Entry 9 - 4/6/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 29 Pg 867

1. What did the 1896 court case, Plessy v. Ferguson establish?

2. What was the court case Brown v. Board of Education about?

Entry 10 - 4/7/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 29 Pg 868

1. What was the Southern Manifesto?

2. Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?

3. What was the crisis in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957?

4/8/2026 - ACT Testing

Entry 11 - 4/9/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 29 Pg 874

1. Who were the Freedom Riders?

2. Who was James Meredith?

3. What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Vigilante Parade: 1924 - 2026

Registration begins 4/9/2026 and runs thru 4/16. Outside the Library

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Parade Float Topics

Entry 12 - 4/14/2026 - Ch 29 Pg 879

1. Why did Dr. King choose Selma, Alabama as the focal point of his campaign?

2. What happened at the Edmund Pettus Bridge?

3. How was the Voting Rights Act a “turning point” in the civil rights movement?
   
   
   

Entries Due Today

Wednesday 4/15/2026 - Assignment

Civil Rights Timeline

Entry 1 - 4/16/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 30 Pg 894

1. What was the Domino Theory?

2. What were the results of the Geneva Accords in 1954?

3. Who were the Vietcong? 897

4. What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

4/17/2026 - Assignment

Map of Vietnam

Entry 2- 4/17/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 30 Pg 899

1. What was meant by the following statement?

   “Once on the tiger’s back, we cannot be sure of picking the place to dismount” - Undersecretary of State, George Ball

2. What was Operation Rolling Thunder?