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1、African American,Whats your impression of the African American?,African American,SlaveryCivil Rights Movement,How can we call those black people?,Black,African American,黑人牙膏 Darkie,In 1985,an American company bought this toothpaste company and changed its name.,Darlie,disrespectful,History of Slaver
2、y,Why did the African Americans became slaves?,Main reason:The discovery of the new sea route and the industrial revolution 新航路的开辟和工业革命的兴起,History of Slavery,Industrial Revolution(18th century),the great discoveries of geography(15th17th century),Plantation 种植园,Plantation 种植园,need labor,have cheap s
3、trong labor,sick,industrial goods,slaves,crops,The Triangular Trade,Conditons of the Slaves,Smashed together:save spaceShackled to the groundWere given what they needed for surviveMany slaves even tried to kill themselves,slavery was outlawed everywhere in the nation,1862,The Emancipation Proclamati
4、on 解放奴隶宣言,The policy hadnt been carried out thoroughly,Civil War,African-American Civil Rights Movement,?,Lets Guess,He is the leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.He made a famous speech named I Have A Dream.,Who is he?,Martin Luther King,Jr.,Kings main achievement was to secure pro
5、gress on civil rights in the United States.,Civil Rights Movement,19551968,Black people didnt have the same social position as the white people.They had been looked down upon.,Black people in some southern states didnt have the rights to vote.,Two Main Events,Montgomery Bus Boycott,On December 1st 1
6、955Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white passenger.arrested demand a more humane bus transportation system Martin Luther King,Jr lasted for 381 days The local ordinance segregating African-Americans and whites on public buses was lifted.,Whats your dream?,August 28th 1963,a Civil Rights
7、 March was held on Washington,marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.Nearly 200,000 to 300,000 people took part in it.,Meaningful civil rights lawsA massive federal works programFull and fair employmentDecent housingThe right to voteAdequate integrated education,six official goals:,The March,and especially Kings speech,helped put civil rights at the very top of the liberal political agenda in the United States,Barack Obama,the 44th and current President of the United States the first African American presidenttook place on January 20,2009 the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize,