better school only five blocks from her house. This picture shows the newspaper that published the article in which segregation was banned. • High Court Bans Segregation

6. Thurgood Marshall Before Thurgood Marshall was a lawyer, he lived a normal life. He was the great-grandson of a slave. This played a major role in ending segregation. • The life of Thurgood Marshall.

7. Timeline This timeline shows the history of the United States. It shows all we’ve been through to end segregation. • United States History 1954The Supreme Court rules in Brown v. Board of Education that "separate but equal" is unconstitutional in schools

8. Montgomery Bus Boycott Questions: • How long was Rosa Parks in jail for? • Why was Rosa Parks arrested when she was sitting in the black section of the bus? Comments: • It is interesting that Rosa Parks stood up for what she believed in no matter what the consequences were. • It makes me angry that she got punished when she was sitting in the black section of the bus anyways.

9. Rosa Parks This picture shows how Rosa Parks got punished for standing up for what she believed in. Rosa Parks got arrested for not giving up her seat to a white person. Rosa Parks Punishment

10. Alabama Journal This newspaper shows the article that talks about bus segregation being banned. The article was published after the Rosa Parks incident. “Bus Segregation is knocked out”

11. Timeline This timeline represents the day, month, and year that Rosa Parks was arrested and found guilty of breaking the bus segregation laws. Rosa Parks life Dec. 1, 1955 African American Rosa Parks is arrested after allegedly violating bus segregation laws. She is charged with disorderly conduct. Dec. 2, 1955 Black Montgomery activists, including professor Jo Ann Robinson, attorney Fred Gray and labor leader E.D. Nixon, begin setting the stage for a bus boycott. Dec. 5, 1955 Rosa Parks is convicted and fined in Montgomery city court. A one-day boycott of city buses results in about 90 percent of normal black ridership staying off buses. The Montgomery Improvement Association is formed by black leaders, who elect the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. president. Several thousand black citizens attend the first MIA mass meeting at Holt Street Baptist Church, where they overwhelmingly support continuing the bus boycott. Dec. 8, 1955 The first negotiations between MIA leaders and city and bus company officials deadlock over a proposal by MIA spokesmen for a bus seating policy that is more fair to blacks but still segregated. Dec. 13, 1955 The MIA begins to operate a car pool system. In time, the system will grow to more than 200 private automobiles and station wagons, many of which are operated by black churches. Dec. 16, 1955 The vice president of the parent company of the Montgomery bus system meets with city and local bus officials and with MIA leaders. The mayor forms a biracial committee, supposedly to negotiate a compromise. Dec. 19, 1955 The biracial committee meets but cannot agree on a compromise proposal. While never disbanded, there is no record of the committee meeting again.

12. Quote Rosa Parks did not have the intention to break the law the day she refused to give up her seat, she only intended on going home. • “I didn't get on the bus with the intention of being arrested, she often said later. I got on the bus with the intention of going home.” - Rosa Parks

13. Rosa Parks Booking Photo This picture of Rosa Parks shows that Rosa Parks was strong and did not give up her seat to a white man, even though it lead to her arrest. This picture could inspire others to do what they believe in. • Rosa Parks Montgomery (Ala.) Sheriff's Department booking photo of Rosa Parks taken Feb 22, 1956

14. Rosa Parks on bus This picture was taken after the Montgomery bus boycott was over. This picture shows that Rosa’s determination paid off. • Rosa Parks on bus.

15. Central High school • Questions : Why were people so mad about one desegregated school? W hat happened after the riots stopped? • Comments: It is interesting to me is how violent the protests over one small school It makes me angry that people were so racist and how they couldn’t accept the desegregation.

16. Governor Orval Faubus Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas appeals to Little Rock voters to back his stance against integration in the schools.

17. Quote This quote shows that African Americans were the same as whites, and deserved equal treatment. • "I understood education before I understood anything else. From the time I was two, my mother said, 'Education is your key to survival.' “ • -Melba Pattillo

18. White protestors A parade of cars filled with young whites in the 1950s leads a demonstration protesting the coming of integration in the schools. • “Education Without Mixing."

19. Little Rock Nine In 1957, nine brave students were chosen to integrate Little Rock High School. • The Little Rock Nine

20. Picture of Banner This Sign states that Central High was closed by the government due to the desegregation and riots.

21. Powerful Days • Questions How did Charles Moore felt when taking the pictures? How was Charles Moore able to get such good photographs. Comments: It is interesting that Charles Moore was the only photographer there. I would like to see the other pictures he took.

22. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a very famed civil rights protester. He had the biggest impact on segregation, and helped blacks and whites come together as one, without violence. • "SEGREGATION is on its deathbed.”

23. About Charles Moore Charles Moore was a 27-year-old photographer for the Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser. When an argument broke out between the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and two policemen, Moore was the only photographer on the scene. His striking pictures of Dr. King's arrest were distributed nationwide by the Associated Press, and one was published in Life magazine. • Charles Moore’s photography

24. Arrest Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for loitering but was set free after fine was paid.

25. Taunt Martin Luther King Jr. did not approve of violence. • A black woman taunts a white police officer.

26. Celebrate This picture shows that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife are proud of a victory early in the movement.