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Beautiful People,
In September 1963, months before President John F. Kennedy was assasinated in Texas in November, a 4th grade student named Melony Ann McGant (daughter of Civil Rights Activist #BettyJTilman)
became the first African American to attend Mount Mercy College (now Carlow University) Campus School in Pittsburgh, PA.
*Photo of Rev. Melony McGant courtesy of The Campus Laboratory School of Carlow University.
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#CivilRightsHistory
Below is information from the website https://www.civilrightsteaching.org
“The year 1963 was pivotal to the modern Civil Rights Movement. It is often recalled as the year of the March on Washington, but much more transpired. It was a year dedicated to direct action and voter registration and punctuated by moments of political theater and acts of violence.”
Key Civil Rights Events in 1963
The Children’s Crusade
The “Mailman Murder” – the Death of William Moore
Woolworth’s Sit-In
Police brutality in Winona Jail
The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
John F. Kennedy’s Civil Rights Speech
Assassination of Medgar Evers
Clyde Kennard’s Freedom and Death
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church
Free Southern Theater
Chicago School Boycott
Malcolm X Speech: Message to the Grass Roots
Freedom Ballot — Or “Freedom Vote”
