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The Muriatic Acid Incident: A Pivotal Moment in the Civil Rights Movement, Quizzes of Chemistry

This document recounts the events leading up to the infamous muriatic acid incident at a 'whites only' pool during the civil rights movement in america in 1964. The document details how the actions of motel owner jimmy brock, who poured acid into the pool filled with black and white protesters, drew national attention to the issue of segregation and hatred towards african americans.

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TERM 1
1
DEFINITION 1
June 11, 1964.Martin Luther King, has planned a protest a
few days before to help end segregation between blacks and
whites in America. This involved protesting in Manson Motor
Lodge 'white's only pool'.
TERM 2
2
DEFINITION 2
Motel owner Jimmy Brock realises as he is working in his office that
there are 3 black people in his pool ch anting. Without thinking, he
grabs some muriatic acid and as reve aled by the photo he starts
dumping it into the pool filled by black and white people. While
Brock was pouring the acid into the p ool, he delivered the
protesters this message - " hopefully this muriatic acid gets you
out of here". Muriatic acid is a very da ngerous chemical used for
cleaning pool surfaces and in all of the madness, the only thing
the protesters heard was acid.
TERM 3
3
DEFINITION 3
This sent them into a frenzy with these young protesters
screaming and calling help which lead to this photo being
snapped by Horace Court. One smart protester realised that
the amount of acid compared to the amount of pool water
was to great to that as long as they stayed in the centre, the
water was fine.
TERM 4
4
DEFINITION 4
In the end, the protesters were arre sted for trespassing. The real
outcome was that this event was m assive in the civil rights
movement in America because the publishing of the photo drew
the attention of the public to the ha tred by some white people to
black people. Prior to this event, whit e people were seen to be the
higher class which had privileges inclu ding having their own pool,
having their own changing room ect. .
TERM 5
5
DEFINITION 5
This photo has been cropped down so it just shows Jimmy
Brock pouring acid into the pool and the protesters and how
they are reacting to the situation. Due to the fact that this
photo has been cropped down, this photo is missing the
remaining part of the pool and possibly other people in the
pool who weren't protesting.
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TERM 1

DEFINITION 1

June 11, 1964.Martin Luther King, has planned a protest a

few days before to help end segregation between blacks and

whites in America. This involved protesting in Manson Motor

Lodge 'white's only pool'.

TERM 2

DEFINITION 2 Motel owner Jimmy Brock realises as he is working in his office that there are 3 black people in his pool chanting. Without thinking, he grabs some muriatic acid and as revealed by the photo he starts dumping it into the pool filled by black and white people. While Brock was pouring the acid into the pool, he delivered the protesters this message - " hopefully this muriatic acid gets you out of here". Muriatic acid is a very dangerous chemical used for cleaning pool surfaces and in all of the madness, the only thing the protesters heard was acid. TERM 3

DEFINITION 3

This sent them into a frenzy with these young protesters

screaming and calling help which lead to this photo being

snapped by Horace Court. One smart protester realised that

the amount of acid compared to the amount of pool water

was to great to that as long as they stayed in the centre, the

water was fine.

TERM 4

DEFINITION 4 In the end, the protesters were arrested for trespassing. The real outcome was that this event was massive in the civil rights movement in America because the publishing of the photo drew the attention of the public to the hatred by some white people to black people. Prior to this event, white people were seen to be the higher class which had privileges including having their own pool, having their own changing room ect.. TERM 5

DEFINITION 5

This photo has been cropped down so it just shows Jimmy

Brock pouring acid into the pool and the protesters and how

they are reacting to the situation. Due to the fact that this

photo has been cropped down, this photo is missing the

remaining part of the pool and possibly other people in the

pool who weren't protesting.

TERM 6

DEFINITION 6 As I investigated this photo, questions that came to me were: where was Martin Luther King when this happened?, was there any other people near this incident?These are questions that will never be answered because that is the only photo of the incident. As I was looking through websites for information, it seemed incredible to me that someone would have enough anger and hate against black people to pour acid into a pool which could possibly kill them. Reading through this information I felt very confused and angry at Jimmy Brock for doing such a horrible thing. TERM 7

DEFINITION 7 As I was looking through websites for information, it seemed incredible to me that someone would have enough anger and hate against black people to pour acid into a pool which could possibly kill them. Reading through this information I felt very confused and angry at Jimmy Brock for doing such a horrible thing.This photo was published in all of the major newspapers around America which sparked massive debate around the civil rights topic and the equality of blacks and whites. TERM 8

DEFINITION 8 Horace Court at the time was staying in the Motel were it happened, so he was smart and quick enough to snap a picture in the moment, he didn't receive any prizes or rewards for this picture.Less then one month later, president Johnson signed the Civil Rights act of 1964. This sweeping legislation prohibits discrimination based on colour, religion and race.