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 The Eoto presentation that we saw this week was on civil rights. During the civil rights movement, it was an awful time that promoted a lot of horrible things, including discrimination on race and nationality. Although some of these issues were resolved during the Civil War, many of them still did not give fair treatment to many others who were of African descent. What changed this is many of the strong leaders of the civil rights movement. One of the most influential was Martin Luther King Jr, who gave the famous I Have a Dream speech and inspired many to keep fighting for their right to be treated as everyone else. 

\Something that changed during this time was super and essential for the citizens of the U.S. Was the Fair Housing Act that ensured housing opportunities would be equal for everyone in the U.S.? More people were denied the right to buy houses for the color of their skin, which gave African Americans a considerable disadvantage. The redlining was tricky here since it prevented African Americans from receiving loans to pay for their houses. This act changed all of this by making everyone equal, regardless of race.

Another thing that positively helped during this time was Thurgood Marshall. He was the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court. This was good since many cases during this time were civil rights cases. He spoke during the Brown v. Board, which helped educate countless African Americans. 

This time, multiple things changed the game and were super important. Another one of these would be the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which helped prevent workplace place discrimination. This helped form workplace unions that helped fight gender and race discrimination. The EEOC investigates all allegations of this and helps fight them to ensure everyone is treated equally. 

to stir with love

 The movie we watched in class was to sir with Love. The movie was made in 1967. This movie reflects what was happening in the world by showing the social tensions and what was happening in the poor areas of England at the time. A man who attempted to be an engineer but was rejected multiple times because of his skin color takes up a teaching job. He quickly learns that he got into more than he expected. The students had no discipline and no respect for their teacher. He tries multiple times to gain their respect and trust but teaches the kids how to be adults. 

You can see that the students danced with each other inappropriately; when the teacher came in, they never stopped dancing in this way because they did not care. The girls were not dressed in what they considered appropriate for that setting, and the guys engorged how they dressed. After many attempts, Thackeray started to get the students' trust, and they even began to dress, act, and talk better. 

A problem that we find out later in the movie that Thackeray also wants to solve is the racism that goes on in the class. A black student loses his mom, and no one wants to drop off the flowers because they are embarrassed to go to a house since the family is black. They did not care about the boy's race but were worried about what their parents might think about the whole situation. After realizing the situation they were part of is bigger than themselves, they decide to go to the house and bring the family flowers from the deceased mother, and all end up going to the funeral. At the end of the movie, all the students seem to love Thackeray, and he sees the incoming students for next year and is excited to transform them as well.

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 In 1968, Robert F. Kennedy broke the news to a group of African Americans in Indianapolis that MLK had been shot and killed just hours before in Memphis. As you can imagine, hearts were broken, especially in the African American communities across the nation, since MLK had done so much to move forward the progress of civil rights. RFK spoke without any prep or notes for five minutes about the incident and told Americans not to act with violence and hate but to act with love, wisdom, and compassion for one another. He became loved by many Americans and was known nationally as Bobby Kennedy. 

Soon after, on June 6, 1968, at the age of 42, Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed just hours after winning the Democratic presidential primary in California. Many believed he was heading for nomination, and Americans couldn't be more happy about it. Unfortunately, when he was shot and killed, it seemed that the hope was also killed as well. Many felt he was the only man at the time able to turn this country around, and after his death, it seemed that all progress had stopped. It was evident that America wasn't coming closer as a nation but being torn apart more and more. Violence was spreading all over America now, and no one knew how to stop it. 

Juan Romano was a 17-year-old busboy who was looking forward to shaking the head of RFK after his winning in California. Still, unfortunately, Juan ended up having to cradle the senator's head to comfort him in his final moments of life. Juan said, "Hope seemed to be dying with him; no one was there for us anymore."

The murder of RFK caused millions of Americans to stop believing that peaceful change was not a possibility. Over the next few years, it seemed America was more divided than it could ever have been. It seemed like every possible group was fighting each other. Black vs. white, young vs. old, rich vs. poor, pro vs. anti-Vietnam. That nation was in complete chaos in every possible way, and it did not seem like there was any way out of it.

The man who caused all this damage and shot RFK was Sirhan Sirhan, who was a Palestine immigrant and blamed RFK for the setbacks of Palestine and the trial sirhan sirhan had no problem admitting he was the one who killed him and even gave a victory speech. 

In conclusion, the assassination of RFK was not just a massive setback for the African-American community in the United States but all of the United States. If he had never been assassinated, the outcome of many of the issues at that time could have been significantly reduced, and there's no telling how different the country may have been around that time. RFK was not just a hero for African Americans in the United States but helped speak for all who did not have a voice.