US AP Calendar

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

11.10.1 - African Americans Fight for Civil Rights from 1930s-40s

Explain how demands of African Americans helped produce a stimulus for civil rights, including President Roosevelt's ban on racial discrimination in defense industries in 1941, and how African Americans' service in World War II produced a stimulus for President Truman's decision to end segregation in the armed forces in 1948.

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Anonymous said...

The Right To Dream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OEKug3xGgo

The video from youtube uses actors as readers. The actors describe the trails and tribulations that African Americans had to go through to get treated with equality. Poetry is also used in the sense of imagery, to picture and feel yourslef in an african americans shoes in troubled times.

Chris Robinson Per.1