Rasicm & Segregation (The Help prep.)

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Racism

Slave Trade

• approximately 1526 until 19th C.
• some 12.5 million Africans captured
• 10.7 million arrived in the Americas
• American Civil War = abolition

No more problems after abolition?

WE WISH!

Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King

00:44

What did seperate but equal mean?

1. That everyone was equal and not treated differently.
2. That everyone should be equal but they are separated by race.

01:02

Why did she have to walk to school?

1. Because she lived close by.
2. Because she was white.
3. Because she didn't have a car.
4. Because she was black.

02:28

What was the rule in buses?

1. Black people in the front seats and white people in the back.
2. When the front seats were full, black people had to move back.
3. When the back seats were full, black people had to move forward.
4. Black people weren't allowed in buses.

03:08

Why was Rosa Parks arrested?

1. Because she didn't want to stand up.
2. Because she didn't wear a seatbelt.
3. Because she was rude.
4. Because she is black.

03:43

What did the black community do to protest against Rosa's trial?

1. They barricaded the roads.
2. They asked everyone to not ride the buses.
3. They asked everyone to refuse to move to the back.
4. They burned down the bus station.

04:10

How long did the protest last?

1. a year
2. a few weeks
3. a few days
4. more than a year

04:53

When did Rosa Parks die?

1. in 1995
2. in 2001
3. in 2005
4. in 1999

Martin Luther King

Did you recognise this speech?

Yes, of course! I know this song!

No, it doesn't ring a bell

03:21

When was the biggest civil rights march?

1. 1936
2. 1963

04:59

When were segregation laws abolished?

1. 1955
2. 1965

05:07

What did Martin Luther king win?

1. the Nobel peace prize
2. the Nobel civil rights prize
3. the Nobel literature prize
4. no prizes, just fame

05:15

How did Martin Luther King die?

1. He jumped off a balcony.
2. He was shot.
3. He was ill.
4. He died of old age.

05:31

How old was Martin Luther King when he died?

1. 39
2. 93

What else do you know
about racial segregation?

Racial segregation in America:

Maids

• Rosa Parks
• 90% of black women
• poorly paid - harshly treated
• immigrant workers: having children
• employers' family v. own family
• Civil Rights Movement

Modern type of slavery?

The Help

• Jackson, Mississippi
• 1960s
• Skeeter + Aibileen
• challenges and discrimination African American people
• Civil Rights Movement 1963 (sit-in Tougaloo College)

Watch film + do assignment! ;)            (TBA)

(INSTEAD of reading the book)