And Now ...

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from the Civil Rights to the 21st century

And now ...

This man is Abraham Lincoln. He was born in 1809 and he died in 1865, he was assassinated.He was the 16th President of the USA. (1861-1865). He brought emancipation to the slaves = he abolished slavery in 1864. It is the 13th amendment, In Congress, it was passes by the Senate in 1864 and by the House in 1865. Abraham Lincoln is known as Honest Abe (= short for Abraham) or as the Great Emancipator

Afro-American history

Timeline

Mr Brainwash's mural

• Can you identify them ?
• What do you know about them ?
• What connects them ?
• Click on the different character to know who they refer to .

activity 1

Match the 2 parts of the sentence.

Guess what is written on the mural

let's remember ...

A little more about the vocabulary

More about the 44th US President

Click and read his bio

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How well do you remember ?

After hope ...anger and sadness

the growth

nationwide protests

era

america's race crisis

Many people thought Obama's presidency would open a new of race relations. But Today, racial tensions are higher than ever, with and of a new civil rights movement. : BLACK LIVES MATTER

Learn more about this movement

stop the recording after the text in red.

d'après n° 291- I love English World p.12-13

New form of segregation ?

New form of segregation ?

Stats : LIFE

Stats : JUSTICE

The super star who brought Black power to the Super Bowl

Song of protest. Beyoncé

click on the T-shirt

Thanks!

N.Rockwell, New Kids in the Neighbourhood, 1967

by Mrs Allègre and Guédès ac-clermont