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mercredi 11 janvier 2017
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Martin luther King Jr
Martin Luther King, Jr. It wasn’t just that Martin Luther King became the leader of the civil rights movement that made him so extraordinary—it was the way in which he led the movement. King advocated civil disobedience, the non-violent resistance against unjust laws : "Non-violence is a powerful (...)
mercredi 11 janvier 2017
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Rosa parks
Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks, an African-American seamstress, left work and boarded a bus for home. As the bus became crowded, the bus driver ordered Parks to give up her seat to a white passenger. Montgomery’s buses were segregated, with the seats in the (...)
mercredi 11 janvier 2017
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Black athletes who overcame racial barriers
Jesse Owens
More than just a celebrated athlete, Jesse Owens took his country on his shoulders and shocked the world winning four gold medal in the 1939 Berlin Olympic Games.
James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens was born on September 12, 1913 in Oakville, Alabama. (...)
mercredi 11 janvier 2017
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The Loving couple
Before starting, get ready : read about the 1924 Racial Integrity Act here.
Read this article about the film and the story of the Loving couple :
With a perfect last name amid imperfect circumstances, Richard and Mildred Loving made history when their fight for the state of Virginia to (...)
mardi 1er novembre 2016
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Alone in Alaska
Into the Wild :
Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical drama survival film written and directed by Sean Penn. It is an adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s 1996 non-fiction book of the same name, based on the travels of Christopher McCandless across North America and his life spent in the (...)