高中英语 Unit3 教材背景链接精品课件 新人教版选修10 课件.ppt

Unit3Fairnessforall教材背景链接almostahundredyearsbeforetheSouthhaditsownlawstocontinuetheseparationofblacksandwhites.Mixed­racemarriageswereforbiddenbylaw.Therewereseparatesectionsforblacksinshopsrestaurantshospitalsandonbusesandtrains.Oftenblackswerenotallowedintohotelsschoolsorlibrariesatall.Blackchildrenwereeducatedinseparateschoolsandblackpeoplehadnorighttovoteinthesouthernstates.KingfoughtforpoliticalrightsforblackpeopleintheUSA.Bydoingthishesetanexampletotherestoftheworld.Hismessagewasthatblackpeopleshouldnotbeseparatedbutshouldbetreatedwithrespectinthesamewayasotherpeople.llhislifehebelievedthatitwasrightandnecessarytodemandchangesinsocietyifpeopledidnothavetheircivilrights.Hebelievedthathecouldachievethatgoalbypeacefulactionsnotbyviolence.Heledmanynon­violentdemonstrationsagainstracialdiscriminationandtheVietnamWarduringwhichhehimselfwasoftenbeatenorarrestedbythepolice.OneofthesewasinBirminghamAlabama.HousingconditionsforblacksinBirminghamwerebadandtherewerefewjobsforblacks.Kingwroteanimportantletterfromprison.“Wehavewaited340yearsforourrights!Wefinditdifficulttowait.This‘Wait’hasalmostalwaysmeant‘Never’”hesaid.Itwasduringthe“MarchonWashingtonD．C.”in1963thathegavethespeech“IHaveaDream”whichinspiredpeopleofallracestofightforequality.ThefollowingyearKingreceivedtheNobelPeacePrize.InthesameyearanewCivilRightsActwaspassedandin1965anewVotingRightsBillbecamelaw.Fromthenonallblackpeoplehadtherighttovote.MartinLutherKingJrwasmurderedin1968.HoweverhisstrugglehadalreadychangedthewholeofsocietyintheUSA.Soonafterhisdeathblackpeoplestartedenjoyingtherightstheyhadwaitedandfoughtforsolong.Questions：(1.)Whydoyouthinktheblacksweretreatedbadlythen？_______________________