civil rights
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African American
Civil RightsETRC presentation
February 2013Instructor: Rafel Naseer, ELF, Balti
civ·il-rights
Of or relating to a political movement, especially during the 1950s and 1960s, devoted to securing equal opportunity and treatment for members of minority groups.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable
rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness”
Soldiers Returning
From 2nd War 1948 Armed
Forces Discriminatio
n Banned
Brown V. Board of
Education1954
Emmett Till Murder 1955 Jet Magazine
Montgomery Bus Boycott began after the arrest of Rosa Parks
1955
First student sit-ins at
lunch counters
1960
Soldiers Returning
From 2nd War 1948 Armed
Forces Discriminatio
n Banned
Brown V. Board of
Education1954
Emmett Till Murder 1955 Jet Magazine
Montgomery Bus Boycott began after the arrest of Rosa Parks
1955
First student sit-ins at
lunch counters
1960
Soldiers Returning From 2nd War 1948
Armed Forces
Discrimination
Banned
Brown V. Board of Educatio
n1954
Emmett Till
Murder 1955 Jet Magazin
e
Montgomery Bus Boycott began
after the arrest of
Rosa Parks 1955
First student sit-ins at
lunch counters
1960
Soldiers Returning From 2nd War 1948
Armed Forces
Discrimination
Banned
Brown V. Board of Educatio
n1954
Emmett Till
Murder 1955 Jet Magazin
e
Montgomery Bus
Boycott began
after the arrest of
Rosa Parks 1955
First student sit-ins at
lunch counters
1960
Soldiers Returning From 2nd War 1948
Armed Forces
Discrimination
Banned
Brown V. Board
of Educati
on1954
Emmett Till
Murder 1955 Jet Magazin
e
Montgomery Bus
Boycott began
after the arrest of
Rosa Parks 1955
First student sit-ins at
lunch counters
1960
March on
Washington “I
Have a Dream” speech
Kennedy Assassin
ated 1963
US Begins Involvement in Vietna
m
Malcolm X Assassinat
ed in Harlem
1965
Voting Rights Act Passed
Most effective of
all Civil Rights
Legislation1965
Martin Luther King & Robert
Kennedy Assassinated
March on Washington “I Have a Dream” speech
Kennedy Assassinated
1963
US Begins Involvement in Vietnam
Malcolm X Assassinated
in Harlem1965
Voting Rights Act Passed
Most effective of
all Civil Rights
Legislation1965
Martin Luther King
& Robert Kennedy
Assassinated
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
August 28,1963
•I have a Dream
Greatness in Speeches • Emphasize phrases by repeating at
the beginning of sentences• Repeat key “theme” words
throughout speech• Utilize appropriate quotations or
allusions• Use specific examples to “ground”
your arguments• Use metaphors to highlight
contrasting concepts
Literary Devices Used• Figurative Language- Writing or speech that is not
meant to be taken literally • Metaphor: Something in a literary work
described as though it were something else• Personification: When a non-human subject is
given human characteristics• Symbol: Anything in literature that stands for or
represents something else• Allusion: A brief, usually indirect reference to a
person, place, or event--real or fictional
Oratory Devices• Oratory- The rationale and practice of persuasive
public speaking• Refrain: A regularly repeated line or group of lines
in a poem or song• Dramatic pause: An intentional pause in delivery
in order to build suspense or magnify the importance of a point
• Hyperbole: exaggeration used for emphasis or dramatic effect
• Anaphora: A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Allusions• The Bible
• Declaration of Independence
• Emaciation Proclamation
Biblical • It came as a joyous daybreak to end the
long night of their captivity.” [paragraph 2] alludes to Psalms 30:5 “For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.“
• Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” [paragraph 8]
Declaration of Independence
• “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” [and the rest of paragraph 4] is a reference to the United States Declaration of Independence
Emaciation Proclamation
Five score years ago…” [paragraph 2] refers to Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address speech which began “Four score and seven years ago…” This allusion is particularly poignant given that King was speaking in front of the Lincoln Memorial
Most Often Repeated Words
• freedom (20 times)• we (30 times), • our (17 times), • you (8 times)• nation (10 times), • America (5 times),• American (4 times)• justice (8 times) and injustice (3 times)• dream (11 times)
Assinated 1963
Vietnam
Civil Rights
Miles Davis
First 10 AmendmentsBill of Rights
• 1St Freedom of Speech, Religion• 2nd Right to own and Carry weapons• 4th Unreasonable Search and Seizure• 5th Self Incrimination
• 6th Trial by Jury• 8th Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Union vs. Confederate 1861-1865
Events that led up to the US Civil War
• 1. The Mexican War Ended – 1848 (Popular Sovereignty)
• 2. Uncle Tom's Cabin Was Released (showed evils of Slavery)
• 3. Slavery
Emancipation Proclamation
• The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War under his war powers. It proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves
Gettysburg Address • Four score and seven years ago
our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, 1863