African American

Civil RightsETRC presentation

February 2013Instructor: Rafel Naseer, ELF, Balti

 civ·il-rights

   Of or relating to a political movement, especially during the 1950s and 1960s, devoted to securing equal opportunity and treatment for members of minority groups.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable

rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of

happiness”

Soldiers Returning

From 2nd War 1948 Armed

Forces Discriminatio

n Banned

Brown V. Board of

Education1954

Emmett Till Murder 1955 Jet Magazine

Montgomery Bus Boycott began after the arrest of Rosa Parks

1955

First student sit-ins at

lunch counters

1960

Soldiers Returning

From 2nd War 1948 Armed

Forces Discriminatio

n Banned

Brown V. Board of

Education1954

Emmett Till Murder 1955 Jet Magazine

Montgomery Bus Boycott began after the arrest of Rosa Parks

1955

First student sit-ins at

lunch counters

1960

Soldiers Returning From 2nd War 1948

Armed Forces

Discrimination

Banned

Brown V. Board of Educatio

n1954

Emmett Till

Murder 1955 Jet Magazin

e

Montgomery Bus Boycott began

after the arrest of

Rosa Parks 1955

First student sit-ins at

lunch counters

1960

Soldiers Returning From 2nd War 1948

Armed Forces

Discrimination

Banned

Brown V. Board of Educatio

n1954

Emmett Till

Murder 1955 Jet Magazin

e

Montgomery Bus

Boycott began

after the arrest of

Rosa Parks 1955

First student sit-ins at

lunch counters

1960

Soldiers Returning From 2nd War 1948

Armed Forces

Discrimination

Banned

Brown V. Board

of Educati

on1954

Emmett Till

Murder 1955 Jet Magazin

e

Montgomery Bus

Boycott began

after the arrest of

Rosa Parks 1955

First student sit-ins at

lunch counters

1960

March on

Washington “I

Have a Dream” speech

Kennedy Assassin

ated 1963

US Begins Involvement in Vietna

m

Malcolm X Assassinat

ed in Harlem

1965

Voting Rights Act Passed

Most effective of

all Civil Rights

Legislation1965

Martin Luther King & Robert

Kennedy Assassinated

March on Washington “I Have a Dream” speech

Kennedy Assassinated

1963

US Begins Involvement in Vietnam

Malcolm X Assassinated

in Harlem1965

Voting Rights Act Passed

Most effective of

all Civil Rights

Legislation1965

Martin Luther King

& Robert Kennedy

Assassinated

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

August 28,1963

•I have a Dream

Greatness in Speeches • Emphasize phrases by repeating at

the beginning of sentences• Repeat key “theme” words

throughout speech• Utilize appropriate quotations or

allusions• Use specific examples to “ground”

your arguments• Use metaphors to highlight

contrasting concepts

Literary Devices Used• Figurative Language- Writing or speech that is not

meant to be taken literally • Metaphor: Something in a literary work

described as though it were something else• Personification: When a non-human subject is

given human characteristics• Symbol: Anything in literature that stands for or

represents something else• Allusion: A brief, usually indirect reference to a

person, place, or event--real or fictional

Oratory Devices• Oratory- The rationale and practice of persuasive

public speaking• Refrain: A regularly repeated line or group of lines

in a poem or song• Dramatic pause: An intentional pause in delivery

in order to build suspense or magnify the importance of a point

• Hyperbole: exaggeration used for emphasis or dramatic effect

• Anaphora: A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Allusions• The Bible

• Declaration of Independence

• Emaciation Proclamation

Biblical • It came as a joyous daybreak to end the

long night of their captivity.” [paragraph 2] alludes to Psalms 30:5 “For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.“

• Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” [paragraph 8]

Declaration of Independence

• “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” [and the rest of paragraph 4] is a reference to the United States Declaration of Independence

Emaciation Proclamation

Five score years ago…” [paragraph 2] refers to Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address speech which began “Four score and seven years ago…” This allusion is particularly poignant given that King was speaking in front of the Lincoln Memorial

Most Often Repeated Words

• freedom (20 times)• we (30 times), • our (17 times), • you (8 times)• nation (10 times), • America (5 times),• American (4 times)• justice (8 times) and injustice (3 times)• dream (11 times)

Assinated 1963

Vietnam

Civil Rights

Miles Davis

First 10 AmendmentsBill of Rights

• 1St Freedom of Speech, Religion• 2nd Right to own and Carry weapons• 4th Unreasonable Search and Seizure• 5th Self Incrimination

• 6th Trial by Jury• 8th Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Union vs. Confederate 1861-1865

Events that led up to the US Civil War

• 1. The Mexican War Ended – 1848 (Popular Sovereignty)

• 2. Uncle Tom's Cabin Was Released (showed evils of Slavery)

• 3. Slavery

Emancipation Proclamation

• The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War under his war powers. It proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves

Gettysburg Address • Four score and seven years ago

our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, 1863