Segregation
by Cathy Steyer
1. The Jim Crow laws: from 1876 to 1964
2. When ?
3. Who ?
3.1. Famous figures of the Civil Rights
3.1.1. Martin Luther King
3.1.2. Malcolm X
3.1.2.1. The Black Panthers
3.1.3. Rosa Parks
3.1.3.1. The Free Riders
3.1.4. Elizabeth Eckford
3.1.4.1. The Little Rock Nine
3.1.5. Ruby Bridges
4. Dates
4.1. 1955
4.1.1. Montgomery bus boycott
4.2. 1957
4.2.1. Elizabeth Eckford: first black teenager to attend an all-white highschool
4.3. 1960
4.3.1. Ruby Bridges : first kid to attend an all-white elementary school
4.4. 1960
4.4.1. Greensboro sit-ins
4.5. 1963
4.5.1. MLK 's speech 'I have a dream'
4.6. 1964
4.6.1. Racial segregation declared unconstitutionnal by the Supreme Court
4.7. 2008
4.7.1. Barack Obama, first black president of the United States
5. Where ?
5.1. USA, southern states
5.1.1. Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas ...
6. What ?
6.1. The Jim Crow laws : black and white citizens were separated in public areas
6.2. Public facilities could not be shared: schools, transports, restaurants, theatres and even churches
7. Verbs :
7.1. To fight for your rights /to struggle
7.2. to demonstrate/ to march
7.3. to boycott
7.4. to discriminate
7.5. to put on an equal footing
7.6. to resist
8. Nouns:
8.1. a demonstration / a march
8.2. a fight/ a struggle
8.3. segregation/ separation
8.3.1. desegregation