Civil rights by Lene Kristin Solsvik

Martin Luther King Jr

2018-01-03 07:30:39 UTC

1. In 2015 U.S.A (Presidential candidate) Donald Trump issued a proposal to build a wall along the Mexico-U.S. border.

2. The wall would extend along the 1,900 mile border and would prevent illegal goods and people from entering the U.S.

3. Analysts say that building a wall along the entire border is impossible since it parts of it contain rocky, uneven terrain.

4. It is meant to cut down the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs getting into the U.S

5. 57% of American people voted yes for the wall being built and 43% voted no.

6. Martin L. was a baptist minister.

7. Martin was born January 15th 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

8. Martin was assassinated in 1968 by a racist

9. Martin was awarded with the nobel peace price in 1964

10. Martin wrote the "I have a dream" speech, which is the most-quoted speech ever made.

Harriet Tubman

2018-01-03 07:31:00 UTC

1. Harriet Tubman was a black woman and was born in Maryland, US in 1822.

2. She was an afroamerican civil rights activist, and because of her work she was better known as Black Moses.

3. She was a slave and escaped from captivity with a revolver that she always carried.

4. Harriet Tubman was known for her work in the organization “underground railroad”, they helped several slaves escape from captivity.

5. It was promised a reward of $40,000 if someone caught her.

Nelson Mandela

2018-01-03 07:32:44 UTC

Rosa Parks

2018-01-03 07:33:01 UTC

1. Rosa Parks was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement.

2. The United States Congress called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".

3. She sat on the colored area on the bus, and a white man forced her to move, but she refused.

4. The reason why she didn't move was because she was tired of being treated like a oppressed citizen.

5. Rosa Parks died in 2005

6. A similar issue is the Mexicans in the USA

7. They are not allowed in the USA.

8. Donald Trump built a bigger wall between Mexico and the USA.

9. Trump claimed Mexico to pay for the wall.

10. Mexicans get the bad works in the USA.

Martin Luther King Jr.

2018-01-03 07:33:57 UTC

1. He was born on January 15, 1929 Atlantia Georgia, U.S.

2. He died on April 4, 1968 (aged 39)

3. He was an american baptist minister and an activist.

4. King became a civil rights activist early in his career.

5. On October 14, 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize

6. King recived a day in his honor, Martin Luther king Jr. day.

7. An issue today would be Trumps views on Muslims.

8. He banned people from Iran, Irak, syria, libya and Sudan from entering the US.

9. The travel ban doesn`t only affect muslims, also people from Chad, North Korea and Somalia.

Nelson Mandela

2018-01-03 07:39:51 UTC

1. He grew up in a village in the Transkei in South Africa
2. He sat in prison for 27 years, because he stood up against the government
3. He was the first black president of South-Africa, and got selected in 1994.
4. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, because of his work for his work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime.
5. He has been awarded with over a hundred prizes and achievements for his work.

Aung san suu kyi

2018-01-03 07:40:28 UTC

1.) Burmese politician, diplomat, author and winner of the nobel peace prize.
2.) Born 19th of June 1945, 72 years old
3.) She is the leader and one of the founders of the National league for democracy.
4.) Being one of the founders, the was put in housearrest by the military, from 1988 til 2010.
5.) She is also the State counsellor which is the same position as prime minister.

Desmond tutu

2018-01-03 07:40:29 UTC

1)He was the voice of the marginalized black population of south africa.
2) He was born in klerksdrop in 1931
3) Tutu was awarded with nobel Peace prize in 1984
4) he was for non-voilence unlike nelson mandela.
5) He fought for a common national education system.

Free speech at universities under pressure
1) some belive that people who speak of controversial topics sould be banned from speaking
2) some belive there sould be a speech code on campus, restricting what people can say and not say.
3) Some belive Micro aggressions sould be punished just as hard as violent crime.

Mahatma Gandhi

2018-01-03 07:53:57 UTC

1) Born 2. october.1869
2) Died 30. januar. 1948 (78 år)
3) He arrangeded protests for the country.
4) Wanted independence from the british rule.
5) inspired other movements.

2018-01-03 07:55:22 UTC

olitics of freedom and equality

Muslim issue

2018-01-03 08:00:46 UTC

1. Donald Trump don't want muslims to immigrate
2. Stats shows that 47% wants to ban all Muslim immingration
3. Stats also shows that 6% wants to only ban immigration from so called "high risk" countries
4. One of the reasons why Donald Trump wants to ban Muslim immigration is because people are affraid of terror attacks.
5. The ban is currently not active, but if it will be in the near future the following six countries: chad, Iran, Libyia, Somalia, Syria and Yemen will be refused to enter the United States.

Poverty

2018-01-03 08:03:23 UTC

1. Black people in the US suffer from poverty way more than white people (27% compared to 10%)

2. Child poverty is even higher

3. 12% of white children suffer from poverty, but the statistics of black children is as much as 45%

4. This current issue is improving, and the poverty rate has decreased with a couple of percent for three years

5. People under 18 years are the ones who suffer the most from this issue

Transgender rights in the military

2018-01-03 08:15:43 UTC

1) Trump wants to ban transgender people from serving in the militatry.
2) They view being transgender as a mental illness, and have higher rates of suicide.
3) Hormone treatments and surgeries are too expensive for the military, and can affect how well they do.
4) This is offensive to the transgender people who are currently serving or have served.
5) It's estimated that there are between 1320 and 6630 transgender people in active service duty