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Unit3Fairnessforall教材背景链接
almostahundredyearsbefore，theSouthhaditsownlawstocontinuetheseparationofblacksandwhites.Mixed­racemarriageswereforbiddenbylaw.Therewereseparatesectionsforblacksinshops，restaurants，hospitalsandonbusesandtrains.Oftenblackswerenotallowedintohotels，schoolsorlibrariesatall.Blackchildrenwereeducatedinseparateschools，andblackpeoplehadnorighttovoteinthesouthernstates.KingfoughtforpoliticalrightsforblackpeopleintheUSA.Bydoingthishesetanexampletotherestoftheworld.Hismessagewasthatblackpeopleshouldnotbeseparatedbutshouldbetreatedwithrespectinthesamewayasotherpeople.llhislifehebelievedthatitwasrightandnecessarytodemandchangesinsocietyifpeopledidnothavetheircivilrights.Hebelievedthathecouldachievethatgoalbypeacefulactions，notbyviolence.Heledmanynon­violentdemonstrationsagainstracialdiscriminationandtheVietnamWar，duringwhichhehimselfwasoftenbeatenorarrestedbythepolice.Oneofthesewasin
Birmingham，Alabama.HousingconditionsforblacksinBirminghamwerebadandtherewerefewjobsforblacks.Kingwroteanimportantletterfromprison.“Wehavewaited340yearsforourrights!Wefinditdifficulttowait.This‘Wait’hasalmostalways
meant‘Never’”，hesaid.,Itwasduringthe“MarchonWashingtonD．C.”in1963thathegavethespeech“IHaveaDream”，whichinspiredpeopleofallracestofightforequality.Thefollowingyear，KingreceivedtheNobelPeacePrize.Inthesame
year，anewCivilRightsActwaspassedandin1965anewVotingRightsBillbecamelaw.Fromthenon，allblackpeoplehadtherighttovote.,MartinLutherKing，Jrwasmurderedin1968.However，hisstrugglehadalreadychangedthewholeofsocietyintheUSA.Soonafterhisdeath，blackpeoplestartedenjoyingtherightstheyhadwaitedandfoughtforsolong.Questions：
(1.)Whydoyouthinktheblacksweretreatedbadlythen？
_______________________________________(2.)Doyouthinkpeopleallovertheworldarelivingequally？Ifnot，whatshouldwedotochangeit？
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