Racism, prejudice, discrimination and Jim Crow laws
What is Jim Crow, and where was it used?
Jim Crow was a racial system which was used in southern states in America.
Translate these words: Huge, Thirsty, Disgusting and Cinema
Huge: stor
Thirsty: Tørstig
Disgusting: Klam
Cinema: Biograf
What did Martin Luther King Jr. fight for?
He fought for racial equality, the blacks rights and freedom.
Why was the three boys killed in Mississippi in 1964:
Use term: freedom fighters
Because two of the boys was freedom fighters and the last boy was a black man, and the freedom fighters wanted to save him.
Why did a white american color his skin black in the story feeling black?
To see and feel the race problem from the other side.
What context are the term racism used in?
Use term - somehow purer
Racism might refer to the idea a single race is somehow purer than other races.
Translate these words: skin, journeys, soda fountain, policy
Skin: Hud
Journeys: Rejser
Soda fountain: Sodavandsmaskine
Policy: Politik
What did Martin Luther king explain in his book?
Use term: non-violence.
He explained his views on non-violence.
What took place in 2008 in United states of America?
Barack Obama was elected President, as the first black man in United States history.
How many was there, when Martin Luther King hold his "I have a dream" speech?
There was hundreds of thousands
Explain one of Jim Crow laws examples Restaurants, Intermarriage, Parks, education or burial.
Use term: Colored races
Exempel Education: Separate schools for the children of the white and colored races.
Translate these words: overheard, alley, community, refuse, and illegal
Overheard: Overhørt
Alley: Gyden
Community: Lokalsamfund
Refuse: Nægter
Illegal: Ulovlig
When and who killed Martin Luther King?
Use terms: balcony.
On 4th April 1968 was shot and killed as he stood on the balcony of the motel.
It was James Earl Ray who killed Martin Luther King.
What was The Civil Rights Movement?
Use term: Colored Americans
The Civil Rights Movement was a movement there fought for racial equality for colored Americans.
What illegal thing did Bev do in the story “colored people weren’t allowed to walk through it”?
Use term: fountain and sips
She took a sip from the “white only” water fountain. It was illegal because she was black.
Explain the terms; Prejudice and discrimination.
Use term - Attitude, Dislike, Influence and Behavior
Prejudice is the attitude, usually of dislike, that we have toward certain people. Our prejudices often influence our behavior.
Discrimination is when you discriminate someone.
Translate these words: Caucasian, Harmed, prohibited, Mongrel and Equals
Caucasian: Hvide
Harmed: Skadet
Prohibited: Forbudt
Mongrel: Horeunge
Equals: Ligeværdige
Why was Rosa Parks arrested?
Use terms: Refused.
When Rosa Parks was asked to move to let a white bus rider be seated Mrs. Parks refused. She did not argue and she did not move. The police were called and Mrs. Parks was arrested. Mrs. Parks was not the first African-American to be arrested for this “crime”
Mention one of the things The Civil Right Movement changed in the South?
Use term: relations
They stopped legal racism in the American South and forever changed relations between black and whites.
Which approach had Kennedy in proportion to blacks rights? Explain? ( documentary )
He worked on some rules for the benefit for colored people in the south. But it was Johnson who took over and accomplished them.
What was the Jim Crow system based on?
Use term: superior, Sexual relations,
The Jim Crow system was based on the belief that whites were superior to blacks in all important ways, such as: intelligence and behavior. Sexual relations between blacks and whites would produce a mongrel race which would destroy America.
Translate these words: on cue, fans, hitchhikers, engulfed and mischievous
On cue: Noget som er tilfældigt men synes planlagt
Fans: Ventilator
Hitchhikers: Blaffere
Engulfed: Opslugte
Mischievous: Drilagtige
Why was there a bus boycott?
Use terms: Arranged, boycott, protest.
Martin Luther King and other leaders felt a protest was needed. Dr. King told the crowd that the only way they could fight back would be to boycott the bus company. The black people didn’t take the bus, they walked and some arranged car rides for friends and strangers.
When and where hold Martin Luther King is famous speech? And what was the name of the speech?
Use term: Speech
It was in Washington in 1963 he hold the famous speech " I have a dream"
What was the rules at a restaurant in Alabama?
Use term:Solid partition, effectually separated
White and blacks was effectually separated by a solid partition. It was illegal to serve a black and a white in the same room. In some places there was separate entrance.