Unit 3: Black lIves Matter (Tle G6_gr2)

The Fight for Social Justice

The document under study is a video of the testimonies of former Civil Rights activists / veterans of the Civil Rights. We can hear 3 people who took part in the movement, one of which was a reporter who took pictures of the event at the time and a teacher who teaches in the University these students used to go. At the time, these activists were all students.

The organized a sit-in in a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Jackson, Mississippi, 1963. They wanted to put an end to racial segregation in restaurants. It is interesting to note that there were also white people who took part in the fight for social justice.

Their strategy was to go to a five and dime lunch counter, sit at the counter reserved for white customers and ask to be served politely and peacefully. The goal of this strategy was to highlight the absurdity of segregation and make people aware that everyone should be treated equally despite their skin color.

(We will continue the study of the video next time. Be ready!)

Homework: Learn the lesson.