Catégorie : USA

Video (cycle 3) – Rosa Parks (1913-2005, USA)

Un épisode de l’émission “Quelle histoire!” sur TV5 Monde (FR) qui vous présente la vie de Rosa Parks, ‘la mère du mouvement des des droits civiques’ et comment son refus de changer de siège a modifié l’histoire des USA pour toujours. Soyez curieux, rendez-vous sur la chaîne de l’émission pour découvrir les portraits d’autres artisans de la paix.

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One month, one sculpture : Rosa Parks Memorial

There are more than 10 Rosa Parks memorials in the United States. The statue, by artist Jay Warren, depicts Parks sitting on a bus seat, with the inscription, “You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.” The statue is a reminder for all of the children and grandchildren who continue to benefit from the

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Video – Carter G. Woodson, the man behind Black History Month

« In February 1926, Carter G. Woodson sent out a press release announcing the first African American History Week. He chose February because the month contained the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two prominent men whose historic achievements African Americans already celebrated. (Lincoln’s birthday was February 12; Douglass, who was formerly enslaved, hadn’t known his actual birthday, but

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