Devoir de Philosophie

anglais

Publié le 10/04/2013

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Sujet 1 : Hello, I'm an historian and I'm going to explain you the evolution of the Afro-American community. To begin, the Blacks came to America bec. They were brought as slaves. They were shipped in appalling conditions. The whites sent them on plantations. On plantations the blacks cultivated tobacco, sugar cane and cotton. They thought that they were only able to work on plantations. They considered them as animals. In 1865 with the 13th amendment, it was an important day: Lincoln decided the abolition of slavery. Even if there was this decision the segregation towards the blacks grown, particularly in the South. In the 50's and 60's the black community aimed by MLK, asked for the equality of civil rights by using march, demonstrations with no violence... In 1963 during the march of Washington in front of Lincoln memorial, many people meet for these ideas. MLK delivered his famous speech. All these conflicts will see being also born of movements like the Black Panthers, turning away from the ideas of MLK. Thanks to him, there was the end of segregation in 1964. The mentalities have changed. The blacks had still hope with the election of Barak O...

« wor k and w hen t hey wan t to ren t.

T he b lack commu n i t y is crossed of slave ry to segrega t ion.

T he segrega t ion is p resen t a t school, i n t he bus, i n pubs… The b lacks a re i n to m ise ry, h u m i l ia ted, v ic t i ms of l ynch i ng, te r ro r ized by r acist bands w i t h t he b lack pan t he rs led by M a lcolm X.

For examp le Char les M a nson.

Th is man is a ser ia l k i l ler.

He had crea ted a cul t cal led “ T he Fam i l y”.

He comm i ts mu rde rs to ma ke accuse t he b lacks.

Because of t h is k i nd of person we a re h u m i l ia ted, w rongly-accused… We mus t stop t h is si t ua t ion! We mus t cla i m t he end of segrega t ion, and t he same r ig h ts as t he Wh i tes.

Le t us keep hope.

We m us t be opt i m is t ic, no th i ng is lost.

I need you.

T han k you everybody to l is ten me.

Good Bye! Sujet 3 : He l lo everybody! I’ m going to te l l you abou t M L K.

You k now t ha t he is dead, he has been assassina ted.

I t’s ho r r ib le news.

M L K was a pastor.

He was a good ci t izen.

He fough t agai ns t segregat ion.

He wan ted t ha t al l b lacks had t he same r ig h ts as t he w h i tes.

He led t he Civ i l Righ ts Movemen t, a b lack non v iolen t movemen t defend i ng t he r ig h ts of t h is commu n i ty.

I n 1963, t he re was a ma rch i n Wash i ng ton on L i ncoln memo r ia l.

T he re we re black and w h i te suppo r te rs w ho clai med t he end of segrega t ion.

M L K del ive red a speech.

He said t ha t i t wou ld be t he g rea test demonst ra t ion fo r f reedom i n t he h is to ry on t he na t ion.

I n t he begin n i ng he was pessim is t ic.

He refered to t he emancipa t ion p roclama t ion.

He expla i ns t ha t t he re were m i l l ions of slaves w ho were i n capt i v i ty.

He said t ha t t he blacks suffe red of segregat ion.

Neve r t he less, on t he end of h is speech he was en t h usiast ic and opt i m is t ic bec.

He t a l ked abou t t he fu t u re and repea ted slogans as “ I have a d ream” “ F ree a t last!” … Than ks to M L K , i t was t he end of segregat ion i n 1964, t he men ta l i t ies had changed, t hey had moved.

T he Af ro A me r ican commu n i t y is mo re and mo re p resen t i n t he cul t u re of A me r ica.

Even i f t he l i v i ng standa rd is ve ry lower t han t he l i v i ng standa rd of t he w h i tes, mo re and mo re blacks ach ieve post of f ices of responsib i l i ty.

Even i f t he re was a changemen t, actua l l y t he re is st i l l. »

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