American Dream

 Euronews 1) Barak Obama is the embodiment of the American Dream. His electoral win is the culmination of a civil rights movement, that struggled for decades to end racial segregation. Barack Obama referred to that struggle in his victory speech. He gestured at a 106-year old audience member and said:“She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the houses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told

MARTIN LUTHER KING The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was a Nobel Laureate, Baptist minister, and African American civil rights activist. He is one of the most significant leaders in U.S. history and in the modern history of nonviolence, and is considered a hero, peacemaker and martyr by many people around the world. A decade and a half after his 1968 assassination, the Martin Luther King Day, a U.S. holiday, was established in his honor.  King became a civil

the eleven-year period between 1957 and 1968 Martin travelled the world appearing wherever there was injustice. _ He delivered his message “ I Have a Dream “ at Washington DC, he conferred with President Kennedy. He was awarded five honorary degrees; was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963; and became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure. _ On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he

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Boycott des bus de Montgomery pour défendre le droit de vote, la déségrégation et l'emploi des minorités. Il prononce un discours célèbre le 28 août 1963 devant le Lincoln Memorial à Washington durant la marche pour l'emploi et la liberté : « I have a dream » (Je fais un rêve). Il est soutenu par John F. Kennedy dans la lutte contre la discrimination raciale ; la plupart de ces droits seront promus par le « Civil Rights Act » et le « Voting Rights Act » sous la présidence de Lyndon B. Johnson. Martin

intolerance. After slavery was abolished, some white people found that they were denied the American dream whilst the black community was beginning to access education and earn decent money. Lack of education and poverty being interrelated, the vicious cycle just kept going on for those white Americans. In C.P. Ellis’s life, there is a repeat of history: his father was poor, uneducated and denied the American dream, which propelled him into the Ku Klux Klan. The same thing happens to Ellis, almost as

Level 5 I have a dream: The “I have a dream” speech by Martin Luther King is one of the most influential speeches in all time. This speech is a masterpiece of rhetoric, King used metaphors to enhance the meaning of his speech and bring out the details. Those metaphors helped him to influence his listeners and to picture in their mind what he was saying. King said in his speech:”the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination”

III) Mitt Romney et le parti républicain Biographie Né le 12 mars 1947 à Détroit, dans l’Etat du Michigan, aux Etats- Unis, Mitt Romney est le fils de George W. Romney, ancien gouverneur du Michigan (de 1963 à 1969) et président de American Motors Corporation, et de Lenore LaFount-Romney, apprentie actrice à la fin des années 1920. Mitt, dernier d’une famille de quatre enfants, est élevé dans la pure tradition mormone. Il ne fume pas, ne boit pas et ne consomme aucune caféine. Très engagé

I have a dream Martin Luther King 28 août 1963 I Have a Dream est à la fois le nom du discours le plus célèbre de Martin Luther King et le point d'orgue du Mouvement des droits civiques. Ce discours, prononcé le 28 août 1963, est généralement considéré comme l'un des plus grands et des plus marquants du XXe siècle. Selon le député américain John Lewis, qui prit également la parole ce jour là au nom du Comité de coordination des étudiants non violents, « En parlant comme il l'a fait, il a éduqué

an increase of taxes (about 10 billion dollars) and reduce his spending of about 6 billion dollars. This swinging economy affected the American society in the way that the inflation affected the US economic growth and people were more careful about their spending. It also showed the beginning of the Johnson administration’s breakdown. THE ECONOMY: The American economy was swinging during the 60’s. It started at a culminant point but gradually declined a little bit every year. The dollar went through