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A Raisin in the Sun and the Civil Rights Movement
Jordan Rodriguez
Objective: To show the similarities of the 1960’s and A Raisin in the Sun, while including personal relations.
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Martin Luther King Jr.◦ Baptist minister◦ Leader of SCLC◦ Believed in nonviolence◦ Montgomery Bus Boycott◦ Nobel Peace Prize for efforts
Jesse Jackson◦ Baptist minister◦ Member of SCLC◦ Loyal follower of MLK◦ Led many protests
Civil Rights leaders from the 1960s
Leaders fought for equality like characters in play
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)◦ Led by Martin Luther King Jr. & Ralph Abernathy◦ Worked for civil rights through non-violence◦ Helped pass 1965 Voting Rights Act
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)◦ Led by John Lewis & Stokely Carmichael ◦ Fought segregation through direct action◦ Helped register voters during Freedom Summer
Civil Rights groups
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My CulturePuerto Rican
•Eat meals/listen to music•Father celebrates holidays•View myself as Puerto Rican•Raised more in this background•Spanish spoken sometimes
Polish
•Don’t partake in customs•Never taught about this side•Not a factor in my life•Assimilation
Play•Assimilation: Like George/Youngers besides Bennie•Interested in culture: Like Bennie/Asagai
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Want to graduate college with a degree◦ Motivated by family◦ For good future
Want to be an influential figure◦ Be remembered for doing something major◦ Influence people to make their own mark
Want to be a professional athlete◦ Childhood dream◦ Make younger generations inspired
Play:◦ Bennie-become doctor, go to medical school◦ Mama-move into house◦ Walter-own liquor store
My goals and dreams
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Conclusion
•Dreams: Never lose hope, fight to achieve them
•Equality: People should be equal
•Pride: Remember to always have it, make people proud
•Personality: affects people’s actions/lives