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1 Racism & Discrimination
By Cody Duggan Lindsey Wyatt Hunter Mattson SydnI Callahan

2 What is racism??? Racism is when one race thinks it is better than another race. Racism doesn’t mean whites hate blacks or blacks hate whites.

3 KKK The KKK ( Ku Klux Klan ) originated in Pulaski ,TN. The KKK is a group of confederate army veterans. What the KKK has done. On Sunday, 15th September, 1963, a white man was seen getting out of a white and turquoise Chevrolet car and placing a box under the steps of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Soon afterwards, at a.m., the bomb exploded killing Denise McNair , Addie Mae Collins , Carole Robertson , and Cynthia Wesley . The four girls had been attending Sunday school classes at the church. Twenty-three other people were also hurt by the blast.

4 People who tried to help
Abraham Lincoln (Because he helped solve the Civil War ) Martin Luther King Jr. (Because he helped stop segregation ) Rosa Parks (Because she also helped solve segregation )

5 ABRAHAM LINCOLN We chose Abraham Lincoln to on our heroes list because he did great wonders in the civil war. He was most famously know of his honesty. There is a tall tale that he ran miles just to returned a penny. Lincoln died on April 15, John Wilkes Boothe shot Lincoln in the Fords theater at point blank.

6 Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. is most famous for his actions in the civil rights movement . Martin Luther King got arrested 30 times being the great man he was . He was arrested for protesting. He was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968.

7 Rosa Parks Rosa Parks is famous for standing up for the blacks by not giving up her bus seat to a white. Rosa parks Died of natural causes.

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