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On this date Melody was born.
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History Of Him A young African American boy, was brutally murdered for "whistling" at a white woman. Two white man brutally murdered him. They later were telling people that they killed him and were happy about it. They were placed in front of an all white jury; they were not punished for their crimes, they were praised.
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Rosa Parks History After a hard day from work Rosa Parks made a statement in the fight against racism. By refusing to move from her seat (when she was in a white person spot.) Because of Rosa Parks actions the busses were soon desegregated and boycotted. Her face was plastered as the symbol of the bus boycott. This major act helped the desegregation movement move forth into greater things.
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On this day Melody set forth on a new journey through school.
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MLK On this date Martin Luther King created a civil rights group to fight for desegregation. He had help from his fellow fighters. This is when Martin Luther King started being recognized for great, peaceful acts against desegregation. Many people started joining MLK in his peaceful acts.
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Woolworth's Sit In Four black students from Greensboro, North Carolina began a sit in. At the Woolworth's lunch counter they told the four students that they don't serve African Americans. From then on the four students came back every day with their peers, until the coffee shop was desegregated. This act then spread through the south helping coffee shops become desegregated allowing anyone to be served.
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NASA Alen Shephard Jr. was the first Amerian man to travel into outer space! The space ship he went up on was called the Freedom 7 spacecraft. Alen Shephard Jr. and his spacecraft were in a prodject called Mercury! NASA wanted Alen Shephard Jr. to orbit around the Earth.
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FREEDOM RIDES Students and other people volunteer to become freedom riders. With this act they know this will make history. These brave souls wanted to test the boundaries if the rules to tell where they are truly safe when they ride the “desegregated” busses though the deep south. On their adventure through the deep south they did come across many discoveries of segregation and desegregation. Some were beet, burned, and were c
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I Have A Dream Martin Luther King, former civil rights activist was jailed because of the anti-segregation protests. People thought he was a danger to them, because of the acts he went through with. MLK wanted to keep his peaceful acts going so he wrote many letters from jail trying to convince people to stay peaceful. This helped the march in Washington for jobs. After he was released from jail he gave his famous “I Ha
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On this date Melody went to her first school dance.
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Act President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. This allowed African Americans to be freew and act how they please. White people couldn't look down and treat them poorly because of skin color.
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KKK Three men James E. Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were murdered by the KKK. The KKK came after them because they were all a part of the desegregation process. All three of them had been working to allow African Americans to vote. Which the KKK didn’t approve of because they wanted to keep everything segregated.
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Bloody Sunday On bloody Sunday many people lost their lives or were injured. State troopers violently attack peaceful protesters because of the “threat they were causing”. Fifty marchers were placed in hospital care. The police used tear gas, whips, and clubs against them. This was broadcasted which gave people the understanding that the African Americans are peaceful and because of that they slowly started to join the desegregatio
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Melody had her first boyfriend. He was one year older than her allowing him to drive.
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In this year melody was faced with new challenges as she sets foot in high school.
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Assasination Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis by James Earl Ray. This broke the hearts of many but this helped many African Americans fight harder to avenge his death (Peacefully.) Because of his death, many people realized how significant he really was and they joined his movements to fight for desegregation.
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President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, on this date. This act prohibited discrimination for any race, or sex. This helped the movement in desegregation of the tates.
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On this date Melody got her fisrt real job!
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Melody started working for her mom at a small botek.
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Earth Day On this day many people try to make the world a better place by celebrating their first Earth Day. Senator Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day. He wanted to create Earth Day because he realized that too much pollution was spreading across the world, and there was so much litter on the streets.
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melody finally graduated high school.
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Annie was born in milwaukee Wisconsin.
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SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MELODYS ONE YEAR OLD!
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Apple History Apple started one of its first working facility in california. Later on Apple products became even more popular growing their products. They soon made that Apple inc. As the years go on Apple will become much more popular.
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Melody got married to Dwain.
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She decided it was time to untie the knot with her husband.
