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equal, because the fountains for white people, were bigger, and clean. So, black people had inferior equipment and were given inferior treatment. The man who had a dream: In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech "I have a dream". To protest in America's city, Washington DC. It described a wish of freedom, equal, and racial equality. His speech was broadcast on TV. He was born on January 15th 1929 in Georgia, in the South of the USA. He was a Christian pastor. He was assassinated in 1968. He was the leader of the civils rights movement. The situation before 1964, was difficult and not equal for colored people, because it's Segregation. And today everyone is equal and live in communities, and the differences between black people and white people is finished. He uses the methods to combat consist in protest in USA, and always insisted on non-violence. In 2011, a memorial was opened on the site of his speech. And He has a day at his, is on the third Monday of January. It has been a federal holiday since 1986. Another civil rights activist: In 1955, a woman was arrested on a bus as she was going home from her job, in Montgomery, in Alabama. Her name is Rosa Parks, her arrestation is on December, 1st 1955. She was arrested, because she refuses to give up her seat, at a white man, on a bus. She was tired of the injustice, and Segregation. She says, "I was not tired physically". She wants to stop the situation imposed by Segregation. Her arrestation begun when a man come onto the bus. Then a white man can't find a seat. The drive asks two black people to move, and the black man next to Rosa changes seats. So, Rosa refuses to move. Then the drive threatens Rosa and then calls the police, the police come and talk to Rosa. And the police arrest Rosa and they get off the bus. The Montgomery Bus Boycott: It consisted in stopping taking the bus. It lasted over a year. The consequence of this boycott, the bus company lest a lot of money. Obligation and interdiction in the past: Pour évoquer une obligation, on utilise : had + to + V Pour évoquer une permission, on utilise: was/were allowed + to + V Pour évoquer une interdiction, on utilise: was/were not allowed + to + V Ou was/were forbidden + to + V Exemples: Colored people were allowed to sit in front of the bus. Colored people had to sit in back of the bus. Black people were not allowed to go to school with white people. Black people allowed to share the same room in restaurants. Vocabulary: An activist: a person who believes strongly in political or social change and takes part in activities such as public protests to try to make this happen. Segregation: the practice or policy of keeping people of different races, religions, etc... separate from each other. Demonstration: a public meeting or march protesting something or expressing views on a political issue. A speech: a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience. A boycott: to refuse to buy, use or participate in (something) as a way of protesting.