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‘I HAVE A DREAM’
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and
live out the true meaning of its creed:
... that all men are created equal.
(Martin Luther King)
I HAVE A DREAM
28 August 1963
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SEGREGATION IN THE USA
Racial segregation is the separation of different
racial groups in daily life.
Segregation existed in all public places
white colored
Segregation in theatres
Whites and coloured people did not share theatres,
cinemas, etc.
Segregation in rest rooms (toilets)
Colored and white people used different toilets
Segregation in restaurants
They couldn’t even eat in the same restaurants
Segregation in schools
Black and white kids
were educated
separatedly.
They could not attend the same schools.
Marches and demonstrations to end with racial discrimination and
segregation
School segregation was declared unconstitutional in
1957. Manny opposed to desegregation
Elizabeth Eckford and eight other African American students attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School. They were stopped at the door.
Army troops accompanied them for protection
Vivian Malone entering Foster Auditorium to register for classes at the University of Alabama
June 11, 1963.
Desegregation is the process to end racial discrimination
In the USA, desegregation started in the 1950s
Little by little, racial integration expanded
Barack Hussein Obama II
The first Afro-American president in the history of the USA
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