Civil Rights Project

By eb5998

  • Jimme Lee Jackson Shot Protecting Mother

    Jimme Lee Lackson was shot in February 14 by a state trooper while trying to protet his mother.

  • "Bloody Sunday"

    Six-hundred people went on a 54 mile march, standing up for voting rights. The marchers started in Selma, Alabama and wanted to finish in Montgomary. While on the Edmund Pettis Bridge, state troopers brutally beat the marchers in plain sight of many photographers and news reporters. This tragic event is now know as Bloody Sunday.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. leads a Group over the Bridge

    Martin Luther King was devastated by Bloody Sunday, and once seeing the footage on the news he immediately flew down and leg a large group of people across the bridge. The group got on their knees, and they prayed and then left to return to a church.

  • White House Gets Bombarded with Phone Calls and Letters

    Citzens are enraged about the footage they have seen of the brutal beatings on the Bridge. Even famous baseball player, Jackie Robinson called. Thousands of phone calls come in to the White House.

  • Judge Johnson Allows African Americans to March

    On the 19, Judge Johnson allows African Americans to march across the Edmund Pettis Bridge for voting rights.

  • Eligible Black Voting Numbers Shoot Up

    Over the next four years the number of blacks that are eligibe to vote grew from 23 to 61 percent.