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Our fellow man

Delve into US historical events, civil rights movements, Afro-American writers, and contemporary racism issues through texts, videos, and discussions. Explore poetry as a tool for expressing and combating racism. Engage in interactive learning activities to deepen understanding and inspire creative expression.

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Our fellow man

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  1. Our fellow man • Make parallels • Report historical facts through written, iconographic and oral documents • Introduce American writers and study a text • Create an atmosphere to talk about an experience • Analyze a poem, write and declaim your own poems

  2. Historical facts US map for help • 1619: First slaves taken to North America • 1776: Declaration of Independence • 1789: the American Constitution Click here • 1830’s: creation of the character of Jim Crow • 1861-1865: American Civil War or Secession War • 1863: Emancipation Proclamation • 1866: creation of the Ku Klux Klan • 1865-77: Reconstruction (13th, 14th, 15th Amendments) Click here • 1898: legalization of Jim Crow Laws (Click on picture) • 1950-60’s: Civil Rights Movement

  3. Fighting Jim Crow Laws Matching exercise Listen to testimonies of the Jim Crow era and complete your file Click here

  4. Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves Blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Pastoral scene of the gallant south The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth The scent of magnolia sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning flesh Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck for the rain to gather for the wind to suck for the sun to rot for the tree to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop • Composed by Abel Meeropol (aka Lewis Allan) videoclip

  5. Black leaders • Frederick Douglass (1818-1885) • Juliann Jane Tillman • Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) • W.E.B. Dubois (1868-1963) • Rosa Parks (1913-2005) • Martin Luther King (1929-1968) • Malcom X (1925-1965) Choose your partner and your leader, make research and present him / her to the class

  6. The Civil Rights Movement • 1954-55: Segregation in public schools outlawed • 1955: The Montgomery, Al. bus boycott • 1963:The March on Washington Listen to MLK's speech • 1964: Civil Rights Act • 1960’s: Beginning of Affirmative Action

  7. Afro-American writers • Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) • Langston Hugues (1902-1967) • Click on his picture • Richard Wright (1908-1960) • James Baldwin (1924-1987) • Maya Angelou (1928- ) • Toni Morrisson (1931- ) • Alice Walker (1944- ) • Click on her picture • Angela Davis (1944- ) Now listen to poems and get some inspiration to create and declaim your own poem Click here

  8. Racism today • Testimonies of racism today click on the picture to listen to "You are not an American", an extract from American Chica by Marie Arana Racism seen from the outside Listen to The Color of Water, an extract from the novel by James McBride How to fight racism today • Listen to Carl Van Horn’s point of view and complete the script of his interview • Learn about poetry against racism and poetry contests

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