Slavery

The situation of the blacks from the 50s until today In 1954, when the decision was made that the segregation at schools had to be stopped, there were different voices and opinions all over the country. One of them belonged to Reverend Martin Luther King jr., a young theologian who became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement some years later. That was a group of people who fought for desegregation and equal rights for blacks …

…persons 1965 Malcom X died 1966/67 fights went on 1968 Martin Luther King died 1979 53 % of the blacks live in the South of the USA, 80 % of these in Ghettos 1983 new public holiday - Martin Luther King Day (3rd Monday of January) 1990 beginning of "digital segregation" 1992 Los Angeles "exploded" - today segregation still goes on - also in people´s minds Quellen: - USA-Lexikon, Grundlagen der Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Rüdiger B. Wersich (Hrsg) - USA Chronik Handbuch, Chronik Verlag