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 * Period 2 CRAMBO ** - in 25 minutes

//When **Dr. King took the mic in front of Abe Lincoln**,// //He spoke of a **Dream** -what everyone was thinkin'.// //Black and white working together to **let freedom ring**,// //without a violent blow or a punch's sting.//

//The **March** led to an **Act that granted all Civil Rights**,// //so that equality seemed to be in everyone's sights.// //But America still strugged to get freedom provided// //and the movement that had flowed was becoming divided.//

** Freedom Summer ** Freedom Summer was to help African American with voter registration But because of all the violence the people in the march had much hesitation The campaign required great movement to get the improvement Many people were thrown in jail, but they got out to tell the heroic tale

** Selma ** This was the 54-mile walk with 25,000 plus From Selma to Montgomery on foot, not by bus Many attacked on the day called Bloody-Sunday 525 marchers were beaten, some will not see Monday

Over the Edmund Pettus Bridge they went To the capitol of Alabama they made their ascent Total of 25,000 completed the journey Although some unfortunate finishing on a gurney

** Malcolm X ** Malcolm X wasn’t great in the beginning But later in life he started winning He was a hardcore Muslim that hated whites He wanted them to have their last rites

He went to Mecca as one of the pillars And learned that whites weren’t evil like killers He went back and changed his views He was shot and people got the blues

** Chicago Freedom Movement ** Chicago’s housing, jobs and schooling really suck. Blacks are livin’ in poor segregated piles of muck. Whites refuse to sell houses to the sufferin’ blacks and the peaceful protesters are brutally attacked.

MLK worries about another violent uprisin’ Enforcing desegregated housing was discriminilizin’ 3000 policemen and an angry mob throw bricks Blacks react with violence and don’t resolve their conflicts."

** Race Riots ** Race riots were happening all across the nation, Because of the increase in segregation. Black homes have been turned into interstates, They wanted freedom, there’s no time to waste.

Forty people dead over five days, 700 arrested, but don’t be amazed. Chicago violence breaks out in mid- July Burning marchers cars light up the sky."

** The Black Panther Party **

The Black Panther Party used violence and guns They were using bats like there hitting home runs They weren’t hitting balls they were hitting people Huey Newton and Bobby Seale made people look feeble

Back in ’66 the group came together And tried to improve the black world’s weather A bunch of leaders were killed in ’69 It hurt the group’s chances of staying in line

But they were only defenders, not attackers It was all because of the racist crackers They armed themselves to stay in the game And to protect their people was their aim

All remaining members were charged with crimes And they accepted doing their jail time Even though the group was now dead The legacy lived on forever ahead

** The Poor People's Campaign ** The great, Martin Luther King, Wanted to let freedom ring so he created the poor people’s campaign no violence, tryin’ win using their brain so they marched, to shed a light on poverty but others disagreed and didn't want equality all blacks wanted to do is get good jobs but in the back there was always racist white mobs"

** MLK's Assassination ** Despite what he meant to many people across the nation He was the target of racist assassination Because of what he said from the mountain top, His dream and his messages don’t stop.