ENGB38H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Underground Railroad, Reconstruction Era, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Slurs identify the power to make words hurt. Spot where people from the underground railroad ended up. Large black population and every restaurant refused to serve black people. U. s. vs. canada may not be as different. Would take until 1956 before restaurant owners would put restriction on their laws. Civil rights timeline: u. s. civil war: 1861-65. People from africa brought to america and sold into slavery. They weren"t willing to arrest people for breaking these laws . John lewis: member and then leader of sncc, participate in nashville sit-ins, freedom rides march of washington selma to montgomery march, congressman for georgia"s fifth district since 1987, bloody sunday , instruction manual . Pointing out making contact with the offender presumably the white person. Provoke the police into turning the day to day social political violence to physical violence that is not undercover for once.
