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whole country. But the black community still did not attain an equal status. Indeed, an era of segregation and racism against “the Negros”, as they were often called, followed. Racism and violence escalated in post-civil war America and associations like the Ku Klux Klan grew. Often, the black community preferred to stay silent or become “Oreos”, but some individuals decided to stand up against oppression. Of those are Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, both militants for black peoples’ rights and

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”, by using this metaphor kings points out even though the Black people are free from the slavery , there are still discrimination and segregation against them. Just as the life of the black people is bound by the manacles

develop somewhat of a reputation himself. The townspeople question why Jim takes such an interest in the hired girls, but not the Black Hawk girls. Once the Vannis'dance tent leaves, Jim has nothing to do during the evenings. He becomes restless, and walks around town at night by himself. The drugstore, the cigar factory, and the depot are the only places where Jim can hang out; he admits that these places do not satisfy his thirst for action, or cure his depression. He believes that the well-lit houses

president, and at the bottom, it’s written the people’s choice; an there is a flag and the ANC logo ,too. The ANC is the African National Congress, the political party defending the black Africans’ rights. Mandela’s photo is torn in the upper part as the man who is holding this poster has pushed his head through the poster. The black man ,wearing a cap is smiling and holding up his right arm. It may be during the election campaign or after the overwhelming ANC victory. (overwhelming: écrasante) TEXT The

384365,00.html 1. Complete a blank map showing the oceans, the countries which have a common border with SA, some famous cities and places. 2. Imagine you're a tourist in SA , say where you're likely to be or go (click on the places to find out details about them ; some places may be mentioned twice) | |Place |Justify (quote the site) | |You want to go on a photo safari |

language to reflect the spiritual and personal alienation of humans in the twentieth century. Through Grant Wiggins’ emotionally detached account of Jefferson’s trial at the beginning of the book, we recognize that something about the main character is out of the ordinary. The novel chronicles Grant’s role in Jefferson’s mental and spiritual transformation from a person beaten down by the system, exhibiting apathy and anger, to a man with a sense of passion and purpose, exhibiting dignity and strength

Wallpaper” and in Poe’s “The Black Cat” The reliability of a tale depends mostly on the readers’ interpretations or views of the story, which are based on what the narrators convey. The subjectivity of the first-person narrators of Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Poe’s “The Black Cat” tends to raise doubts on the trustworthiness of the narrators and the stories narrated. In such narratives, the reader needs to work out his/her analysis of the story in order to bring out a convincing meaning since

children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing, in the words of the old Negro spiritual: “Free at last! Free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” It was a high point of a civil rights movement, often carried on by ordinary people, like Rosa Parks. In 1955, she refused to give up her seat in a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, so a white man could sit down. Her arrest was the catalyst for a mass boycott. The black citizens

The ethnic population of London An article of the BBC, published on July 2010, stated “UK's ethnic minority numbers 'to rise to 20% by 2051”. Actually, it is said that the proportion of black, Asian and other ethnic minorities will rise from 8% of the population, as recorded in the 2001 census, to 20% by 2051. The Leeds study suggested the population is also set to become more racially diverse as well as less segregated over the coming years. The study, based on computer modeling, suggested white

conditions, they depressed the wage standard, they accept to receive less money= unfair competition. =>especially true in certain regions-> CA: a lot of recent immigrants; Big cities like LA, NY, Chicago…: already got a lot of people with a low skill->blacks! But we must admit that immigrants accept to do menial jobs, jobs that American people don’t want to do. Because they accept to work for little money, they are necessary for certain industries to remain competitive. A lot of immigrants accept