Segregation in the USA

What was segregation ?

Look at this picture :

  • What can you see ?

  • What do you understand ?

  • Can you formulate a definition of segregation ?

Pictures of segregation in the USA

Choose one of these images :

  • Present it (find the date, place, event by looking searching it on the internet (Google reversed image search)

  • Describe it in details

  • Suggest some points of analysis through the symbolic of images

  • Give your opinion

Have a look at these two personalities who fought against Segregation

Write a little text about the life of the personality of your choice

Rosa Parks

Martin Luther King Jr.

"I have a dream"

This historical speech was pronounced by Martin Luther King Jt on August, 28th 1963 on the stairs of the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, DC

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Some artists denounced and illustrated segregation.

Let's analyse these paintings

The Problem we all live with, by Norman Rockwell, 1963

New Kids in the Neighborhood, by Norman Rockwell, 1967

This is a map to understand why the speech was pronounced at this exact place

Try to find the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial on this map.

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The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Washington DC

Make a commentary of this monument :

  • Present it

  • Describe it precisely by giving as many details as possible

  • Analyse the symbolic of the sculpture

  • Give your opinion and conclude


This memorial was created by Lei Yxin and it was inaugurated by President Barack Obama in 2011.

Conclusion : ... Today?

Present, describe, analyse and comment this Twit from November 8th 2020