Famous Quotes from CRM
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
The largest human rights rally in American history, 200,000 to 300,000 people participated in this event which is credited to lead to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
What is the March on Washington?
Is speculated to have been passed after the Holy Week Uprising following the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
"If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it."
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
The landmark court hearings that is credited to have ultimately led to the desegregation of schools in America.
What is Brown vs. the Board of Education?
Following significant events such as Brown vs. the Board of Education, this process of ___ began.
What is desegregation?
"I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence."
Who is Malcolm X?
On August 10, 2014, violent protests started in Ferguson, Missouri after the death of this black man by the hand of officer Darren Wilson. This death sparked debate over the relationship between black people and law enforcement.
What is the death of Michael Brown?
Following nationwide protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other black lives, this man promised to enforce "Law and Order" on July 6, 2020.
What is Trump threatening martial law?
"White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake... they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made."
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
Thousands of African American children in Birmingham, AL were attacked by dogs, sprayed by hoses, and arrested by the command of Eugene "Bull" Connor for protesting. This was a pivotal point in 1963.
What is the Birmingham Children's Crusade?
A program started by the United States Department of Health and Human Services meant to provide a head start on childhood education to low-income children and families. They also provide nutrition and parent involvement services.
What is the Head Start program?
"It is both humiliating and humbling to discover that a single generation after the events that constructed me as a public personality, I am remembered as a hairdo."
The most expensive riot recorded in American history, this event took place in August of 1965 in the South Central Los Angeles neighborhood it is named after.
What are the Watts riots of 1965?
Introduced by the late John Lewis and passed in 2008, this law reopened unsolved hate crime cases before 1970.
What is the Emmet Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act?