Black Lives Matter Flashcards

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scandale

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uproar/outraged

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2
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réussir

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succeed in/achieve

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3
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incroyable

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outstanding

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4
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1865

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End of the civil war+abolition of slavery

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5
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1870

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The Jim Crow Laws that introduced the “Separate but equal rights” doctrine. The beginning of segregation which led white supremacists to found the KKK.

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6
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1955

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African-American started to demand equal and fairer rights after Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of a bus.

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7
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2 figures of the Civil Rights movement

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Martin Luther King : pacifists marches
Malcolm X : leader of the Black Panthers (violent actions)

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8
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soulful

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Très expressif

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9
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soulmate

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âme soeur

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10
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defiance

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attitude de défi

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11
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psyche

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mental structure

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12
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embedded

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ancré

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13
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doubt

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doute

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14
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ethnicities

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origine ethnique

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15
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broader

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larger

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16
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figure out

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find a solution

17
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1964-1965

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Civil Rights Acts, that ended the segregation but find ways to keep African-American apart form the withe : redlining.

18
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Redlining

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Banks would refuse loans on the basis of security in the suburbs. So African-americans could not get a loan and could only afford to live in underdevelopped areas.

19
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Profiling

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psychological analisys of criminals : consider that certain persons are c