It was a sunny day in the city of paramount in California , today is a special day because mother is coming home from a meeting that was hosted by the N.A.A.C.P. , hours went by and mother was at her home. I was dying of excitement, I think that the meeting was about stopping segregation in California. Mom was driving up the driveway, I saw the excitement in her eyes as she would get off the car. We all rushed inside and sat on the table and then mother spoke "I have really good news today we were told that our black kid and friends will be able to go to a white school '. We were so happy and full of joy so we all decide to go to the park and drink some fruit punch, listen to some music, and play a friendly game soccer. That evening we were all tired, so we sat down a listen to some music. As soon as we were going to start our second half the music stops and there was a state alert. We gathered together and listen quietly ' 'Hello state of California it is your …show more content…
Ok I am ready were on our ways to my first day of school the first thing that happens is that all the white kids start to surround our car. I Think I can see the state guard blocking the entrance of the high school. I got out and all the mean words that the whites yelled at where really hurtful, but I ignored all of them, I said to myself that I cam to learn and have good education for a good career, I will ignore all the haters. We all walked to the entrance and the state guard was here they had guns and knives, as soon as we tried going inside and the stopped us as said "the governor send us to stop any black women or men to enter this school". We waited outside waiting for someone to help us and let us in but no one came. We stand there and a group of four white girls walk in then a 3 white kid walk in and said come in come get me but the guard still didn’t let us in. My dad said " let go we are going to go home and contact the president of the united states to come and help with this problem of
The original settlers were europeans, indentured servants, Black and White, and free Africans. Through the time and the establishment of the slavery in America, there has also been the establishment of a caste system that effects us to this day. The Black and Brown communities have been victims of the White supremacist agenda keeping them from social and economic advancement through an evolving legal system controlled by the “elite planters of the day.” The White supremacist agenda has evolved with a growing consensus of White superiority and the inferiority of everyone of color. The author uses the social climate and court hearings to validate her
The state troops were there to prevent them from going in, an order the Governor made that morning. Looking at the photograph you can see two different emotions. The blacks are looking in disbelief that they are not able to attend classes. And there loved ones are confused on the matter of what is happening. While looking at the police you see some who are in the motion of doing what they were ordered to do.
They would have to deal with every single person that wanted to stop them form what they were doing. At first, the governor sent National Guard troops to stop them. This did slow them, but didn't stop them as they continued on and tried again. This attempt did fail again as thousandth of white people rioted in the streets. They were carrying weapons threatening to kill the students if they continued to try to enter the school (Kohn)
In 1957 Seventeen black students passed a screening process but eight withdrew their application on the first day. The remaining nine would attempt to be the first black students to enter central high school escorted by police. (“Little Rock Nine”). On the first day of class, Governor Faubus of arkansas deployed units from the Arkansas National Guard and state police to prevent the nine students from entering the school. The scene made international news, and soon Little Rock was a popular place in the ongoing civil rights struggle.
They came out from everywhere, lunchrooms, campus grounds, building, dormitories and filled Jefferson Avenue and began to march, it made a scene, but you could only hear the sound of their footsteps. They marched to the front door the City Hall and they asked Reverend CT Vivian, the mayor if he feels it is right to segregate someone just off the color of their skin and he replied by saying that no, they should not refuse a
On September 14th, Haverford High School hosted one of the most important races for the Upper Darby Cross Country team. In most races, the winning team is not rewarded with a prize. But this was a different race. The girls team were running, fighting for the possession of the sports bra. The tradition of the sports bra was established by the coaches of both teams, Upper Darby and Haverford, in late seventies inspired by the boys’ tradition with a bronze shoe.
One of them asked me who I belonged to. I told him no one. So him and two others struck me with a stick and told me they were going to kill me and every other Negro who
It all started when John Dudley announced over the loudspeaker during morning announcements, “Carolyn Coefield has lost her red pocketbook. If anyone has found it, please return it to the office.” On cue everyone had stood up and walked out the main door, they had kept walking following the designated path(NCPEDIA). All students had marched from Adkin High School to Queen Street, then to the recreation center on Easy Bright Street(NCPEDIA). Some of the students had been carrying homemade signs that said thing like “Freedom,” “Equal Rights,” and “Education.”(NCPEDIA).
Several incidents were found to have occurred on and off of school grounds for over a period of 2 days. The incident was portrayed in the media as being an interracial problem between Asian and black although evidence exists that other nationalities were involved. Asian students subsequently boycotted the school for approximately three weeks because they said they didn’t feel safe. These incidents took center stage with the focus being shifted soley to security. School security officers increased from 2 to 15 on campus.
When the Board of Education allowed for schools to integrate color students to an all white school, some of them did not want the students to be allowed to enter. Central High School called the National Guard to forbid the Little Rock nine to enter. Off campus you were able to see the white students waiting for the nine students to enter. The white student began to protest for them to leave and screamed that they will never integrate with them. The white student did not see themselves equal as the color students.
One day one of the minority students walked in the bathroom to whiteness all of the 7 students listed under a title that stated "Kill A Nigga Day". And "KKK" was posted on all 7 students lockers. He told the people that names were listed and they all went home to address their parents about the issue. My parents are all about their kids so they took it very seriously. They filed a lawsuit on the whitewater high school district because when they confronted the principle he had nothing more to say but "it 's all just a joke".
Heaved I ever experience racism? How did it make me feel? Yes, I have experience racism. It was not the best feeling ever it made me feel like crap. It’s funny how people make you feel if you’re a different race.
In Chapter 1 of The Wilmington Ten, Janken wrote about how students from all-white high schools could have been dispersed into all-black high schools in Wilmington, North Carolina in order to help integrate the school system. Instead, only students from the all black high school were dispersed into two different all-white high schools because the community good was defined by what was acceptable to whites. This is relevant to the course theme of critically assessing the significance of events in North Carolina’s African American history because “white privilege” is very prominent in today’s time. For example, Americans of color are far more likely to be victims of law enforcement officers than white Americans. There has been a plethora of killings of African Americans by police
For the next few months, the African American students attended school under armed supervision. Even so, they faced physical and verbal abuse from their white peers’’(Source B).This demonstrates how people got together and protested along with the African American students on how the segregationists were being racist and treating them like they were nonexistent. This also shows how the segregationists were ignoring the fact that others were disagreeing with them, but they were mainly focused on being inconsiderate and treating the ‘’Little Rock Nine’’ poorly because they were Negros. After All, the Little Rock Showdown displayed how the segregationists treated the Negro students unequally because they were just as qualified to go to school with white
What exactly is the hood? The hood is a slang term for the ghetto. Many people may associate the hood with the birthplace of criminals, people with no lives, and even what some people would call “gangsters”. From the outside looking in, one would assume the hood is a horrible place to be, and those were my exact thoughts in the beginning. Is the hood as dangerous as it is described?