The school had given her an ultimatum, if Jessie didn’t improve his grades and attitude they would have no choice, he would be sent away.
One night Jesse overheard his mother crying and walked into her bedroom. She had just found out Lisa was pregnant and what kind of things she had been doing. Watching his mom in such pain and disappointment Jesse kissed her on the cheek expressing that he had also caused her several problems, and for that he was sorry. He never wants to see her like this again, especially since dad had done enough damage.
He promised he would cause her no more problems, but as soon as he was sixteen he would not attend school any more. He hated the people there. Beholding the moment pressing her image in his heart, he …show more content…
Jessie became intrigued with current events and began following the news broadcasts concerning the civil rights movement, which had taken a leap forward catching the public eye. Glued to a breaking story about seven African American men and six white activists now known as Freedom Riders, on May 4, 1961, the Freedom Riders left Washington, DC, and traveled through the extremely segregated Deep South on a mission to test Boynton Virginia. Jessie followed the story as it unfolded on national television and in the newspapers. The reports were that on May 14, the Freedom Riders in two segregated groups were attacked outside Birmingham, Alabama and Anniston, Alabama. The headline read that a mob of Klansman had thrown a firebomb into the Anniston bus. While in Birmingham, the report was that members of the Ku Klux Klan after making earlier arrangements with local law enforcement to have 15 minutes alone with the bus. The Klan attacked the bus before law enforcement …show more content…
As The Cold War continued to worsen, The Russians had placed Ballistic Missiles on Cuban land, just 90 miles from the coast of Florida. The Cubans believed Kennedy was going to try to invade their country again; they had already attacked the Cubans in failed attempts. Although the world was blaming Cuba, Jessie was not, he believed that if the United States could have missiles, so could everyone else. And in this case the united states were the instigator. Jessie was tired of America trying to play the good guy when they were guilty of so much more, just as bad as the rest of the
One night Jesse overheard his mother crying and walked into her bedroom. She had just found out Lisa was pregnant and what kind of things she had been doing. Watching his mom in such pain and disappointment Jesse kissed her on the cheek expressing that he had also caused her several problems, and for that he was sorry. He never wants to see her like this again, especially since dad had done enough damage.
He promised he would cause her no more problems, but as soon as he was sixteen he would not attend school any more. He hated the people there. Beholding the moment pressing her image in his heart, he …show more content…
Jessie became intrigued with current events and began following the news broadcasts concerning the civil rights movement, which had taken a leap forward catching the public eye. Glued to a breaking story about seven African American men and six white activists now known as Freedom Riders, on May 4, 1961, the Freedom Riders left Washington, DC, and traveled through the extremely segregated Deep South on a mission to test Boynton Virginia. Jessie followed the story as it unfolded on national television and in the newspapers. The reports were that on May 14, the Freedom Riders in two segregated groups were attacked outside Birmingham, Alabama and Anniston, Alabama. The headline read that a mob of Klansman had thrown a firebomb into the Anniston bus. While in Birmingham, the report was that members of the Ku Klux Klan after making earlier arrangements with local law enforcement to have 15 minutes alone with the bus. The Klan attacked the bus before law enforcement …show more content…
As The Cold War continued to worsen, The Russians had placed Ballistic Missiles on Cuban land, just 90 miles from the coast of Florida. The Cubans believed Kennedy was going to try to invade their country again; they had already attacked the Cubans in failed attempts. Although the world was blaming Cuba, Jessie was not, he believed that if the United States could have missiles, so could everyone else. And in this case the united states were the instigator. Jessie was tired of America trying to play the good guy when they were guilty of so much more, just as bad as the rest of the