1. African
American Civil
Rights
ETRC presentation
February 2013
Instructor: Rafel Naseer, ELF, Balti

2. civ·il-rights
Of or relating to a political
movement, especially during the 1950s
and 1960s, devoted to securing equal
opportunity and treatment for members
of minority groups.

3. “We hold these truths to be self-
evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain
inalienable rights, that among
these are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness”

4. Soldiers
Returning
From 2nd War
1948 Armed First student
Forces Emmett Till sit-ins at lunch
Discrimination Murder 1955 counters
Banned Jet Magazine 1960
Brown V. Montgomery
Board of Bus Boycott
Education began after the
1954 arrest of Rosa
Parks 1955

6. Soldiers
Returning
From 2nd War
1948 Armed First student
Forces Emmett Till sit-ins at lunch
Discrimination Murder 1955 counters
Banned Jet Magazine 1960
Brown V. Montgomery
Board of Bus Boycott
Education began after the
1954 arrest of Rosa
Parks 1955

9. Soldiers
Returning
From 2nd
War 1948 First
Armed Emmett student
Forces Till sit-ins at
Discrimin Murder lunch
ation 1955 Jet counters
Banned Magazine 1960
Brown V. Montgome
Board of ry Bus
Education Boycott
1954 began after
the arrest
of Rosa
Parks 1955

13. Soldiers
Returning
From 2nd
War 1948 First
Armed Emmett student
Forces Till sit-ins at
Discrimin Murder lunch
ation 1955 Jet counters
Banned Magazine 1960
Brown V. Montgom
Board of ery Bus
Education Boycott
1954 began
after the
arrest of
Rosa
Parks

17. Soldiers
Returning
From 2nd
War 1948 First
Armed Emmett student
Forces Till sit-ins at
Discrimin Murder lunch
ation 1955 Jet counters
Banned Magazine 1960
Brown V. Montgom
Board of ery Bus
Educatio Boycott
n began
1954 after the
arrest of
Rosa
Parks

20. March on
Washingto
n “I Have
Martin
a Dream”
Luther
speech
King &
Kennedy Malcolm X Robert
Assassinat Assassinate Kennedy
ed d in Harlem Assassinat
1963 1965 ed
Voting Rights
US Act Passed
Begins Most effective
Involve of all Civil
Rights
ment in Legislation
Vietnam 1965

21. March on
Washington “I
Have a
Dream” speech Malcolm X Martin Luther
Kennedy Assassinated King & Robert
Assassinated in Harlem Kennedy
1963 1965 Assassinated
US Begins Voting Rights
Involvement in Act Passed
Vietnam Most effective
of all Civil
Rights
Legislation
1965

25. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
August 28,1963
•I have a Dream

26. Greatness in Speeches
• Emphasize phrases by repeating at the
beginning of sentences
• Repeat key “theme” words throughout
speech
• Utilize appropriate quotations or allusions
• Use specific examples to “ground” your
arguments
• Use metaphors to highlight contrasting
concepts

29. Literary Devices Used
• Figurative Language- Writing or speech that is not
meant to be taken literally
• Metaphor: Something in a literary work described as
though it were something else
• Personification: When a non-human subject is given
human characteristics
• Symbol: Anything in literature that stands for or
represents something else
• Allusion: A brief, usually indirect reference to a
person, place, or event--real or fictional

30. Oratory Devices
• Oratory- The rationale and practice of persuasive
public speaking
• Refrain: A regularly repeated line or group of lines in
a poem or song
• Dramatic pause: An intentional pause in delivery in
order to build suspense or magnify the importance
of a point
• Hyperbole: exaggeration used for emphasis or
dramatic effect
• Anaphora: A rhetorical term for the repetition of a
word or phrase at the beginning of successive
clauses

31. Allusions
• The Bible
• Declaration of Independence
• Emaciation Proclamation

32. Biblical
• It came as a joyous daybreak to end the
long night of their captivity.” [paragraph 2]
alludes to Psalms 30:5 “For his anger is but for
a moment; his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may linger for the night, but joy
comes with the morning.“
• Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for
freedom by drinking from the cup of
bitterness and hatred.” [paragraph 8]

33. Declaration of
Independence
• “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of
Happiness” [and the rest of
paragraph 4] is a reference to the
United States Declaration of
Independence

34. Emaciation Proclamation
Five score years ago…” [paragraph 2]
refers to Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg
Address speech which began “Four score
and seven years ago…” This allusion is
particularly poignant given that King was
speaking in front of the Lincoln Memorial

35. Most Often Repeated
Words
• freedom (20 times)
• we (30 times),
• our (17 times),
• you (8 times)
• nation (10 times),
• America (5 times),
• American (4 times)
• justice (8 times) and injustice (3 times)
• dream (11 times)

36. Assinated 1963

37. Vietnam

41. Civil Rights

48. Miles Davis

52. First 10 Amendments
Bill of Rights
• 1St Freedom of Speech, Religion
• 2nd Right to own and Carry weapons
• 4th Unreasonable Search and Seizure
• 5th Self Incrimination
• 6th Trial by Jury
• 8th Cruel and Unusual Punishment

53. Union vs. Confederate
1861-1865

55. Events that led up to the
US Civil War
• 1. The Mexican War Ended – 1848 (Popular
Sovereignty)
• 2. Uncle Tom's Cabin Was Released (showed evils of
Slavery)
• 3. Slavery

57. Emancipation
Proclamation
• The Emancipation Proclamation is an
executive order issued by United States
President Abraham Lincoln on January
1, 1863, during the American Civil War
under his war powers. It proclaimed
the freedom of 3.1 million of the
nation's 4 million slaves

58. Gettysburg Address
• Four score and seven years ago
our fathers brought forth on this
continent a new nation,
conceived in liberty, and
dedicated to the proposition that
all men are created equal.
Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg
Address, 1863