EOTO 3 reax

 The EOTO #3 presented information covering the Civil Rights movement. Much of the subjects surround the actions of Integration and Segregation.

We began with discussing the Ku Klux Klan, more specifically the second Klan. The 1st Klan was born in 1865 and covered the country by 1870. On the other hand the 2nd Klan rose to power during 1950-60 where they were fighting against Civil Right activists. They used the practice of lynching and lynch mobs to dissuade black activism and voting.

Another event discussed was the sixteenth street church bombing. The blown up church was important to black society in Birmingham because it was one of the first black Baptist Churches. It was a rallying point for the Black community including multiple Black panther meetings. The bombing killed 22 black people including 4 young black girls. Bombings are not an uncommon occurence in Birmingham which was popularly know as Bombingham.

The next topic covered was Medgar. He was a Black activist in the 1950s and 1960s and played a significant role in organizing events for equality for black men and women. He became a Field organizer for NAACP in 1851. 4 months for before his death his house got fire bombed. Then on June 12, 1963 he was shot in the back from 150 feet by Byron de la Beckwith. The case went to trial and was given a hung jury twice. He was retried in 1994 under different circumstances and died in prison in 2004.

Many of these event and people were new to me and learned a lot about the event of the Civil rights movement