Monday February 17th is Presidents’Day…
Click on the picture to enter the White House’s Site.
Usages et ressources en langues vivantes
Sur le site d’Eduscol, une éducation aux médias….
Rosa Parks
Born on February 4th, she was the woman who stood up by staying seated….
A Black Panther
He was born on February 17th and was the co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Huey P. Newton was an activist, in favour with violent resistance to the racist US society.
Frederick Douglass
Born a slave in February 1818 and dead on February 20th 1895, Frederick Douglass became one of the most important figures of the abolitionist movement and the first Black American citizen to hold a high government function.
See his biography.
Malcolm X
On February 21st, 1965, Malcolm X was shot during a meeting.
The Red Cross
On February 17th, 1863, businessman Henri Dunant, from Switzerland, created what will become the Red Cross…Read here
Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th 1809.
Presidents’Day
On the third Monday of February, Americans honour their presidents. In 2014, it will be on February 17th!
See the article on History
Coming soon in March…
March 9th – Four Weddings and a Funeral premiered 20 years ago on March 9th 1994. Coming back to the most enjoyable comedy in years, Wet Wet Wet and on WH Auden’s most famous poem…
March 17 – St Patrick’s Day. Everything you want to know about it…
Earth Day in March
And many others!…