WHERE WE ARE GOING..

We are going to explore 2 different perspectives that Civil

Rights Activists had toward using VIOLENCE to reach
SOCIAL JUSTICE
We are going to write an essay that INFORMS people of each
perspective
Each day we will work toward the final essay
Read Graphic Organizers Paragraphs Essay

IN INFORMATIVE ESSAYS YOU

DO

DO NOT
Give
Tell others
information on your opinion
the topic
on the topic

PERSPECTIVE MODEL
1.) PICK QUOTE:
"We're so quick to go to make things black and white, and to put
things in their box. But everything is this mixture and that's what
this world is is this blend of different things." Matisyahu
2.) What is his or her perspective on Racial Equality in the U.S?
His perspective on racial equality is that we always try to
categorize people, when really we should recognize that people
are not just categories, but mixtures of many ways of identifying.
3.) What strategies did he or she use to show his perspecive?
He used a metaphor by comparing the world to a mixture, or a
blend of different things to show that people are made up of
different identities, personalities, talents, and traits that make us all
unique and different.

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

BAYARD RUSTIN (1912 1987)

-

Human Rights Activist

Chief Organizer of the March on
Washington (1963)

His extensive background in the theory,

strategies, and tactics of nonviolent action
proved invaluable "as he advised Dr. King

Studied Peaceful resistance in India

(consulted with Gandhi)
Taught peaceful resistance to Dr. King
Was hidden in a trunk during the Bus
Boycott because he was gay.

MALCOLM X (1925-1965)
- Human Rights Activist
- Influential leader of the
Nation of Islam(combined
Islam with black
nationalism)
- Sought to empower black
people in a segregated,
unequal America
- Changed last name to X to
protest given slave name
(Malcolm Little)

Think Pair Share.

What is the meaning of each of these quotes? How are they different?

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a

tooth. (Hammurabi's code)

An Eye for an Eye makes the

whole world blind. Gandhi

Interpretation:

Interpretation:

Think Pair Share.

What is the meaning of each of these quotes? How are they different?

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a

tooth. (Hammurabi's code)

An Eye for an Eye makes the

whole world blind. Gandhi

Interpretation:

Interpretation:

If you do something wrong, your

consequence will be something
wrong done to you in return.

If we keep doing bad things to

others when they do bad, then
everyone will be hurt, and nothing
will change