Civil Rights Movement/Black Lives Matter

With the election of Barack Obama as the first Black president in 2008, Americans thought racism was a thing of the past. Some incidents have proven that it's still different to be black even in multicultural cities like Philadelphia or Harvard.

Racism isn't getting worse, it's getting filmed.
Will Smith

Task

1. Watch the documentary.
2. Search the internet for:
   1. Trayvon Martin
   2. Henry Louis Gates^(English)
3. What do you say about slogans like "Blue Lives matter" or "All Lives matter"? Write down your thoughts (about 80 words).

Interactives Exercises

Word Families

Find words of the same Word Families. Take care of the forms!

SEGREGATE		Segregation|segregation() of African Americans and white Americansseems to be a thing of the past.
AFRICA		But even today African()-Americans are frowned upon when entering richer neighborhoods.
COURAGEOUS		Many Blacks didn't have the courage() to fight.
RELATED		Many have a badrelationship() with the police.
ADOPTION		The movement adopted() new methods to raise awareness.
REFUSAL		Today many blacks refuse() to see this as god-given and fight against it.

segregation() of African Americans and white Americansseems to be a thing of the past. AFRICA  But even today African()-Americans are frowned upon when entering richer neighborhoods. COURAGEOUS  Many Blacks didn't have the courage() to fight. RELATED  Many have a badrelationship() with the police. ADOPTION  The movement adopted() new methods to raise awareness. REFUSAL  Today many blacks refuse() to see this as god-given and fight against it.

Civil Rights Movement

1. Slavery and civil war
2. Segregation
3. Montgomery Bus Boycott
4. Martin Luther King
5. Malcolm X & Black Power
6. Black Lives Matter
7. What if …?

Weblinks

• Black Lives Matter^(English)
• blacklivesmatter.com/
• There are two Americas. In one, you can get arrested for sitting in a Starbucks. (Washington Post, 17.04.2018)