Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The Civil Rights Movement

John F Kennedy was president during the Civil Rights movement. His goal was to try and make black and whites equal in schools and working enviornment. Then he got shot right in the head.
Dr King got shot during the Civil Rights movement because he was trying to be considered equal and he was black.
There was race riots all over America. The KKK clan rioted through towns burning cross's in front of their homes, and hangingthe blacks in tree's.
There was a uprise in blacks and they protested agaisnt the KKK clan claiming black power.

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