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DESEGREGATION

DESEGREGATION. By Agbor Ogork. SEPARATE BUT EQUAL. When segregation started, it was supposed to be separate but equal. But it ended up being unequal. Colored people had bad facilities, schools, couldn’t play national sports and were highly discriminated against.

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DESEGREGATION

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  1. DESEGREGATION By Agbor Ogork

  2. SEPARATE BUT EQUAL When segregation started, it was supposed to be separate but equal. But it ended up being unequal. Colored people had bad facilities, schools, couldn’t play national sports and were highly discriminated against.

  3. THERE WERE MANY PROTESTS, RIOTS, AND STRIKES TO END DESEGREGATION.

  4. WHO WAS INVOLVED? Philip Randolph Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Whitney Young Roy Wilkins John Lewis President Kennedy President Truman

  5. BROWN VS BOARD OF EDUCATION The Brown vs. Board of Education case desegregated public schools. White parents were not happy about it. President Eisenhower had to send troops to Little Rock Arkansas high school to protect the first entering black students.

  6. Desegregation of sports Jackie Robinson helped desegregate sports starting with baseball. He was the first African American to be on a national team.

  7. MILITARY DESEGREGATION The Executive Order 9981 issued by President Truman officially desegregated the military.

  8. SONG: WE ARE FAMILYARTISTS: SISTER SLEDGE YEAR: 1979

  9. (CHORUS:)We are familyI got all my sisters with meWe are familyGet up ev'rybody and singEv'ryone can see we're togetherAs we walk on by(FLY!) and we fly just like birds of a featherI won't tell no lie(ALL!) all of the people around us they sayCan they be that closeJust let me state for the recordWe're giving love in a family dose(CHORUS x2)Living life is fun and we've just begunTo get our share of the world's delights(HIGH!) high hopes we have for the futureAnd our goal's in sight(WE!) no we don't get depressedHere's what we call our golden ruleHave faith in you and the things you doYou won't go wrongThis is our family Jewel(REPEAT CHORUS TO FADE)

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