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The civil rights movement, which took place mostly during the 1950s and 1960s, aimed to bring equal rights to Black
Americans in the United States. After the Civil War, slavery was officially abolished, yet discrimination against Black

people didn’t come to an end. Especially in the south of the country, Black people had to endure the devastating effects
of this discrimination. Therefore, they, together with many White Americans, took action and started an unprecedented

fight for equality.

1 A. Read the paragraph above and circle the statement that cannot be inferred from the passage.

A) The civil rights movement started in the second half of the 20th century.

B) Black people were suffering from discrimination in the country in the 1950s.
C) All White people in the North of the country respected Black people and their rights.

D) Black people had to fight for their rights, and many White people supported them.

E) Some steps had been taken to eliminate the inequality between Black and White people before the civil rights
movement.

1 B. Read the poem, find and write its theme.

I, Too

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.
Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—

I, too, am America.

By Langston Hughes

The theme of the poem: ____________________________________

Source: "Retrieved from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47558/i-too, on 20th December 2021"

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