Jonestown Massacre Peoples Temple was formed in Indianapolis,Indiana in 1955 by Jim Jones. Jim JOnes spoke out about social and racial equality,communism and justice for the people. Jim jones idea as equality for all sparkerd a high interest in african american community because of their lack of equality they had in 1950’s and 1970’s. On November 18, 1978, Jim Jones a cult leader persuaded over 900 people to drink cyanide fruit punch. This is the biggest mass suicide that has happened in american history and has influenced our community in a very dramatic way such as following rules or norms that certain religions or stop believing in certain religions and to start rioting about social injustice in our community. The way Jim Jones distorted
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He made people believe that he can cure anyone by putting fake people in the audience who use a wheelchair and made people believe that he could make her walk and when she walked the followers believed that he can cure anything. Jim also made his followers believe that what he is teaching them is the right way to think and to believe this is only way people should think. The video documentary about Jonestown massacre really shed light on how society still had no racial equality and there is still separation between certain race and there was a higher race in our society. This is what made people joined peoples temple is because Jim spoke out the racial inequality and the unfair treatment people with color got. The documentary gave the viewer real photos and actual people who were involved in the people's temple. This really help the viewer with the emotional part of this horrible crime by people telling how they lost their family and how Jim convinced thousands of people and how he slowly turned mad.The survivors explained how he would teach and explained his rules for the religion. The documentary about the Jonestown massacre made connections between biography,social structure and history when explaining how Jim Jones spoke out about racial equality and how in the time it was affecting them and decided to create a religion that support those beliefs and had people from the peoples temple speaking out how he slowly took
He made people believe that he can cure anyone by putting fake people in the audience who use a wheelchair and made people believe that he could make her walk and when she walked the followers believed that he can cure anything. Jim also made his followers believe that what he is teaching them is the right way to think and to believe this is only way people should think. The video documentary about Jonestown massacre really shed light on how society still had no racial equality and there is still separation between certain race and there was a higher race in our society. This is what made people joined peoples temple is because Jim spoke out the racial inequality and the unfair treatment people with color got. The documentary gave the viewer real photos and actual people who were involved in the people's temple. This really help the viewer with the emotional part of this horrible crime by people telling how they lost their family and how Jim convinced thousands of people and how he slowly turned mad.The survivors explained how he would teach and explained his rules for the religion. The documentary about the Jonestown massacre made connections between biography,social structure and history when explaining how Jim Jones spoke out about racial equality and how in the time it was affecting them and decided to create a religion that support those beliefs and had people from the peoples temple speaking out how he slowly took