Speaking Upwh a tev er th e c i r cu m s t an ce i s

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what is the human achieve-ment?

what is the most important factors in human achieve-ment

Gertrude Dumont Sojourner Truth Bartolome De Las Casas

What is human achievement?

RESULT PROCESS

What is human achievement?

Mental achieve-ment

Pure goal Awake other peo-

ple mentally Let people think

again

To Achieve Success.

Transcend the crowd mind.

Have great courage to speak your voice.

Never give up what you are doing.

My possibility to achieve

When everybody says “NO”, I say “YES”.

I was brave to say to my father that I wanted to study in the US

Still doing my best

A Little Girl’s Justice “oh, Poppee! Oh,

Poppee! Kate has been putting ashes in among the potatoes! I saw her do it! Look at those that fell on the outside of the kettle! You can now see what made the potatoes so dingy ev-ery morning, though Bell washed them clean!”(287)

AIN’T I A WOMAN?

And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gath-ered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman?

Who is Bartolome de las Casas ?

Born in 1474. Spanish priest, social re-

former and historian. Participated in the Spanish

Colonists. Give up his slaves and land Fight for the right of the Indi-

ans. Pass of the New Laws in

1542. Died in 1566.

In the 15th century

He was one of Spanish colonizers.

He accumulated wealth from slaves and lands.

Struggle for justice for the In-dians

Leader of the movement for the Indians’ rights.

Pass the New Laws in 1542.

Insist banning the Indian slavery.

Against en-comienda.

Las Casas’ achievement “the admiral was so anx-

ious to please the King that he committed ir-reparable crimes against the Indians…”

“Who in future genera-tions will believe this? I myself writing it as a knowledgeable eyewit-ness can hardly believe it”

Our Hidden HeroesTheir strong mind Their brave behavior

Q&A

Thank You!!

Bartolomé de Las Casas Encyclopedia of World Biography, December 12, 1998

Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United Sates. Harper and Row, 1980

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