Forrest Gump “ and Civil Rights in the USA

There are a lot of films which tell us about Civil Rights' History in United States but there's one film that highlights because of creativity to express the facts. The most highlighted themes, which we can analyze, are:

Love

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-Forrest , in love with Jenny, defends her against different men with whom she went out, thinking

they were mistreating her, and he was right.

-Jenny had run away several times from Forrest, confused by her feelings. One day, Forrest dares to ask her to marry, but she believes it would be very risky because they could end their friendship of many years.

-That day, Jenny gets pregnant. The baby was Forest's. She couldn't stand being without Forrest and therefore, we believe that she carried away a bit of him with her.Years later, Forrest was telling the story of his life to an interested elderly woman on a bench. He was waiting for the bus because he received a letter from Jenny where she said that he visited her. Forrest was told that they had had a child and she had a serious illness that couldn't be cured. Days later, Jenny died and Forrest devoted his life to his child's education . In addition, he never abandoned Jenny, he would visit her in the cemetery to narrate his exploits.

Loyalty and bravery

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In the Vietnam War , Forrest's Lt. was injured on the battlefield. Its principles say that he would rather die than live disabled. Despite its continuing insults to Forrest, he did not leave him alone and carried him with the rest of their companions who had been rescued. Although his legs were amputated, and he hated Forrest because of what happened, Forrest helped him how to live with it.

And finally, you will be able to appreciate our choice of funny and sad scenes:

-Forrest on the March on Washington.

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-Bubba's death.

-Forrest mum's death.

-Jenny's death.

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THE LITTLE ROCK CRISIS

 à Students who entered in a white school.

The nine students were Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray, Terrance Roberts, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Jefferson Thomas, Melba Patillo and Carlotta Walls. These students became known as the Little Rock Nine. We are going to talk about Elizabeth, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray, Ernest Green and Carlotta Walls.

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- Elizabeth Eckford was born in October 4. She was a US citizen icon of anti-racist struggle in the United States. She was one of the African American students in the Little Rock Nine.

- Minnijean Brown was born in September in 11, 1941. She was one of the African American students in the Litlle Rock Nine.

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- Gloria Ray was born in September 26, 1942. She was one of the Little Rock. She was 15 when she attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School. In 1965, she graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1965 with a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Mathematics.

- Ernest Green was born in September 22, 1941. He was one of the Little Rock Nine. Green was the first African-American to graduate from the school in 1958.

-  Carlotta Walls was born in December 18, 1942.  She was the youngest of the Little Rock Nine. She was the first black female to graduate from Central High School.

à  Subsequent victory

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Thanks to the Little Rock Nine, it became possible the idea of remove the segregation. The racial segregation had been disappearing since the 50s. In 1964, had taken a giant step with the approval of the Civil Rights Act.

In 1968, the Supreme Court of the United States declared unconstitutional all forms of racial segregation, and in 1999,  the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton.

The role of the church in the civil rihgt movements

The role of the church in the civil rihgts movements

The movement for civil rights in the United States was a long and non-violent struggle to extend full access to civil rights and equality before the law to groups such as blacks. They have been numerous movements in favour of other groups in the United States to end discrimination against African Americans and ending racial segregation, especially in the southern United States.

This period begins with the Montgomery bus boycott and ends with the assassination of Martin Luther King, although the movement for civil rights in the United States are still in many ways up to our days.

Seems admirable attitude and the position that these people took. Which did not surrender to get what they wanted: the equality between humans no matter what color, race or religion. A round of applause for all those brave people who not imported you   put your life in danger for others.

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By: Eva Charneco Jiménez

     Laura Charneco Jiménez

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