Monday, March 18, 2013
Desktop Documentary: James Meredith
Citations:
Info:
"Address by Meredith Climaxes Turbulent Mississippi March." The Telegraph [Nashua]
27 June 1966: 7. News.google.com. Google. Web.
<http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19660627&id=XawrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S_0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6926,6215071>.
"James Meredith." MWP: (1933). N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2013.
"Luther King Takes up Meredith's March." The Glasgow Herald 08 June 1966: 9. News.google.com. Google. Web. <http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yX9AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zKMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1470,1275409&dq=martin+luther+king+meredith+march&hl=en>.
"On This Day in History: James Meredith Barred from Ole Miss." UPI. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2013.
"Tag Archive for 'James Meredith'" Publishing the Long Civil Rights Movement RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2013.
"U.S. Marshals Service, History, The U.S. Marshals and the Integration of the University of Mississippi: ." U.S. Marshals Service, History, The U.S. Marshals and the Integration of the University of Mississippi: . N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2013.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
Day 5 Post
Yesterday in class, THERE WAS NO CLASS. snow day.
Today in class, we talked about segregation and whether or not it is still around today. We talked about a case in a school in 2007 where a group of kids beat another child until he was unconscious. some other kids had previously hung nooses from a tree. The ones who beat the kid were black, and the ones who hung the nooses were white. The black boys were severely punished, the white boys were not. That's not segregation. Yeah, it's racism, but not segregation. also, people were getting all worked up about how the black kids were being punished more harshly than the white kids. Apparently that's racist even though the black kids beat another child unconscious and then continued to beat him after he passed out. It was a group against an individual and they could have killed him. That is not just a schoolyard fight like people made it out to be. Yes, hanging nooses from a tree is terrible and those children should be punished harshly, but them not being punished as harshly as the people who nearly killed someone is not really racism. It's not always about race, people. The noose thing was definitely racist though.
Today in class, we talked about segregation and whether or not it is still around today. We talked about a case in a school in 2007 where a group of kids beat another child until he was unconscious. some other kids had previously hung nooses from a tree. The ones who beat the kid were black, and the ones who hung the nooses were white. The black boys were severely punished, the white boys were not. That's not segregation. Yeah, it's racism, but not segregation. also, people were getting all worked up about how the black kids were being punished more harshly than the white kids. Apparently that's racist even though the black kids beat another child unconscious and then continued to beat him after he passed out. It was a group against an individual and they could have killed him. That is not just a schoolyard fight like people made it out to be. Yes, hanging nooses from a tree is terrible and those children should be punished harshly, but them not being punished as harshly as the people who nearly killed someone is not really racism. It's not always about race, people. The noose thing was definitely racist though.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
day 3 post
Yesterday in class, I was not there because I was at the blood drive and it too way longer than I had expected. No, really, it did. I thought I would just miss part of f period, but ended up missing f, g, lunch, and half of e. My sources say that they watched a video in class about a boy who was brutally beaten. I believe them, I have good sources.
Today in class, we read five different documents about as bus boycott. This was the boycott that occurred after the well-known Rosa Parks incident where Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person even though it was the law that she had to sit in the back of the bus and give up her seat when it was required. After each document we read, we found reasons for why the boycott was successful/unsuccessful. We then wrote the conclusion that we drew from each document (which was pretty much exactly what we had just written, only in paragraph form rather than bullet form).
Today in class, we read five different documents about as bus boycott. This was the boycott that occurred after the well-known Rosa Parks incident where Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person even though it was the law that she had to sit in the back of the bus and give up her seat when it was required. After each document we read, we found reasons for why the boycott was successful/unsuccessful. We then wrote the conclusion that we drew from each document (which was pretty much exactly what we had just written, only in paragraph form rather than bullet form).
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
No.
Yesterday in class, we talked about the Scottsboro Boys Trial. In this case, nine black boys were accused of raping two white women. We wrote journal entries from people involved in the case. My group wrote the journal entries of Ruby, who was one of the women who may or may not have been raped. Hint: she wasn't. Her and the other woman, Victoria, were dirty, dirty liars. In our journal entries, which I read to the class, we threw Victoria under the bus. Well, we only threw her under the bus in the first two entries. Then we just sideswiped her with the bus.
Today in class, we read some things and worked on a map about segregation. Then we talked about some trials and stuff. To be completely honest with you, I don't actually remember too much about class today.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Day 1 post
Yesterday in class, we took some notes. Super fun stuff.
Today in class, we talked about equality. Of course by "talked," I mean "got into a heated argument." We had a very lively discussion where we all yelled at Mr. Boyle while he grinned evilly and antagonized us. At one point, we talked about a scenario where two patients came into the doctor's office complaining of headaches. On had a brain tumor, and the other had a regular old headache. We discussed what the doctor would have to do to treat the patients equally. While we tried to discuss it, Mr. Boyle interrupted us every chance he got to say things like "but they both have headaches" and "no, he had a headache." He interrupted me while I was making a point, so I yelled at him to assert my dominance (and because I was really really angry/agitated/not-actually-angry-but-still-really-angry-somehow). Right when we were getting all fired up and angry about the brain tumor, he moved on to the next topic, which was easy to resolve. This left us (or at least me) all furious with nothing we can do to about it. It was diabolical. I'm still a little agitated just thinking about it. ARGHHH BRAIN TUMORS ARE NOT EQUAL TO HEADACHES, SO... SO... ARGHHHH. ahem.
Today in class, we talked about equality. Of course by "talked," I mean "got into a heated argument." We had a very lively discussion where we all yelled at Mr. Boyle while he grinned evilly and antagonized us. At one point, we talked about a scenario where two patients came into the doctor's office complaining of headaches. On had a brain tumor, and the other had a regular old headache. We discussed what the doctor would have to do to treat the patients equally. While we tried to discuss it, Mr. Boyle interrupted us every chance he got to say things like "but they both have headaches" and "no, he had a headache." He interrupted me while I was making a point, so I yelled at him to assert my dominance (and because I was really really angry/agitated/not-actually-angry-but-still-really-angry-somehow). Right when we were getting all fired up and angry about the brain tumor, he moved on to the next topic, which was easy to resolve. This left us (or at least me) all furious with nothing we can do to about it. It was diabolical. I'm still a little agitated just thinking about it. ARGHHH BRAIN TUMORS ARE NOT EQUAL TO HEADACHES, SO... SO... ARGHHHH. ahem.
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