In the MLK, Eyes on the prize: 1. Explain how after slavery blacks were still enslaved? Be
Question:
In the MLK, Eyes on the prize:
1. Explain how after slavery blacks were still enslaved? Be specific explain what was similar to slavery and what was different. Reflect on why you think these things happened. Could something have happen that intervened post slavery that would have made a difference?
2. Going back to the first part of the class and reflecting on the Emmett Till and Scottsboro case what role did the criminal justice system play and does now play in creating a just or unjust system?
3. What is the burden on the descendants both black and white in respect to this history of slavery and continued slavery in this country well beyond the 13th amendment? What role should our history play in our future?
4. When you think how a corrupt justice system allows grave injustice to occur in the past do you think it continues today are the Travon Martin Case or the Loud Music Case or the over representation of Blacks in the prison system or on death row examples of this?
5. The arc of history is long but it bends towards justice do you believe this make an argument for or against this statement?