The historic protests following the death of George Floyd become a pivotal moment in the nation's long struggle for equality for African Americans. It's also an opportunity for Americans to educate themselves about the history of civil rights.
, killing four black girls. Martin Luther King Jr. sent a telegram to Alabama's segregationist Gov. George Wallace, which said,"The blood of our little children is on your hands." King himself was jailed in Birmingham for leading civil rights demonstrations, and the notorious Sheriff Bull Connor turned firehoses and dogs on peaceful protesters. The institute remains closed due to the coronavirus.
. King's room at the motel has been preserved in the condition it was in on the day of his death. The museum remains closed due to the coronavirus., which was dedicated in 2011, is the first monument on the National Mall dedicated to an African American. It's at West Potomac Park, not far away from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where King gave his famous"I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered school desegregation nationwide. The school, which is managed by the National Park Service, is closed due to the coronavirus., in Montgomery, Alabama, is the nation's only memorial to the victims of racial terror lynchings from the end of Reconstruction to the beginning of the civil rights era.
, also in Montgomery, shows the history of the enslavement of African Americans in a city that was the center of Alabama's slave trade and later a center for the civil rights movement. Both sites remain closed due to the coronavirus.describes its collection of American civil rights research materials as the world's largest It includes those of King. Its collection includes King's papers and those of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the organization he co-founded.
. It sits blocks from where the National Negro League was established in 1920. In 1945, Major League Baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers recruited Jackie Robinson from the Kansas City Monarchs, making him the first African American major league player in the modern era. The adjacent
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