Racism in America: Shadows of the Past

Shadows of the Past

My Topic: Racism in America

1. Why did I choose this subject?

Interesting

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Dislike racism – it’s wrong

2. From Africa to America:

Long journey. Ships. Chained. Awful. Many died.

Suicides. Families separated. Badly treated.

Mostly in the South. Civil War. North won. Slavery abolished.

3. The fight against Racism:

Martin Luther King. Jim Crow Law. Non-violent.

“I have dream” speech. Shot - Tennessee.

Race-segregation. Nobel’s peace award

Rosa Parks. Tired. Got arrested. Paid a fine.

Bus boycott. Law changed. Paid fine again.

4. Racism today:

Ghettos. Crime. Different schools.

South still racists. Neo-Nazis/skinheads.

Racism. Music. Violence. Hammerskin Nation.

Outlaw Hammerskins. Vinlander social Club.

Sources:

Books:

Crossroads 9 light (pp. 100 – 109)

Halvor Heger, Nina Wroldsen, Inger-Margrethe Sørensen

Gyldendal A/S København. 1 udgave 1 opslag 2012

I have a dream Martin Luther King Jr. From Montgomery to Memphis – A civil rights project.

Mogens Høirup, Poul Otto Mortensen

Munksgaard, 1995

Films:

Mississippi burning, drama + udgivelsesår

Websites:

http://www.racismnoway.com.au/teaching-resources/factsheets/39.html

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1697.html