WHAT IS RACISM Racism is when one race

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WHAT IS RACISM? ? ? Racism is when one race thinks it is better

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.

KKK The KKK ( Ku Klux Klan ) originated in Pulaski , TN. The

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, 15 th 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 10. 22 a. m. , the bomb exploded killing Denise Mc. Nair , 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.

 • People who tried to help Abraham Lincoln (Because he helped solve the

• 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 )

We chose Abraham Lincoln to on our heroes list because he did great wonders

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, 1856. John Wilkes Boothe shot Lincoln in the Fords theater at point blank.

Martin Luther King Jr. is most famous for his actions in the civil rights

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.

Rosa Parks is famous for standing up for the blacks by not giving up

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.