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violé les lois ségrégationnistes de la ville en refusant de céder sa place à un Blanc, il mène le boycott des bus de Montgomery avec l'aide du pasteur Ralph Abernathy et d'Edgar Nixon, directeur local du National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. La population noire soutient le boycott et organise un système de covoiturage. Martin Luther est arrêté durant cette campagne qui dure 382 jours et devient extrêmement tendue à cause de ségrégationnistes blancs qui ont recours au terrorisme :

Racial segregation Man drinking at a water cooler reserved for "Colored," Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1939. Source: Russell Lee, July 1939, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC. After the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in America, racial discrimination became regulated by the Jim Crow laws, which mandated strict segregation of the races.  The end of Reconstruction produced a political and social climate of fear and intimidation for every black person in

practices at work. Traditionally, school uniforms are neat and professional. The uniforms of boys are generally composed of dark trousers, or often in a short pants or shorts (see high school students in the photograph right), associated with light-colored shirt and tie, which was added a jacket cold weather. The uniforms for girls can be composed of a tie, a skirt or a kilt, and a blouse. The fact that there are different outfits for girls and boys are sometimes subject to debate we will observe that

York. 2- La réaction des Noirs Face à cette situation la réaction des Noirs vont de la haine et du rejet de soi à au contraire la revendication de sa différence. • 1909 : Naissance du NAACP : National Association for the advencement of Colored People • 1942: création du CORE : Congress for racial Equality => ces deux organisations obtiennent quelques succès mais les armées sont ségrégées pendant la seconde guerre alors que Noirs et Blancs combattent pour la liberté et l’égalité contre

white and black people. She tries to make a message pass with this song where she describes all actions of protestations. So, the problem raised here, is, indeed, the Segregation. The racial segregation is the physical separation of the different colored persons in the activities which they usually exercise. Like eating, going to the restaurant, drinking some water to a fountain… We guess that by the reference to “Mr. Charlie”. The singer asks to the white people who are pro-segregationist to change

between blacks and whites. This speech is full of hope and this extract enables us to understand Johnson’s vision of future. In the 1st paragraph he introduces his speech, pointing out the symbolic size of Howard University, as the place where colored pupils have just been accepted in attending lessons. He pursues saying our world would change and must change. The revolution of the “Negro American” is the first example of what would happen in the coming years. In the 4th paragraph, he admires

by Afrikaners. Afrikaans looks and sounds like Dutch. Apartheid means separate development of the races. Apartheid was first introduced in South Africa in the early 20th century. The South Africa was divided into 4 groups: blacks, whites, coloreds, Asians. Township separate ghettos for blacks and whites people around big cities. = shanty towns Passport passport to work in white areas Coloureds is half-castes Obligations They had to have a passport to work in white areas They needed

Dursley had seen that fateful news report about the owls. Only the photographs on the mantelpiece really showed how much time had passed. Ten years ago, there had been lots of pictures of what looked like a large pink beach ball wearing different-colored bonnets — but Dudley Dursley was no longer a baby, and now the photographs showed a large blond boy riding his first bicycle, on a carousel at the fair, playing a computer game with his father, being hugged and kissed by his mother. The room held

pouvait être intellectuellement satisfaisante , il fini pas choisir cette option.En 1947 il est nommé assistant de la paroisse de son père à Atlanta. Pendant ces études il eut une activité dense au sein de la National Association for the Advencement of Colored People, organisation créée en 1909. En 1954 il prit la succession d’un pasteur dans une église baptistes noires. Le 1er décembre Mme Rosa Parks refusa de céder sa place assise dans l’autobus à un blanc, comme les lois de l’Alabama y oblige. La police

Eight hundred miles away, another great American symbol was about to be unveiled. Like many people who change history, John Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist, was inspired by simple curiosity. One afternoon, he stirred up a fragrant, caramel-colored liquid and, when it was done, he carried it a few doors down to Jacobs' Pharmacy. Here, the mixture was combined with carbonated water and sampled by customers who all agreed -- this new drink was something special. So Jacobs' Pharmacy put it on sale