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Some facts of racial discrimination
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The civil rights movements in the United States of America
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Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks
This is her story
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On the bus …
a dream today.
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Those who deny freedom to others , deserve it not for themselves ——Abraham Lincoln
You can protect your liberties in the world only by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can be free if I am free. ——Clarence Darrow
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On the bus …
• The back of the bus
• The middle of the bus
• The firstቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱrows of seat
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Standing up for her rights.
On 1st December 1955 after coming home from a hard days work, Rosa was sitting on the bus when the bus driver ordered her to give up her seat to a white man, who couldn’t find a seat in the “white section” of the bus.
“It was a small act of defiance, she refused to give up her seat, as a black woman to a white man, this changed the course of American history.” BBC News.
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In1501,colonialist shipped into the first negro slaves.This is the beginning of slavery.In 1518,Africa and America began the slave trade
directly.Until 1540,the American colonies of the slaves had reached 10,000 each year.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by oppressed. ——Martin Luther King Jr.
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The world needs equality
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Can American get rid of racial separation?
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Treated equally?
"Are you going to stand up?" the bus driver, James Blake, asked. "No," she answered. "Well, by God," the driver replied, "I'm going to have you arrested."
• Today, racial discrimination is much more relieved than before. From Martin Luther king's "I have a dream" and the black movement, black people’s rights gradually were recognized and accepted, the life of the black people is also had further improved. Today's American black people already have undergone earth-shaking changes.
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Background
Martin
Rosa Parks
Conclusion
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how does this problem become so seriously and have deep effects in
today?
• It can date back to European slave trade period. A great number of black people were shipped to American continent to do the toughest jobs. They were living in the bottom of American society.
"You may do that," Mrs Parks responded.
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Rosa Parks was arrested
The Montgomery bus boycott
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.was an American political activist, the most famous leader of the American civil rights movement, Considered a peacemaker throughout the world for his promotion of nonviolence and equal treatment for different races, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968. His most influential and well-known speech is the "I Have A Dream" speech
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I have a dream
I have a dream my four little
children will one day live in a nation
where they will not be injured by the color of there skin but by the content of their character .i have