Trace Ecrite Unit 4 Lesson 3
Notes from the video:
- universal rights for all people regardless of race
- African Americans were barred from public places: movie theatres, restaurants, separate neighbourhoods -> segregation
- it was wide spread
- 1951: Linda Brown was barred from attending the school closest to her home and had to all the way across town => her father and other people sued the school board. 1954: it was said to be unconstitutional and schools were told to accept everyone.
- new laws were to be enforced
- 1955: Rosa Parks took a seat in the bus and refused to give it up for white passengers.
- usual situation in most of the South
- Joan Robinson and Martin Luther King organised the boycott of the city bus system. They chose to walk rather than submit to an unfair situation
- segregated buses were banned
- peaceful sit-ins
- peaceful protests met with violence
- people often feel threatened by change
- Aug 28th 1963, March on Washington + speech "I have a Dream" MLK
- Civil Rights Act of 1964: it outlawed all discrimination based on race, religion, sex or ethnicity
- years of struggle before they were really enforced
- African American continued to face discrimination up to today
- women, immigrants, gay and transgenders people are still struggling to be treated with dignity
- history is on their side