“Adeline come over here” said McCain. Adeline was a close friend to McCain. He knew that Adeline was quiet and shy not wanting to protest and march for segregation. “What?” said Adeline as she came over to him in the dorm foyer.
“We are going to do a lunch counter sit in and we are trying to get more people to come.” said McCain.
Adeline was unsure if she wanted to go or not because of the consequences. “I don’t think I am going to go, you could go to jail for doing that.” Said Adeline.
As Adeline walked to her dorm she knew her friend McCain wouldn’t stop until he got something and she was worried about him. Later that night she heard them leaving to go to the whites only diner and sit in there. Adeline didn’t know what they were going to do when the owner tells them to leave. Before McCain left Adeline had peaked out of her room to see four black …show more content…
As soon as Adeline saw the diner she could barely see the doorway, because there were so many college students some that she knew and some she had know idea where they came from. Adeline had to push and shove here way through the crowd there must have been at least 300 kids there. It was amazing. All of the seats were taken, because there were so many kids in one place. Today the local news was here and the world news.
It was a long day for Adeline since, she had been protesting and shouting in the diner. When she got home to here dorm she turned on the news and found a video of her and everyone else protesting and during the sit in. Not only was it only in Greensboro, Alabama there were also sit ins in 13 other states. It was incredible how everyone had heard about it, even across the ocean. Adeline knew this had to be a turning point in ending segregation and allowing black people at a whites only diner. The news talked about if the government and the diner were not going to have
“We are going to do a lunch counter sit in and we are trying to get more people to come.” said McCain.
Adeline was unsure if she wanted to go or not because of the consequences. “I don’t think I am going to go, you could go to jail for doing that.” Said Adeline.
As Adeline walked to her dorm she knew her friend McCain wouldn’t stop until he got something and she was worried about him. Later that night she heard them leaving to go to the whites only diner and sit in there. Adeline didn’t know what they were going to do when the owner tells them to leave. Before McCain left Adeline had peaked out of her room to see four black …show more content…
As soon as Adeline saw the diner she could barely see the doorway, because there were so many college students some that she knew and some she had know idea where they came from. Adeline had to push and shove here way through the crowd there must have been at least 300 kids there. It was amazing. All of the seats were taken, because there were so many kids in one place. Today the local news was here and the world news.
It was a long day for Adeline since, she had been protesting and shouting in the diner. When she got home to here dorm she turned on the news and found a video of her and everyone else protesting and during the sit in. Not only was it only in Greensboro, Alabama there were also sit ins in 13 other states. It was incredible how everyone had heard about it, even across the ocean. Adeline knew this had to be a turning point in ending segregation and allowing black people at a whites only diner. The news talked about if the government and the diner were not going to have