Civil Rights Museum
By: Macy Hurley, Madie Hutton , Lauren Turner
Past
Slavery
- In the past slaves were treated like they were property
- African Americans were forced into involuntary servitude
- African American children were put into child labor as early of the age of four
- African Americans began to fight for freedom in late 1800's to early 1900's
Mental Health Reform
- Mental Health Reform was to fight for mentally disabled people
- They were considered non-equals
- People chained them up so they couldn't "harm" others
- Were not not allowed to be educated
- Prison Reform was when mentally disabled children got thrown into prison
- Dorothy Dix helped mentally ill people get treated how they should be
https://youtu.be/GybCMblFMYA
Present
- Civil Rights in the past has taught us that we should try to treat everyone equally no matter what
- African Americans are still having problems standing up for themselves
- People are still fighting for Civil Rights today
Future
- Civil Rights will always be a problem
- But even though we might see each other as non- individuals we should treat everyone with the same respect
Major people in Civil Rights Museum
Theodore Dwight Weld and Fredrick Douglass
- Theodore was a writer,editor, speaker and organizer during the abolitionist movement during 1830-1844.(African American)
- Fredrick Douglass was abolitionist, orator, writer and statesman(African American)