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Obama’s speech on race This is a speech made by Barack Obama in February 2008 during the primaries campaign. [Primaries are elections organised in each state by each party from January till June of the year of a presidential election to elect the official candidate of the party at the presidential election. In fact electors who are party members (closed primaries) or any elector (open primaries) or meetings of the local party activists (caucus) select delegates to the National Convention of the

EXTRACT 6 THE ELECTRIC CHAIR Chapter 30 from p.239’Melvina was sweeping off…’ down to p.241’ she Felt sick already’. 1*INTRODUCE THE EXTRACT 1On the morning before Jefferson’s execution, a black truck with a gray tarpaulin cover drives into town. The townspeople are all struck by this strange truck which parks by the courthouse. The night before, Grant and Vivian drink at the Rainbow Club but find they cannot talk. Grant goes Home slightly drunk wishing he could sleep but not dream

Black Nightmare This text entitled Black Nightmare is an extract from the autobiography of Malcom X, which was published in 1964. He was a famous civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1965. He was known for his positions in favour of the use of violence. This text enables us to better understand this stance. We are going to divide the text into 3 parts. The first one deals with his father political ideas. The second could be called threats and the third, murder. Malcom X’s father was

Of Islam Introduction. The Nation of Islam began in the context of Black Nationalism during the early twentieth century (1913-1929). Black Nationalism arose in the context of political, religious and cultural oppression of blacks by whites. African Americans were subjected to unequal distribution of rewards, political power, and opportunities, which systematically restricts their chances to succeed as a group.  By organizing in a social movement, African Americans wanted to change the conditions

illustration by Norman Rockwell entitled ‘The problem we all live with’ published in Life, an American magazine, in 1964. Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was an American illustrator born in New York City. He specialized in nostalgic, finely-drawn, richly anecdotal scenes of everyday small-town life. He was very popular. According to him, his talent was “to paint ordinary people in everyday situations”. His illustrations appeared in all the great American magazines of the 20th century (mostly on covers of the

« En parlant comme il l'a fait, il a éduqué, il a inspiré, il a guidé non pas simplement les gens qui étaient là, mais les gens partout en 2 Amérique ainsi que les générations à venir » . Sommaire 1 Passage le plus connu 2 Traduction en français 3 Allusions et citations 4 La controverse du droit d'auteur 5 Notes et références 6 Annexes 6.1 Liens externes Martin Luther King prononçant son discours à la Marche vers Washington pour les droits civiques en 1963 Passage le plus connu Ce message

XVI | |Mr. Shimerda's funeral | Mr. Shimerda's death is the first turning point in the novel. Importance of religion and Biblical references. Chapter XIV – page 82 Chapter XV – page 84 Willa Cather has chosen this particular section of the book to emphasize the importance of religion, and religious differences, among the immigrants

people are represented in the Print-Media ? Heartbreak on the Seregenti, National Geographic, February 2006 I chose an article about the Maasai people living in northern Tanzania. This article, published in February 2006, recounts the story of this pastoral society and all the challenges they face, like how they survive with the wildlife, struggle with the government, try to give an education to their children and use tourism as a resource to help the community. In this assignement, by analyzing

CIVILISATION AMERICAINE | | Chapitre 1 : The current immigration dilemma I) A short reminder: American immigration policy until 1965 Debate: a lot of question about immigration today in US. The existence of the US is linked to the immigration. US created as asylum of a refuge for all the people that were poor, persecuted, etc. ->for a long time the US practiced an open door policy: they welcomed all the people who wanted to go. 19th: They started restricting, limiting immigration

: une société raciste ■to segregate : séparer ■to live under apartheid : vivre sous un régime d'apartheid 3) La violence raciale ■hatred : la haine ■verbal abuse : des insultes verbales ■racist slurs : des insultes racistes ; racist taunts : des provocations racistes ■to threaten : menacer ■to carry out a threat : porter une menace à exécution ■to beat up : tabasser. Ex. : Black people were often beaten up under apartheid. Les Noirs étaient souvent passés à tabac sous l'apartheid. ■a