What I though about the movie

I think it was horrible the way they treated Emmett Till. I can not believe how much they torchered him from one whisle. I mean the way they torchered him was something you could not even believe was happening. It was horrible. I could not imagine what his parents had to go through. To have to see what kind of things people did to a 14 year old boy back then.

Do you think that Emmet Louis Till's mother was right to have an open casket public funeral

I think it was right to have an open casket public funeral because then everybody could see what horribly stuff the white people did for things like a simple whistle. It makes me feel horrible of what they did to him.

Timeline~ Emmitt Louis Till

(Little Rock, Ark.) Formerly all- White Central High School learns that intergration is easier said than done. Nine black students are blocked from entering the school on the orders of Governor Orval Faubus. President Eisenhower sends federal troop and the National Graurd to intervene on behalf of the students who become known as the "Little Rock Nine".


Civil Rights Act of 1957. The 1957 Civil Rights Act is passed during the Eisenhower administration starting the civil rights legeslative programming that was to include the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

The Long Walk Home

In the movie The Long Walk Home starring Sissy Spacek and Whoppi Goldberg I felt really upset when the sister got on the bus while they boycotted it. Three men came on the bus and they were really mean to her. So she went off the bus and the three boys got kicked off so then the sister got beat up by them and then the brother came and he also got beat up. Then the father came and he scared them away. I was really upset of how they got treated. It made me feel sick the way they got treated. I think that should have never happened.

Segregation a Shock~Alicia

I would be so astonished if I went to a different coutry and I saw everything segregated. I would not be prepared to come to a country and see that. There were seperate water fountains, bathrooms, and the movie theaters. I would not even be able to believe what was happening. I think that it is not fair that everything was segregated because everyone should be treated with that same amount of respect. Not think the white people should be treated better than the black people.

When Elijah Became A Man

I think Elijah became a man be standing up for what he believed in. He sure told Mr. Turner what he wanted. When they gave him ten dollars he fought back. "You were offering twenty-five dollars to the others" (p.101). They kept arguing. Elijah would not go until he got the money he had been promised. "We ain't going until we get thirty-five dollars" Elijah said "Cash Money"(p.101). Elijah kept fighting until he got what he wanted. I think he showed that he had become a man.~Alicia

Jim Crow Laws

EDUCATION
Kentucky: The children of white and colored races committed to
reform schools shall be kept entirely separate from each other.


HEALTH CARE
Alabama: No person or corporation shall require any white female nurse to nurse in wards or rooms in hospitals, either public or private, in which negro men are placed.(http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/remembering/laws.html)

What Kind Of Man Was Muhammad?

I choose determined because Muhammad fought a Seen-Ba and was determined to kill it because " He said he fought that animal with all his heart and every bit of strength that was in him" (p.18).