Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Mini-Biography -- Malcolm X

 When was Malcolm X born?  May 19, 1925  Where? in Omaha, Nebraska. Why did Malcolm X have to move so much at an early age?After living with a series of white foster parents, Malcolm moved to Boston .... That Hate Produced, Malcolm X became known to a much wider audience. In early 1963,
What happened to his father? he was killed by the kkk What made Malcolm lose his dream of becoming a lawyer? beacuse his teacher told him that being a lawyer was no realisitic for a nigger. After he dropped of school, what did he do for "work?" he spent some time in Boston, Massachusetts working various odd jobs. Malcolm X was sentenced to 10 years in prision? beacuse he robbed a jewelry storer in boston.While in prison, Malcolm X became a member of the Nation of Islam.  What was Malcolm X's religion? it was muslim mosque. How did Malcolm X regard Martin Luther King, Jr.? the disagree for most of their shared time on earth about whom  Brightman, Muelder,How did this end up changing? cuz of buslim cuz he did't want anymore 
 How did Malcolm X die?  was shot down by three gunmen during a speech on February 21,
 Suspicion naturally fell on the Nation of Islam


Wednesday, March 2, 2011

week 7 vocabulary

Assume-If you assume things about other people before you get to know

Respond-A good way to respond to assumptions is to prove people wrong

Process-Processed foods tend to be unhealthier than organically grown foods

occur- Common colds occur when people don't wash their hands.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

social studies

Albany (Georgia) Movement, 1961 The albany movement in georgia lasted from 1961-1962. It was started in hopes of organizing African Americans who were interested in ending the segregation.

Birmingham, desegregation of, 1963 A British news report on the successful campaign to force desegregation in Southern USA in 1963.

Black Power  is a political slogan espoused by black racialists and a name for various associated ideologies.

Brown v Board of Education, 1954 ), made available by The National Center for Public Policy Research's Constitution and the Courts Archive.

bus boycotts Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign that started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, intended to oppose the city's

Central High School (Little Rock), 1957 The Little Rock Nine were a group of african american students who were enrolled in little rock central high school in 1957.

Citizens Councils the dynamic portal engine and content management system

civil rights The U.S. Commission on civil studies, analyzes, and reports on civil right  issues in the United States as well as implementation

Civil Rights Act of 1957 , President Eisenhower sent Congress a proposal for civil rights legislation.

Civil Rights Act of 1960 Race relations were explosive in Alabama in the climate that led to the passage of th
civil rights.

Civil Rights Act of 1964  was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)An act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States of America to provide relief against discrimination in public accommodations.


        
Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)-was formed in Mississippi in 1962. A coalition of the major Civil Rights Movement