Racial issues pages 120-121

 

 

 

Useful vocabulary - Match words from the 2 columns


a clergyman

a minister

a Negro

a proponent

an advocate

an opponent

civil rights

convicted of burglary

faith

to advocate

to foster

to found

to promote

to release

to urge

un partisan, un adepte

fonder

un Noir

favoriser, encourager, stimuler

préconiser, conseiller vivement

reconnu coupable de cambriolage

la foi

libérer, relaxer

un pasteur

promouvoir, encourager, favoriser

les droits civiques

un défenseur, un avocat

un adversaire, un opposant

prôner, préconiser

un ecclésiastique, pasteur ou prêtre/curé


 

 

 

QUIZ: WHO AM I ?

 

(Read the 3 biographies of famous black leaders, memorise as much as you can in 5 mts, shut your books and then try this quiz)

 

Marcus Garvey - Malcolm X - Martin Luther King ?

 

Ghandi had a great influence on me

I advocated black nationalism

I became a Muslim during my stay in jail

I urged a 'back to Africa' movement

I was assassinated in New York in 1965

I was born in Jamaica

I was opposed to the idea of integration

I was slaughtered in Memphis in 1968

I was the advocate of black separatism

I was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement

My real surname was Little

Passive resistance, boycotts and marches were my favourite means of contest