Shutdown Assignment May 26, 2020 - May 29, 2020
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May 26, 2020 - May 29, 2020
May 26, 2020 - May 29, 2020
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The question I have had is: "Are these assignments mandatory?" Technically, no. However, the learning here is, in the bigger picture, required for you to be a functional adult who is aware of his/her own history. Make of that what you will.
Read to the end, please:
As the 1960's began, five years after the monumental Warren Court decision in "Brown v. Topeka Board of Education" which declared that "separate but equal is not equal." America was convulsing within as society struggled to rid itself of the last vestiges of "Jim Crow". People of Color in the American south were still victimized by both the legal system and extra-legal forces like the KKK. Even people of white descent who went into the south could and would be targeted with violence for their efforts to advance the notion of "civil rights". Even among People of Color, there was disagreement about how to proceed. For instance; Martin Luther King advocated an extension of Gandhi's principles of "non-violence" as a means of advocating for equality (think Rosa Parks' refusal to sit in the back of the bus, or, the "sit ins" at the lunch counters in the segregated south.) Other voices, like those of Malcolm X, favored a more militant response. Malcolm X said that People of Color should demand and acquire their equality "by any means necessary."
An event that horrified Americans of all types was the kidnapping and murder of a young boy named Emmit Till. Emmit, all of eleven years old, was kidnapped, beaten to death, and thrown in a river all because he supposedly whistled and complimented a middle aged white female. In the ensuing show trial of Till's murderers, a horrified country saw the rule of law made a mockery of as Till's murderers were declared innocent and let go. A movie, made in the 1990's entitled "Mississippi Burning" detailed the true story murder of two young white men from up north who, along with an African American colleague, were murdered by the KKK as they attempted to get black folks in southern MS registered to vote. Please watch the following videos (ESPECIALLY the Emmit Till video):
How the 14th Amendment is the cornerstone of Civil Liberties
History of Lynchings in Jim Crow Era
Lynching in America
Mississippi Burning Video - True Story
Emmit Till Video - 1 hour
Virtual Debate between MLK and Malcolm X
MLK: Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Hip Hughes: Civil RIghts Movement
Crash Course: Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights Response:
You have your choice. Pick One.
1. Whose ideas about how to achieve equality do you agree with: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., or, Malcolm X. Why?
2. Why do you think the circumstances surrounding the Emmit Till case "shocked America's conscience"?
3. Watch either the movie "Mississippi Burning", or, the movie "Hidden Figures" and write a reaction detailing your perceptions of how the events in either movie furthered the cause of Civil Rights in America. I'd recommend watching them both, as I think you will find them interesting.
The question I have had is: "Are these assignments mandatory?" Technically, no. However, the learning here is, in the bigger picture, required for you to be a functional adult who is aware of his/her own history. Make of that what you will.
Read to the end, please:
As the 1960's began, five years after the monumental Warren Court decision in "Brown v. Topeka Board of Education" which declared that "separate but equal is not equal." America was convulsing within as society struggled to rid itself of the last vestiges of "Jim Crow". People of Color in the American south were still victimized by both the legal system and extra-legal forces like the KKK. Even people of white descent who went into the south could and would be targeted with violence for their efforts to advance the notion of "civil rights". Even among People of Color, there was disagreement about how to proceed. For instance; Martin Luther King advocated an extension of Gandhi's principles of "non-violence" as a means of advocating for equality (think Rosa Parks' refusal to sit in the back of the bus, or, the "sit ins" at the lunch counters in the segregated south.) Other voices, like those of Malcolm X, favored a more militant response. Malcolm X said that People of Color should demand and acquire their equality "by any means necessary."
An event that horrified Americans of all types was the kidnapping and murder of a young boy named Emmit Till. Emmit, all of eleven years old, was kidnapped, beaten to death, and thrown in a river all because he supposedly whistled and complimented a middle aged white female. In the ensuing show trial of Till's murderers, a horrified country saw the rule of law made a mockery of as Till's murderers were declared innocent and let go. A movie, made in the 1990's entitled "Mississippi Burning" detailed the true story murder of two young white men from up north who, along with an African American colleague, were murdered by the KKK as they attempted to get black folks in southern MS registered to vote. Please watch the following videos (ESPECIALLY the Emmit Till video):
How the 14th Amendment is the cornerstone of Civil Liberties
History of Lynchings in Jim Crow Era
Lynching in America
Mississippi Burning Video - True Story
Emmit Till Video - 1 hour
Virtual Debate between MLK and Malcolm X
MLK: Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Hip Hughes: Civil RIghts Movement
Crash Course: Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights Response:
You have your choice. Pick One.
1. Whose ideas about how to achieve equality do you agree with: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., or, Malcolm X. Why?
2. Why do you think the circumstances surrounding the Emmit Till case "shocked America's conscience"?
3. Watch either the movie "Mississippi Burning", or, the movie "Hidden Figures" and write a reaction detailing your perceptions of how the events in either movie furthered the cause of Civil Rights in America. I'd recommend watching them both, as I think you will find them interesting.
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