Friday, March 30, 2012
civil rights movement
The person that i interviewed about the civil rights movement was the AP english teacher in my school, Dr. Leslie Edwards when the civil rights movement was going on dr. edwards 13 year of age when it affected her life. at 13 years old dr. edwards was in the NAACP, where they had kids 14 and younger involved in sit-in, of coarse she was arrested, but because the cop knew who she was she was let go. her parents were strict and they told her and her siblings to never ride the bus because of where they ha to sit, she described to me how she used the bathroom before she went anywhere, because they didnt like the bathroom conditions or even sometimes there was no bathrooms for colerd people to use. she lived in Gangsvell,Florida, which was a small town with dusty dirt roads and little schools, what i found fascinating was when she said that it wasnt that bad being seperated from others, she said it was like having your own town they had their own stores resaraunts and movie theaters . her homelife was different than most blacks during this time her father was the only black dentist there was and her mother was a schoolteacher who in her finding jobs she expierenced racism and sexist people. i wanted to interview 2 different kinds of sex and race but i couldn't find the other but i guess one will do!
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