Civil Rights
Activist
music from 1950
Songs of the “50’s” by B.Kirkpatrick
El
Elvis Presley wrote many
songs during the 1950’s.
Name of person/my last name
2 facts about your person
Music of 1950s/Mrs. K Sadler
In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument,
but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950
Rosa Parks 1950/ Black
Rosa Parks was a lady who fought for what she believed was
right. Rosa Parks start a boycott on segreationed buses.
Cars of the 1950s/ Henderson
In the 1950s the cars were very unsafe
Vehicles but it was a powerful model. At that
time the cars resembles airplanes and rockets.
1955 bus boycott/Stephens
The bus boycott was on
Monday the day Rosa Park
went to court.
The bus boycott happened
because African Americans
were tired of giving in.
War facts 1950/Kimbrell
June 28, 1950 - General Douglas MacArthur arrived in South Korea as Seoul fell to the North Korean forces.
June 30, 1950 - President Harry Truman ordered U.S. troops into Korea and authorizes the draft. On that same day B-29
'Superfortresses' bombed targets in North Korea.
July 1, 1950 - American ground troops arrived in South Korea to stem the tide of the advancing North Korean army.
July 8, 1950 - President Harry Truman named US Gen. Douglas MacArthur as commander-in-chief of United Nations forces
assisting the South Koreans.
July 26-29,1950 - US troops killed up to 300 South Korean refugees trapped under a bridge at No Gun Ri. The villagers had
gathered there to avoid strafing from US planes which killed some 100. US troops feared the refugees included infiltrators
from North Korea. The killings were not made public until 1999.
E.D. Nixon/Hutchins
I learned that Nixon was elected treasurer of
the Mia but later on he quit because of a
dispute with some of MIA’s leader’s he was
generally looked over for his importance in the
1950 boycott
Songs of the 1950’s/ J Mccradic
There were many
song writers in the
1950’s.One of them
was Elvis Presley.
One more would be
King Cole.
Sports of the 1950’s/Kirkland
Rocky Marciana was a boxer.kk
King Cole/will peebles
king cole was a jazz mucian in the 1950s hi
Sports / Wright
Boxing was also popular
Baseball
was very
popular
in the
1950’s.
The M-48 Patton
The M-48 Patton appeared in 1952 and 12,000
were produced over the time of 1952 to 1959.
It has a furious 90mm gun which can go
through 7 inches of steel!!!
Hank Williams Jr/ Finley
Hank Williams Jr was one
of the greatest country
singers in the 1950’s.
Hank Williams Jr
eventually recived the
nickname “Bosephous”.
Rosa Parks by: Hudson
Rosa parks was a black
female that lived during
segregation. She was
kicked off the bus, for sitting in
the wrong set of seats, known
as the
white people seats. She was
then charged and arrested.
willie nelson jake turner
Elvis Presley/ Ponder
Elvis Presley
wrote the
song
Jailhouse
Rock in the
1950’s
Babe Ruth
Bisswanger
Baberuth was know as a baseball king he hit
many homeruns and was unbeatable.
His baseball team was known as the new york
yankees.
JO ANN ROBINSON// johnson
jo ann robinson was humilated by a white bus driver. she was on her way to visit her family like she always
did. she had a handful of gifts and was very tired so she sat in the first ten rows.(white seats) the bus
driver talked horrible to her and she got off the bus crying.
Claudette Colvin/Taylor
Rosa Parks
Chaneyworth
In 1943 Rosa Parks didn’t get kicked off the
bus she got asked to move and she would not
give up her set then the bus driver called the
cops. Then when the cops got there she still
would not move and got chared.
Martin Luther King- by: KOEN
Martin Luther King was a huge
influence in the civil rights
movement. He had a speech
written to help people realize
that they were still not equal.
Many blacks followed his
judgement and fought to gain
equal rights.
MLK giving speech
People influenced by
MLK’s speech