Racism, Struggle In Ruby Bridges, And Freedom Walkers

Every day you are cursed at and threatened, the people close to you are tortured and worse; killed for their skin color. What if one day they come after you? In Leon’s story, Ruby Bridges, and Freedom Walkers these were the thoughts that ran through the minds of blacks during the civil rights movement. In Leon 's story by Leon Walter Tillage the theme is that the path is not always straight but it leads to the same place, it’s just that the way you got there was not the way you wanted. In the story Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges the theme is when you fight for what you believe in there is great reward. In the story Freedom Walkers by Russell Freedman the theme is one pebble cannot fight against the current but many pebbles can change the course of a river. All three of these novels have a main idea of you can never give up in tough times and that you have strength in numbers. Because of all the poverty, racism, and the legal systems being an African American was difficult until the civil rights movement in the early part of the twentieth …show more content…
These were the things that were holding them back. Most African americans lived in poverty with only a few cents in their bank account, this resonated who they could become and what they could do but they began to learn that they had strength in numbers. African Americans received unbearably amounts of racism that wore them down and created an imbalance for them. It was almost impossible to succeed as an African american because when the legal systems were always trying to put you in jail and fine you. Being an African american during the early part of the twentieth century was extremely difficult, but the African americans found hope and found their way through the