The Tragedy of Racism
Tiana L. Per. 7
What role do leaders play in shaping the way a community responds to a crisis and in preventing other crisis?
The role that leaders play in shaping the way a community responds to a crisis is when Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) died, James Brown would try and end the crisis in his songs. In "The Two Towns of Jasper" would stop preventing other crisis because of what happened to James Byrd.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" -Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)
Martin Luther King Jr. & James Brown
* Martin Luther King Jr. was going to get rid of race related problems in Boston
* Martin Luther King Jr. also was trying to get rid of Segregation
* Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and did not live
* When James Brown got the information about what had happened to Martin Luther King Jr., he was shocked
* James Brown made a song tribute for Martin Luther King Jr's death
* In James Brown's songs, you can tell he is trying to stop the crisis from preventing again
The Night James Brown Saved Boston - Trailer - David Leaf
The Two Towns of Jasper
* This is about how 3 men murder James Byrd
* James Byrd was murdered by being dragged by the three murderers
* 2 of the guys had 2 death penalties
* The 3rd guy was sent to prison for life
* It has been 150 years since someone has caused a death of an African-American
* They took a fence and separated the blacks and the whites in the cemetery
Two Towns of Jasper
5 Questions
Who came together when everybody found out James Byrd Jr. got murdered?
The Community
What was drawn when the colored had to sit way back of the bus?
Color Lines Very Clearly Drawn
What relation was it when everyone knew why the 3 guys murdered James Byrd?
Race Relations
What did Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) try to stop?
Segregation
What effect did James Brown have when he found out MLK died?
The Healing Effect
Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.
James Byrd Jr.
James Byrd, Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an African-American who was murdered by three men, of whom at least two were, white supreme-racists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Russell Brewer, and John King dragged Byrd for three miles behind their truck along a dirty and rocky road.
James Brown
James Joseph Brown, Jr. (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American recording artist and musician. One of the founding fathers of funk music and a major figure of 20th Century Music and dance, he is often referred to as "The Godfather of Soul". In a career that spanned six decades, Brown profoundly influenced the development of many different musical genre