People who have Changed Attitudes in America

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People who have Changed Attitudes in America

• Taunja Chappell
• Beech Springs Intermediate School
• Fall 2003

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Click on one of the people from the Civil Rights
Movement.
Credits Page Home Instructional Plan
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Jackie Robinson
Racial integration in professional sports was
quite uncommon in Jackie Robinsons day. In fact,
it was unheard of. Jackie Robinson became the
first African American to play in major league
baseball. Robinson began his professional career
playing for the Dodgers in 1947. Jackie Robinson
retired from baseball in 1957, but continued to
actively work for racial equality for the
remainder of his life.
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James Meredith
On October 1, 1962 James Meredith was the first
African American to enroll in the University of
Mississippi. Meredith was only allowed to enroll
after a court order forced the university to
accept him. There was a great deal of rioting
taking place in and around the university. For
protection, Meredith was escorted by federal
officials. After graduating, Meredith began a
civil rights march The March Against Fear.
Soon after the march began, Meredith was shot and
killed. Other civil rights activists continued
the march in his memory.
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Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American
to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
Marshall served from 1967 to 1991. Thurgood
Marshall was a very liberal justice. He felt that
it was the governments duty to provide
education, legal services, and access to courts
regardless of whether the people could afford to
pay for them.
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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was arrested in December of 1955 in
Montgomery, Alabama. She was riding a city bus
home from work when she refused to give up her
seat to a white person. The African Americans in
Montgomery decided to boycott the cities' buses.
The boycott, which was led by the reverend,
Martin Luther King Jr. was so successful that it
lead to the 1956 Supreme Court ruling banning
segregated buses.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made numerous
contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. He
led the bus boycott in Alabama He participated
in lunch counter sit-ins, and supported other
nonviolent protests such as marches and picket
lines. King was arrested several times for his
civil disobedience. The course of the American
Civil Rights Movement was successful in changing
the attitudes and laws due largely to the actions
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Image Credits
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Music Credits

• Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit the Ball
  http//www.alpha-music.de/5804049.html
• If You Missed Me at the Back of the Bus
• Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
• I Aint Scared of Your Jail
• Oh Freedom
• Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome The Complete
  Carnegie Hall Concert Historic Recording of June
  8, 1963

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Thanks

• Thank you to the Library of Congress for making
  this interactive experience possible.