https://padlet.com/pieraertswilliam/cgnvdocbj5pqlk20 What's happens when people from different age, sex, race, culture meet ? What do they feel ? How do they manage the relationship ? en-us 2020-11-14 15:15:57 UTC 2020-11-15 11:22:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1ec-1f1e7.png pieraertswilliam https://padlet.com/pieraertswilliam/cgnvdocbj5pqlk20/wish/922832727 Norman Rockwell - Painting - 1964

The painting describe a scene which takes place during the New Orleans school desegregation and show a black little girl (Ruby Bridges) going to school escorting by 4 US Marshall

This work reveals the difficulty of desegragation on the side of the young girl who is proud but also afraid to go to school with a police escort, and on the side of the people who are angry and protest against the school racial mix.]]> 2020-11-14 15:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/pieraertswilliam/cgnvdocbj5pqlk20/wish/922832727 pieraertswilliam https://padlet.com/pieraertswilliam/cgnvdocbj5pqlk20/wish/922847616 Richard Wright - Autobiographic book – 1945

The author details his poor and difficult youth in the south of United States in te beginning oh the 20th century.

The author denounces the violence and injustice of whites against balcks during segregation and his fight for equality. He doesn't violently confront white people in return but uses wisdom,calm and intelligence to talk to them.]]> 2020-11-14 15:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/pieraertswilliam/cgnvdocbj5pqlk20/wish/922847616 pieraertswilliam https://padlet.com/pieraertswilliam/cgnvdocbj5pqlk20/wish/922851698 Kathryn Stockett - Drama novel - 2009

The novel takes place in the early 1960's in Jackson, Mississipi and tell the story of 3 women : 2 black maids (Aibileen and Minny) and a young white woman (Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan). Skeeter is back home after studying and wants to find the black maid who raised her. She gives the maids a voice in a testimony book where they can explain their lives.

By Learning to know eachother, Skeeter and the maids develops an friendship which is not the way at this time. They defy the prohibitions and work together in order to improve things.

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The movie tells the true story of  the union of the President of South Africa (Nelson Mandela) ans the captain of the Rugby team (François Pienaar) in order to win the 1995 rugby  championship and so unite the country still divided after the apartheid.

The film shows the willingness of these 2 men to erase the differences beetween whites ans blacks and unite them through the sport spirit


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This speech has been pronounced on the 28th of august 1963 in Washington.
Martin Luther  King asks for the same rights beetween white and black people and dreams about a life without any differences due to the race ("I have a dream that my four children will one day live in anation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character").
This speech contributed to the adoption of the 1964/65 anti segregation laws.

Martin Luther king used this powerful speech and his talent as an orator in order to end racism. He his passioned by this fight.

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