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F- WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THIS PART OF HISTORY ?

Examples of opinions Taken from page 1 of Yahoo Answers A-"My Opinion On Segregation Is This. It's Wrong Let Everyone Be Everyone. There Shouldn't be anymore white on white or black on black in fact In today's society granted there's still racism, You see more Interracial relationships. I'm fine with it I'm Caucasian and I grew up around African Americans and Latinos So I have no problem with any race just a problem with ignorance which is in any race." Kyle C. Look at page 1 of Yahoo Answers

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Endind segregation

C- WHAT CAME WITH SEGREGATION ?

The Black people were harrassed

By the Ku Klux Klan The 1st Klan was created in 1865. They advocated extremist reactionary positions such as white supremacy

By crual lynching and regular assaults

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B- HOW DID IT APPLY ?

and also in housing

Unequal treatment in employment

Or places of entertainment...

Separated restaurants

For example...

and facilities...

Separated seats in transports

Separated schools

A- HOW DID IT START ?

Jim Crow Laws

From 1876 to 1964 They were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States

Civil War

From 1861 to 1865 It was the result of a long-standing controversy over slavery

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) Enacted the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which permanently outlawed slavery

End of slavery

From 1619 to 1865 It was the legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans

E- HOW DID SEGREGATION END ?

The Voting Rights Act 1965 A landmark piece of federal legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting

The Civil Rights Act (1964) abolished segregation

Brown vs Board of Education (17th May 1954) A major step forward to desegregate schools

D- HOW DID AFRICAN-AMERICANS REACT ?

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Malcolm X (1925-1965) He was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. His detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence.

J. F. Kennedy (1917-1963) During the presidential campaign, Kennedy made it clear in his speeches that he was a supporter of civil rights.

Rosa Parks (1913-2005) She refused to leave her seat to a White man and was arrested. That event hardened the Civil Rights Movement.

Emmet Till (1941-1955) He was lynched and died at only 14 for whistling at a White woman.

Famous figures

Martin Luther King (1929-1968) The leader of the movement who advocated peace and non-violence. He was inspired by Gandhi's philosophy.

" I have a Dream "

They started organizing themselves...

The Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968) A long struggle to end segregation and discrimination against Africans-Americans.

Organizing civil resistance, non-violent protests and demonstrations.