Tuesday, October 28, 2008

KWL FOUR LITTLE GIRLS

ssica Moss

Four Little Girls KWL

KNOW
- 16TH St. Baptist Church was bombed.
- Ku Klux Klan was responsible for this bombing.
- Four people were killed.
- Twenty two people were injured.
- Denise McNair
- Carole Robertson
- Cynthia Wesley
- Addie Mae Collins

WANT TO KNOW?
- Why didn’t everybody agree with segregation?
- How did the bombing contribute to the civil rights legislation?
- How did the demonstrations led to an agreement to integrate public facilities?
- What motivated the attack?
- What was the purpose of bombing that particular church?
- Did the families receive a fair trial for the murder of their daughters?

LEARNED
-Ku Klux Klan planted 19 sticks of dynamite with a delayed time release outside of the basement of the church.
- The bombing was a racially motivated attack on Sept.15.
- Bombing increased other acts of violence.
-Bombing caused public outrage and helped build support for the civil rights movement.
- Blacks were outraged by this bombing.
- There was no conviction at first for the ones who bombed the church.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

LYNCHING OUTLINE

LAST LYNCHING OUTLINE


I. Intro


II. Causes for Lynching


A. Jim Crow Laws
B. Ku Klux Klan
C. Stories of lynching’s


III. What African American did to stop this

A. Got help from white people
B. Spoke out
C. Broke away from restrictions
D. Got peoples attention

IV. The Outcome

A. Laws for blacks
B. End to segregation
C. Stop against lynching

V. Conclusion

LYNCHING IN AMERICA





There have been thousands of instances where lynchings have been recorded. People are surprised to learn that the last lynching only happened twenty seven years ago. I agree with Koppel, when he said that” People look at it as if this is a chapter in the past.” The reason why I agree with him is because so many people take for granted that our ancestors struggled for our rights and the least we could do is acknowledge our history more. So many people are unaware of issues like this because they choose to not pay attention, while some simply do not care about their history, or sacrifices that many brave women and men before our time whom jeopardized their lives for our freedom. The Moore’s Ford, Rosewood Massacre, and Michael Donald case are some cases for the most horrifying and venerated cases of lynching in America. All these cases are based on the Ku Klux Klan trying to prove or set a warning to the African Americans who did not waver or who thought that they could get away with threatening or killing any white person. The Ku Klux Klan felt superior over the law and demonstrated it by doing exactly what they wanted by taking matters into their own hands.

Last Lynching in America


There was over 5,000 lynching’s recorded in the United states during and after slavery. There is an unanimous number to those who were lynched that was recorded as well. The last lynching demonstrates the unbearable pain, and humiliation that white put on African Americans. Someblacks risked their lives in order for us to obtain our freedom. Blacks disguised themselves as white Ku Klux Klan members just to find out what it was that the Ku Klux Klan planned to do next in order to destroy African Americans who advocate out against whites. The Ku Klux Klans bombed buses, homes,and churches. Most white people treated these lynching’s as a big event, because everybody in the town crowded around to witness these lynchings as if it was a fair.
The last lynching ever recorded in America happened twenty seven years ago, in Mobile, Alabama; in 1981. This lynching is very interesting because it happened not to long ago and many people do not even know about it. Michael Donald lynching’s was a warning used by the Ku Klux Klan to warn the blacks in the local trial. Apparently a black man was on trial for killing an whitepolicemen, since the jury was all black the Ku Klux Klan decided that the trial was not going to be fair. Ben Hay’s a Ku Klux Klan member of high authority took matters into his own hand and decided to authorize his members to go out and kill an African American to set an example. That’s when they went out and choose Michael Donald, an innocent man. The killer of Donald said that he just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He even apologized to Donald’s mother , she accepted his forgiveness. This just shows how strong Africans Americans are, forgiving even during a time of tradegy. Seven million dollars where awarded to Donalds family, but his mother only received a small portion. She bought her first house with the money but haplessly, she died a year later.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

MY EMOTIONS TODAY!!!

Today I'm feeling extremely sleepy and tired because I just got back last night from Alabama and the drive was over several hours. So today I am not really in the mood to be social. I also feel stressed and depressed because I cant find me anywhere to live, I've been stayimg in and out of hotels for over a month now and it's beginning to take a toll on me. I can't remember how much money I've been spending on them. I'm also depressed about my grades, because I feel like no matter how much work I turn in, I'm still behind.