Following inspiring presentations by Dare 2 Be Real Co-Creators Patrick Duffy and Anthony Galloway,

Brother Ali compared our country s journey for civil rights to a 24-hour schedule with the time of slavery being from midnight to 3:00 p.m.; the battle for legal rights and desegregation as a period from 3:00-9:00 pm.; and the time of post-racial as 9:00pm to 4:00 a.m. He asked us to put the timeframe in perspective rights have been in place for a very short period of time, and huge disparities still exist.
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Brother Ali spoke of the recent Lincoln movie and how Lincoln was portrayed as the hero, with no mention of Frederick Douglass counsel to Lincoln.  And Mrs. Lincoln was portrayed as crazy, said Brother Ali.  She wasn t crazy.  She advised her husband to do the right thing.
He encouraged students to read books, such as the following: 3 star hotel barcelona Howard Zinn s People s History of the U.S. ;  Tim Wise s White Like Me; James Baldwin s The Fire Next Time; and Michelle Alexander s book The New Jim Crow.
Following inspiring presentations by Dare 2 Be Real Co-Creators Patrick Duffy and Anthony Galloway, with Patrick reminding the audience that No Child is Born Racist, students proceeded to workshops that included:  Art as a Tool for Change; SPEAK! Using Poetry for Change; Finding Your Voice; Lies My Teacher Taught Me, Owning Your Audience; Fired Up: Managing Disagreement and Reliving the Movement.
In the Fired Up session, students listened to 2Pac s song Changes, with one student team debating that the world will never change; and the other arguing that the world will change for the better.  A third student team identified debate criteria, such as control, evidence, confidence and audience engagement.  The team asserting that the world is not changing received the most points!
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Korlu said that something she was never taught was that It wasn t just African Americans fighting for Civil Rights, because it s not just called African American s right to vote.  It s called the Civil Rights 3 star hotel barcelona Movement, and there were a lot of ethnic groups, Latinos and Native Americans, that were fighting for the course and if you were a white citizen sympathetic to the cause, you got terrorized that night your house was bombed.
The evening ended with Open Mic and students sharing their reflections of the day.  They were asked to share a six-word 3 star hotel barcelona reflection on race such as Race silences the truth we know, and their R.E.P. (or racial equity purpose), such as Raising the Youth Voice.   Students 3 star hotel barcelona shared their hopes and dreams for the future, including 3 star hotel barcelona breaking down this horrible illusion called race.
*Jacqueline s personal dream has been to convert the Lorraine Motel into sheltered housing or community center for the poor and displaced instead of a National Museum.   She has actively protested for over fourteen years to make this a reality .
On May 17, 1954, the United States supreme court stated the segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental effect upon colored children.   Brown v. Board of Education originated in Topeka, Kansas, 3 star hotel barcelona where Linda Brown, a black 3rd grade student, had to attend a segregated elementary school located a mile from her home, even though she lived only a few blocks from a white elementary school.