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BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
09/10
Sequence on African Americans
Introduction with picture page 88 :
archive document: an illustration of segregation in the US
https://www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr/en/exhibitions/exhibition/jean-michel-basquiat.html
documents page 89
Jim Crow by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jim Crow is a drawing by Jean-Michel Basquiat. It's meant to look like a creepy version of a child's drawing and it criticizes the Jim Crow laws.
Jim Crow is the name given to the laws and regulations which organized segregation in the southern states. For instance, colored people were segregated in public places, transport and schools.
The names of the rivers evoke the path that slaves took from the north (NY's Hudson) to the southern states or the route that slaves might have wanted to take to reach the non segregated states of the north.
11/10
Merry-go-round by Langston Hughes
This poem by Afro-American writer Langston Hughes aims at pointing out the absurdity of the segregation laws called "Jim Crow laws". In this poem, a young child from the south is visiting the north. He is standing in front of a merry-go-round and is very confused because he doesn't know where the "Jim Crow section" is. This shows the deep conditionning African-Americans were submitted to in the southern states.
Brown vs Board of Education - document page 89
Basic knowledge about the Supreme Court and its mission.
Details about the case :
When Linda brown was told she couldn't attend the school closest to her home because she was coloured, her father decided it was too unfair to keep quiet. He sued the Board of Education and the case was appealed to the Supreme Court. Thanks to this, segregation was abolished in schools as of 1954.
Homework : préparer le recap (poème de Langston Hughes + Supreme Court + Brown Vs Board of Education)
15/10
Sit-ins - documents page 90 :
This document portrays a group of 3 activists sitting in a segregated bar and being bullied and humiliated by the white people around them.
They do not react because they have chosen a passive and peaceful mode of action to protest against segregation / to show their disapproval of segregation / to fight for equality.
Compréhension écrite du texte :
- derogatory word which was used at the time : negroes
- prononciation de non-violent, racial, racially, south, southern
- Where? When? Who? What?
Homework : répondre aux questions sur le texte et préparer une prise de parole en continu pour expliquer ce que vous avez compris.
Commencer avec 'this article deals with...'
16/10
Recap :
Oral Comprehension :
Speech by Martin Luther King - Unfilfilled Dreams - March 1968
The unfulfilled dreams mentioned here are probably a world without war and without discrimination.
Martin Luther King delivered this speech in a church in Atlanta, Georgia.
He most likely had an audience of both white and black church-goers.
Mindmap made from notes :
Script de l’enregistrement (CD 1, piste 32)
➼Part 1And each of you this morning in some way is building some kind of temple. The struggle is always there. It gets discouraging sometimes. It gets very disenchanting sometimes. Some of us are trying to build a temple of peace. We speak out against war, we protest, but it seems that your head is going against a concrete wall. It seems to mean nothing.(Glory to God)And so often as you set out to build the temple of peace, you are left lonesome; you are left discouraged; you are left bewildered.1’04’➼Part 2Well, that is the story of life. And the thing that makes me happy is that I can hear a voice crying through the vista of time, saying: “It may not come today or it may not come tomorrow, but it is well that it is within thine heart.(Yes)It’s well that you are trying.”(Yes it is)You may not see it. The dream may not be fulfilled, but it’s just good that you have a desire to bring it into reality.(Yes)It’s well that it’s in thine heart.Delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, on 3 March 1968Phonetic symbols :
http://ekladata.com/rsGfp_CIXeXoRWC4U76Fp1L5j5k.jpg
05/11
recap
oral comprehension : Malcolm X's speech
Script de l’enregistrement (CD1, Piste 33)
➼Part 1We are African and we happen to be in America. We’re not American. We are people who formerly were African, who were kidnapped and brought to America. Our forefathers weren’t the Pilgrims. We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock. The rock was landed on us. We were brought here against our will. We were not brought here to be made citizens. We were not brought here to enjoy the constitutional gifts that they speak so beautifully about today.0’51’’➼Part 2Because we weren’t brought here to be made citizens today, now that we’ve become awakened to some degree and we’ve begun to ask for those things which they say are supposedly for Americans, they look upon us with hostility and unfriendliness. If you’re interested in freedom, you need some judo, you need some karate, you need all the things that will help you fight for freedom. Nationalism is the wave of the present and the future.It is nationalism that’s bringing freedom to oppressed people all over the world! [...] You don’t need a debate! You don’t need a filibuster! You need some action.Explanation :Plymouth Rock is located in Massachusetts on the eastern coast of the USA. It is the place where William Bradford and the Pilgrims (US) / Pilgrim Fathers (GB), who were about 100 in number, landed in 1620. The Pilgrims / Pilgrim Fathers were Puritans who had fled England aboard the Mayflower to escape religious persecution. The Puritans believed that the Church of England required strict reforms to get rid of all Catholic practices.06/11
Recap / comparision between the two speeches :
We noticed that Malcolm X's speech is way more aggressive than Martin Luther King's. Indeed, while Martin dreams of a utopia by fighting to build a temple of peace in the US, Malcolm blames Americans and says Afro-Americans will never be considered as real Americans but they should fight to get the same rights and freedom as them. Unlike Martin Luther King , he doesn't think black and white people will one day be able to live together, that's why he believes and fights for the "separate but equal" concept. Another difference is that MLK says that people should keep the faith, protest and speak out peacefully whereas at this point Malcom X supports violent actions if required.
Introduction page 92 : the Freedom Riders
08/11
recap
Parenthèse : mid-term elections
Elections in the US (presidential elections /House of Representatives / the Senate)
Mid-term elections :
13/11
text page 92 / 93
putting paragraphs in the right order
summary
15/11
recap summary
revision of past tense page 98 (1 & 2)
22/11
You are a student and you attend a meeting with elderly members of the Freedom Riders who are now in their 70s. Imagine a conversation where you ask them questions about their motivation, strategy and memories.
200 words
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