Green Book tells the story of two men who are forced to become friends during their journey on a concert tour in the racist South of the USA.
The film is based on a true story : in the 1960s, musician Don Shirley and a tough guy and chauffeur, Tony Lip, are complete opposites. Shirley is a highly-educated African-American who lives above Carnegie Hall playing classical music for audiences. Lip, is an Italian-American from the Bronx who works in security but agrees to be Shirley's driver through the south.
They are two very different guys, with different problems, who grow to respect and admire one another.
But what has the Green Book to do with them? And, more in general, WHAT is the Green Book?
The GREEN BOOK was a guide which listed hotels, restaurants and even gas stations that
were safe for black people during the time of African- American segregation.
Created by Victor H. Green in Harlem, for 30 years, travelers from
across the country depended on “The Negro Motorist Green Book,"
to evade what could be dangerous and demeaning situations.
The book was a service to the
African-American community.
Victor and the other people involved in creating this were very much products of their time.
They knew that to be African-American in this country you had to depend on each other to get through and, more precisely, to get through life.
Victor and the other people involved in creating this were very much products of their time.
They knew that to be African-American in this country you had to depend on each other to get through and, more precisely, to get through life.
The book helped people safely navigate their road trip from Michigan to Louisiana. It was their survivor guide and it meant the difference between life and death.
A PREZI presentation about the many meanings of the word discrimination.
Do you Know what HUMAN RIGHTS are?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into more than 500 languages. Click here for more details.
This is a lesson plan on Human Rights ( thank you Equality and Human Rights for sharing)
A most famous speech!
I like the idea to elicit the schemata on racism from the Green book's movie and Lesson plans are very well done to involve students in the human rights history.
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