Sit-in

Make a big demonstration like this that required attention. In 1960 there were four young black college students who decided to sit in Woolworth’s lunch counter. This was a “whites only” establishment, and the four of them were refused service so they simply sat, the workers got angry and decided to close the place early. The next day they continued to sit silently in protest and everyday after more people showed up to protest with them. “...more than fifty thousand people, mostly black, some…

It 's June 22nd, just after ten thirty at night. I sit at the dining room table waiting for a phone call. Six hours ago, my daddy went to the hospital to have a few tests done. My mama went with him, and they have yet to return. Outside, the frogs strike up an unnerving tune. Earlier, a strong thunderstorm rolled through, drenching everything and lighting up the sky in flashes. As the frogs reach a crescendo in their song, a pair of headlights enters the driveway, catching the drops of moisture…

people. Martin Luther King, Jr stated that the Clergyman should have applauded the black people for the acts of demonstration rather than siding with the police. King’s letter reached the public and inspired African Americans to continue demonstrating sit-ins and boycotts. Civil disobedience is an act of defiance for a goal of common good, all the characters from Antigone, DPS article, and From the Letter from Birmingham Jail have shown this by doing what they felt was…

For my paper I was fortunate enough to be granted permission to observe some children at the Chinese summer camp where I went when I was younger, the counselors let me sit in and watch them entertain and educate the children from the corner of the classroom. The room was quite small but was able to accommodate me, four adults, 27 kids with ages ranging from 5 to 7, 30 adult size chairs, and a large table in the center. I was able to take more than an hour worth of notes during my stay there…

way, does this mean the idea of broadcasting your concern in a peaceful manner should be discarded? The Montgomery Bus Boycott’s goal in 1955 was to decrease the amount of racial segregation on buses. White people were to sit in the front of the bus while blacks were forced to sit farther back. If the bus became crowded and a white person needed a seat they would steal one from a person of color who was sitting nearest to the front of the bus. This boycotting resulted in racial segregation…

Some people say that they golf to relax. I however cannot understand that statement. Personally I would rather just throw my first three balls directly into the river and drop my fourth two hundred feet from the green. And I’d rather build castles in the sand trap rather than try to pitch a ball out of it. But somehow in the seventh grade I found myself on the junior high golf team. Although I didn’t know it when I wrote my name on the sign-up sheet, golf would teach me the most important lesson…

chairs surrounding the tables. This will allow the students to see each other and work face to face among one another. Also for more seating I want little stools in rows for the students to sit on when we are in front of the white/smart board, rather than them being on the floor this gives them the chance to sit in rows in an organized form and prevents them from having to look up at the board. My desk would be next to the smart board and it would be the “Captain’s Quarters.” In the back of the…

Race. It is a word that is associated with many thoughts, emotions, and arguments. Building upon how people looked at things back then those arguments could have been both bad and/or good. In Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham, he justified the tragedy of how inactive the white moderates, or clergymen, were compared to the white segregationists who wanted to see more people come together while doing what was right. Hand in hand the white segregationists were more stimulating when it…

WANT someone to blame and you will kill them. You know, it is really hard to sit in a therapist’s office, knowing the drill because you studied it, you went to school for this exact thing, but can’t seem to help your own child. You can barely get yourself through each and every day but you do so for your kids. They are the ones depending on you. You are more times than not their only voice in this crazy world. So you sit and listen with your hands neatly folded on your lap. You wipe away the…

After I read the texts the Power of Nonviolence, The Freedom Walkers, and watched the video about Emmett Till I realized that each of them were themed around the same thing. However, this did not come as much of a surprise. I get that each of these were made by different people, but since each of the take place about historical events based on the same era in time it was somewhat of an expectation to come. It was noticing the exact common thread between all of these that took me a few rereads…