THE OLYMPICS

(Mexico-1968)

Black Power

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It was a sign in protest of Civil Rights in the U.S. It happened after the 22-meter race in these Olympics by the Afroamerican athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who were gold and bronze, once on the podium, raised their fists wearing a black glove while the national anthem was sounding. These actions were inspired by the psychologist Harry Edwars, who prompted athletes to boycott the Olympic Games.

The black glove represented the black power.

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We believe it was an act of bravery and courage by these athletes who even knowing that this would have serious consequences for their careers and lives, chose to continue the protest forward and so influenced, the society of the time and fought for the rights of black people.

Finally they and their families were threatened with death. The fact of defending something as basic as equality has these consequences is unthinkable today.

These were John Carlos words:

IF I WIN, I´M AMERICAN, NOT AFROAMERICAN, BUT IF I DO SOMETHING WRONG I´M BLACK.

WE ARE BLACK AND WE ARE PROUD OF IT.

BLACKAMERICA WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DID TONIGHT.

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Elena Vidal Nogales

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The kkk as shown in movies

THE KKK AS SHOWN IN MOVIES

The Ku Klux Klan over time has been shown in the movies , in these we can see how the people of the time accepted or rejected the Klan; so here we are going to teach different movies in which the kkk is represented as shows the relationship of the klan and the population then.

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In this film we can see how the kkk chasing the black population, and how the people were sold, battered and esponses to do forceds labours.

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In this film, we can see the racial prejudices that had the population, especially the people of the southern United States.

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In the plot of this film we see as supported white supremacy and its scenes the KKK is shown as a hero. This film is set in the war of succession and occurs in South Carolina.

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In this film shows not much to kkk , in it we can see how the population lived terrified because anyone of them could be burnt in the crosses with just get out of the parameters that dictated the klan .

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Set in the 30s, this film tells us about the value of friendship, but also teaches us how hard was the life for the womens of the time. In the movie we can see male chauvinism and racism of the population and even cannibalism still existed in those years.

                             

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The Andrew Show is a serie of videos issued since 2009 by the KKK in which two blond children about 9 and 10 years were talking about "their" views on issues related to race and religion to children of their age. The truth is that the videos can clearly notice how Andrew Pendergraft actually read some sort of sign or telepronter behind the camera.

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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:

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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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     Laura Charneco Jiménez

     Raquel Pavón Moreno

 

MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT, ROSE PARKS. -

We all know what Rosa Parks did and we all admire it, but, what made her do it?

Civil Rights differences and racial discrimination were the main reasons, as we gues you all know. There were huge difference among all the social classes.

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 In our opinion, not everybody would have done it because she faced her future. She knew that she would be taken to jail, so not everybody would accept lose part of his life to fight against majority's thoughts, she knews in advance that racists would hate her and think that what she just has done was such an unforgivable thing and people should not follow others with the same thinkings. She was taken to jail and everybody supported her wich made whis even a more polemic thing all over the world, sice black people is not just in America or Africa.

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African Americans, quickly, felt the enough power to battle against these injustices and they did. They did battled and won. They could reach (not at this moment, but they could reach some of the next equialities) the possibility to vote, to go to the same bathroom, to be at the same places as white people... It can be a nonsense, but it IS NOT. It meant almost a revolution and all the people who made this possible became idols and admired people. Rose Parks, obviously, is one os them. Her constant fight made her a woman who will be in everybody's mouth.

 

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THE TLATELOLCO MOVEMENT

The Tlatelolco movement ocurred in the place of "Las tres culturas" in Tlatelolco, Mexico. On 2 of October in 1968.

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There was a student strike demanding legal recognition for all his work. This caused a big number of people missing , wounded and dead,

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 In our opinion the student movement that wanted the recognition of the work done by students along their university years because it was the only way to get a chance of finding a job due to the lack of economic resources .

We can´t believe how bad it happened  this young people . They simply  fought for what they deserved  , for not mention the many confrontations  that had these people with their family.

We don´t know the exact number of wounded and dead people yet.

Unfortunelly , today happens more or less the same. How many people have studied for become  a doctor or a teacher and now they haven´t got money for feed their families?

However we can see corrupt politicians earnings thousands of euros a month. This give us a lot to think.

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