Yes. I thought that it had an impact on me. Some of those pictures were really sad. Videos like that make me relise how it actually was for African Americans living in the 50’s and 60’s. It sort of makes me fell ashamed, the way our color treated African Americans. It makes me want to go hug an African American right now.
I think what we have researched made a big difference. It has helped me understand what they had to go through alought to get rights. The pictures also helped us to recognize that it was not an easy time. The African American poplulation had to work hard. If it weren’t for these great people that risked their lives we may still have been segragated.
I think that it had an impact on me because it shows how hard it was to stop segregation and how hard alot of people tried to make everything equal for everybody.
yes. I think my research had an impact on me because it helped me realize what it was really like for whites and blacks back then and how it was really bad the way people were treated and i used to think that it was like this a long long time ago but i learned that it was only less than 100 years ago that all this was going on and that it hasnt been long since people were seperated and im glad its not like that anymore
Yes, my research had an impact on me because I got to see the horible deeds that the civil rights protesters did to people that weren’t their color. I believe that the people who wanted there to be segragation didn’t care if the people they were effecting were hurt or petrified by their cruel and evil acts.
Yes, I think this had a huge impact on me because I really never thought the stuff that happened wasn’t as bad as actually watching it. People were risking there life to end segregation, they were also challenging left an right against laws and etc. So anyways I really do think this video had an impact on me and my topic because my topic was about how colored people were trying to show that they should be able to eat were whites could.
My research has had an impact on me because it now seems silly that African Americans couldn’t talk to white men back then. I was surprised that two white men actually killed Emmit Till because he talked to a wife of one of the two men. Martin Luther King Jr’s house was bombed because he was trying to help African Americans. The video has an impact on me because I couldn’t believe how mean the white men were to the African Americans.
I think that when you ask us if our research has had an impact on us you mean that we might want to change something. If that is what you are asking than I feel as if this has not had an impact on me.
Yes, It did. To think about the people who kill or hurt innocent people and laugh about it, or dont apoligize. That hurts. I felt a movement in my heart when I watched the video. A movement that made me relize the true potential about what is happening. Thankfully the world has change. But somewhere in this new world, there is still evil that hurts and kills. Hopefully, we can change that.
In my entire life, I never knew why there was reason for racism. that is, until now I never knew about all of the violence and loss of lives that went with desegrigation. The research we have been doing has really changed my point of view.
It definatley made an impact on me. It breaks my heart to watch or see things as sad as what African Americans went through. To think that they were killed, brutally tortured, and treated unequally is sad because they just wanted to live the same life as whites and have the same laws apply to them that applied to whites. I am so glad that we have over come racial discrimination because if I had to personaly see what African Americans went through I would just die. We are so thankful that the African Americans kept on fighting and never gave up because they have made or nation stronger by making us all be united.
Yes, it definantley had and impact on me. I always thought that segregation was just that the different races couldn’t use the same facilities as each other. I now know that it was much more than that. I had no idea what were facing. to me, Segregation was always just a bad thing that happened a long time ago. My teachers sugar-coated it. I now realize just how horrible it really was. I agree with Jessica, it makes me feel ashamed to know what my race did to African Americans.
yes, this video did have an impact on me. It just makes me feel so sad and very heart broken seeing all of those pictures and how people treated the African-Americans back then. I just relize now that our color of skin treated all the African-Americans like that. It just makes me feel hurt inside. I am so glad that we are all equal and also that all the whites dont treat the African-Americans like this anymore. But I know that somewhere in this world, that some people still hate the African-Americans. Any way this vedio had an impact and it still makes me feel ashamed of ourselves and very torn up inside.
That video definately had an impact on me. Those pictures almost mad me cry. It is unbeleivable that those police men had the cruel hearts to allow themselves to do those terrible things. We all should learn how brave African Americans were to go through that.
That video definately had an impact on me. Those pictures almost made me cry. It is unbeleivable that those police men had the cruel hearts to allow themselves to do those terrible things. We all should learn how brave African Americans were to go through that.
yes it had a positive impact on the way i should act because if you were black and living in that time period you would feel horrible.i cant believe that a 14 year old was killed because he said bye. there was a quote in a book that was lying around in my house that said Billy dont go in that building its not safe for us (billy was black) why not i see little white boys going there all the time. yes but do you ever see little black boys? NO.
so that book told me that it just wasnt fair back then and i know it is not always about fairness but it should be about being equal to everyone and i understand that most people do see some as higher than them but that doesnt mean that they can not eat at the same place or that they cant live in the same neighborhood or that they cant even get there hair cut in the same place because everything should be equal.
the world has become more and more diverse but there is always room for improvement. there are many great african american people out there and i would hate to not get to know them just because they look diferent. and there are alot 0f really smart african american people out there and i would hate for them to not get an education because their skin is darker.
back then there were so many limits that now and days have been streched so far nothing is imposible . and that video helped to show me all of that that i just said!!!!!!
frances salmon
This movie did have an effect on me. As I am researching sometimes I want to cry because it is just really sad. My little sister was watching the movie with me and she said “Why are those people hitting each other.” I was kind of suprised that she said that, but I told her that those people were not being nice. The truth is that so many people are still in the world who think that is okay but it is not. I hope that someday, those people are stopped from hurting others. It is mean,evil, and really hurtfull. But think for a second. Those people may have been told that when they were little. Maybe they just didn’t know it was wrong. We need to teach those people it is not good. Then we can start to make the world a better place.
I think that my research did have an impact on me from when we started learning about slavery. Yes, the emancipation proc. did free the slaves, but it did not give them equal rights! The African Americans still did not live a free life. They were lynched even for entertainment! That’s so cruel!!! This is why it has made an impact on me.
yes it had a impact on me. For example if I had not researched about it I would not believe that people would bomb buses and that the police in the south would let killing dogs bite the people that were marching. Also the firemen would splash the people with water with that much pressure that could kill them. Also that people would lynch blacks just because of random reasons that they did not like. It also had a impact on me because of how the black people were not as equal as the white and they were supposed to be equal. Also because the black people were hurt for what they believed in and when they tried to fight for thier rights and did not hurt anyone.
This video definately had an impact on me!!!!!!!!!!
It showed to me the hardships that the African Americans had to face. It showed what they went through to seek equality. Also it showed me all the many things and people that fought for the rights of all people that showed how everyone should be given equal rights.
That video impacted me a lot. I think it was so so so sad that so many african americans were beaten to death just because of their race. I also thought that rosa parks is very brave to say “NO” im not giving up my seat to a white man even though she could of been killed. I also thought that the little rock nine were very brave because they went to a school where there were only white kids at that school and there had never been any black kids that had attended a white school.
That video impacted me a lot. I think it was so so so sad that so many african americans were beaten to death just because of their race. I also thought that rosa parks is very brave to say “NO” im not giving up my seat to a white man even though she could of been killed. I also thought that the little rock nine were very brave because they went to a school where there were only white kids at that school and there had never been any black kids that had attended a white school.
The whole idea of racisim imapacted me. I had done muliple reports on MLK before so I was used to the horible things that he went through. I was extemely shocked by Emmitt Till though. I had never heard of Emmitt Till before this project. When I saw his face after he was murdered it was gross.
Yes, of course it made an impact on me. To see African American’s get tortured and abused by all that just because they wanted to live the same way whites did is horrible. It makes me sad. I understand why u wanted the podcasts to not be funny because it was a very serious matter. It’s horrible. I can’t beleive it took peoples lifes away, but think of what our world would be like now if they just quit. They never gave up !!! this is soooo sad.
It made a huge impact on me because I saw how mean and cruel people will treat each other just because they are different than themselves. It also showed me on how courageous people are when they want something that will benifit them in the future such as money and a good education. Also I saw that if you get to know people then they are not as bad as they seem or as people say that they are.
It made a huge impact on me because I learned how cruel people could be to each other and just get off unpunished. I learned how hard it was just go out side and protest knowing that you are putting you, your friends, and your family’s lives at risk. I felt pretty sad about how much work the civil rights leaders did just to get racism and Jim Crow banished from the world but it is still around today.
My research has totally changed the way I think and feel about the Civil Rights Movement. I don’t understand why a one race could think they were the superpower to another race. Though I didn’t witness any of this tragic period in time, all of the pictures in our research could really tell what happened by themselfs. Seeing all of the innocent people get beat and lynched for un-called for purposes. This has all made me more aware of what has happened in our history
This video showed the truth about the Civil Rights movement and the ups and downs. This had an impact on me (yes) not only that these terrible things happened, but when it showed the good things that came from it, it reminded me that there will always be some good and joy in the world no matter what.
I think it had a huge impact on me because it gave men a lot of information about how and what life was really like back then and how African Americans were treated. And also, it showed me how hard black people worked to try and gain equal rights, and what great leaders helped them get equal rights. It also showed me how selfish white people were because they thought they were better than African Americans when they didn’t even give them a chance of equal rights just because they looked different from White men and women.
Of course my research had an impact on me! I had no idea how horrible backs were treated untill i did my research. I realized that if i had been living then. I would have done anything to help them.
That was so sad i can’t believe they did that to kids!!!! But yes that did have an impact on me and i don’t think that i will ever look at civil rights studying as homework or school work, but as a time to respect all those who went trough that just to have something they should have been granted from the beginnig of time
It definately does because you got to see how bad the whites treated the African Americans and how they had to go through all of those hardships they had to face. It really changed my perspective on how poorly the whites treated them. I feel reall bad for the people that had to go through all that trouble. Why couldn’t there have been integration before this all started?
The video and the research I have done has impacted me in a big way.
The African Americans back then were so brave. Today, we take our privlidges for granted. But these past weeks and months have made me look back and think ‘What if that was me? Would I be brave enough? Or would I give in and let myself be treated like an unwanted wild animal or something?’ I am now very grateful for the people before me who make it possible for me to live my life fairly and be so lucky like this.
I believe that reseachering all of this stuff makes us think about the problems that were in the past the more we know about the problems the more we can do to stop them in the future.
My research did have an impact on me because it showed me how far African-Americans are going to go to desegregate their communities and have equal rights, but especially how incredibly and unbelievably far white supremecists are willing to go to stop at all costs integration and equal rights. Emmett Till especially made me feel so angry that some white men would kill a boy and then after he was dead, completely mutilate his face so that the only way he could be recognized was by his initialled ring.
Yes, my research had a huge impact on me. It opened my eyes to how resent these terrible things happened. My research also showed me the terrible things that were done to African Americans. They were tortured, beaten, and lynched just because of their race which wasn’t something they could do anything about. I thought that African Americans then were just undermined (smaller drinking fountains, having to use the back doors, ect.) My research made me feel how awful it is to judge someone before you get to know them. I’m now wondering if I lived back then if I would be one of those people who looked down upon African Americans. The thought still scares me.
It had an impact on me because there were kids, even younger than I am, out there fighting for freedom and getting beat up for it. Four girls were killed and 22 people were injured all because of some stupid desegregation law. Emmett Till was killed for talking to a white woman. Till was beaten up so badly his mom could barely recongnize him. If you were segregated from a different race than you and given the worse end of the deal, would you like it? NO!
The research we did and the video definently had an impact on me because its shows that things weren’t always integrated and that life was a lot different back then. Also that African Americans did have to come a very long way and go through a lot to get where we are now. It had a big impact on me know because it makes me very, very, very sad.
yes. it made me think about how awful the world was before and how thankful I am to live now and not then. I’m glad that everything eventually turned out well-ish. We still live in a slightly racial world but, thank God, it’s desegregated.
Yes, I think it did have an impact on our lives. I mean think if Lovett was a segregated school. Think about how hard it would be to live where you could not have a white friend or an African American friend. Also those people in the video where people who loved our country so much. They fought so that their children could have a happy non violent life. Also they had the most courage. If I were to go to a school where I had the chance of being shot I probably wouldn’t go. It did have an impact on me, it should have an impact on everybody.
“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and
violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,
aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Stockholm, Sweden, December 11, 1964.
Like Martin Luther King Jr. said we all should have love not result to violence
-OLivia Strader
I think it did have an impact on me. After researching the civil rights my perception on the South back changed. Now I look back on America and see the mistakes that we have made. One good thing is that we learned from our mistakes and now we accept everyone no matter skin color, race, religion, or gender.
yes it did have an impact on me and im sure it did to a lot of other people. while reseaarching it made me realize the horror and i kept thinking how we would have felt. We would have felt worse than them. The reason for this is because we expect more things than they did they haven’t known what the world is like now.
Every day i keep thinking about how much guts it took for Mr.king to stand up and declare that it is a free country. There is no way i could do that.
I could not get the video up but the question Have i been impacted by my research. I have it is really scary for me to research it but what about the people who aculatiy had to live it. Wake up on sunday get all ready and go then bam your church just got bombed or just looking around and seeing that somthing is not right but afread if you stand up alone that horrible things will happen. That is one of the many reasons so many people march because it is a group standing up. It is a group of people making the world a better place for them. So I am both scared of the horrer but also thankful for the brave people you fought for their rights to make what we call America today.
yes, it taught me information on subjects, like the voting rights act of 1965, that I’d never know about. It taught me a lot about MLK jr. I feel as though I have just learned a lot about racial inequality, and unfairness.
Yes. My research has had a big impact on me. I kind of knew before a little bit about segregation and slavery and African Americans being unequal to whites, but I didn’t know that people would actually murder African Americans just because they felt like it or that they didn’t like them. I didn’t know how brutal it was and how violent. My research has effected the way that I think about America and the history of it. I think that the USA is a good country with some bumps in the road along the way that I think ruin parts of what people say about America always being equal and the place of opportunity. Apparently not befor the about the 1970’s. In some countries, the murder and segregation still exists. I hope that in the melting worlds future, there will be none of that. Overall it has impacted my life and the way I look at things
Yes it did impact me because it told me the story of our country and the brave people who desegragated it, but I do not think I will ever be able to fully understand what really took place.
Yes it did impact me because it told me the story of our country and the brave people who desegragated it, but I do not think I will ever be able to fully understand what really took place in the Civil Rights movement.
Yes, I think that it did have an impact on me. All of the violence and racism made me think about how lucky we all are to live in such a better place now.
Yes it did impact me because it told me of how segregation is so unfair but it also made me realize how lucky I am not to have to go through that. Another thing is that it helped me visialize what was happening during segregation.
Hogan Barnes
I feel very blessed to live in a world free from a lot of racsim, and my research has made me think about how lucky we all are to be free from hatred and horror, that has been in the past.
I agree with claire because we should all be worthy that we all live in such a wonderful world, that may not be perfect but it isnt racest. With the continues of my research I noticed that how they treated the blakcs was to horrible to believe, I didnt think that they were that mean. It was harsh to see them do that to adults but when i saw them doing it to kids, it made me feel that i am not worthy of how i have it these days. Most people dont realized how easy it is for them.back then when someone spoke out for somthing they believed in then they would get in so much trouble and they just wished that they would come out of there alive. Most younger kids dont even know the horror of the past and i think that they should all know because it is very impotant in the U.S. history even for little kids.
When I reasearched it really put Jim Crow into contexted. It really showed me what happened and gave me pictures of it i think that is why it was so moving to people because if you see it i think it makes you think it
My reasearch had an impact on me because i did not know exactly how bad this period in time was. I knew about the KKK but i did not know a bout the psychological part of this… such as the segregated water fountains and how the one that said, “Whites Only” was higher on the wall than the other water fountain. This time was not all violence although some of it was in fact most of it was there was some parts that were just mean that did not hurt the phsical being but the mental being.
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Yes. I thought that it had an impact on me. Some of those pictures were really sad. Videos like that make me relise how it actually was for African Americans living in the 50’s and 60’s. It sort of makes me fell ashamed, the way our color treated African Americans. It makes me want to go hug an African American right now.
February 23rd, 2008 at 10:25 am
I think what we have researched made a big difference. It has helped me understand what they had to go through alought to get rights. The pictures also helped us to recognize that it was not an easy time. The African American poplulation had to work hard. If it weren’t for these great people that risked their lives we may still have been segragated.
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:56 am
I think that it had an impact on me because it shows how hard it was to stop segregation and how hard alot of people tried to make everything equal for everybody.
February 23rd, 2008 at 6:30 pm
yes. I think my research had an impact on me because it helped me realize what it was really like for whites and blacks back then and how it was really bad the way people were treated and i used to think that it was like this a long long time ago but i learned that it was only less than 100 years ago that all this was going on and that it hasnt been long since people were seperated and im glad its not like that anymore
February 23rd, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Yes, my research had an impact on me because I got to see the horible deeds that the civil rights protesters did to people that weren’t their color. I believe that the people who wanted there to be segragation didn’t care if the people they were effecting were hurt or petrified by their cruel and evil acts.
February 24th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Yes, I think this had a huge impact on me because I really never thought the stuff that happened wasn’t as bad as actually watching it. People were risking there life to end segregation, they were also challenging left an right against laws and etc. So anyways I really do think this video had an impact on me and my topic because my topic was about how colored people were trying to show that they should be able to eat were whites could.
- Bear =)
February 24th, 2008 at 11:26 am
it definantly made an impact on me because it got int o details of the horror, and the triumph
February 24th, 2008 at 11:30 am
My research has had an impact on me because it now seems silly that African Americans couldn’t talk to white men back then. I was surprised that two white men actually killed Emmit Till because he talked to a wife of one of the two men. Martin Luther King Jr’s house was bombed because he was trying to help African Americans. The video has an impact on me because I couldn’t believe how mean the white men were to the African Americans.
February 24th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I think that when you ask us if our research has had an impact on us you mean that we might want to change something. If that is what you are asking than I feel as if this has not had an impact on me.
February 24th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Yes, It did. To think about the people who kill or hurt innocent people and laugh about it, or dont apoligize. That hurts. I felt a movement in my heart when I watched the video. A movement that made me relize the true potential about what is happening. Thankfully the world has change. But somewhere in this new world, there is still evil that hurts and kills. Hopefully, we can change that.
February 24th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
In my entire life, I never knew why there was reason for racism. that is, until now I never knew about all of the violence and loss of lives that went with desegrigation. The research we have been doing has really changed my point of view.
February 24th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Ithink that the reaserch did have an impact on me because i realised how bad the lives of african americans were.
February 24th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
It definatley made an impact on me. It breaks my heart to watch or see things as sad as what African Americans went through. To think that they were killed, brutally tortured, and treated unequally is sad because they just wanted to live the same life as whites and have the same laws apply to them that applied to whites. I am so glad that we have over come racial discrimination because if I had to personaly see what African Americans went through I would just die. We are so thankful that the African Americans kept on fighting and never gave up because they have made or nation stronger by making us all be united.
February 24th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Yes, it definantley had and impact on me. I always thought that segregation was just that the different races couldn’t use the same facilities as each other. I now know that it was much more than that. I had no idea what were facing. to me, Segregation was always just a bad thing that happened a long time ago. My teachers sugar-coated it. I now realize just how horrible it really was. I agree with Jessica, it makes me feel ashamed to know what my race did to African Americans.
February 24th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
yes, this video did have an impact on me. It just makes me feel so sad and very heart broken seeing all of those pictures and how people treated the African-Americans back then. I just relize now that our color of skin treated all the African-Americans like that. It just makes me feel hurt inside. I am so glad that we are all equal and also that all the whites dont treat the African-Americans like this anymore. But I know that somewhere in this world, that some people still hate the African-Americans. Any way this vedio had an impact and it still makes me feel ashamed of ourselves and very torn up inside.
February 24th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
That video definately had an impact on me. Those pictures almost mad me cry. It is unbeleivable that those police men had the cruel hearts to allow themselves to do those terrible things. We all should learn how brave African Americans were to go through that.
February 24th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
That video definately had an impact on me. Those pictures almost made me cry. It is unbeleivable that those police men had the cruel hearts to allow themselves to do those terrible things. We all should learn how brave African Americans were to go through that.
February 24th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
yes it had a positive impact on the way i should act because if you were black and living in that time period you would feel horrible.i cant believe that a 14 year old was killed because he said bye. there was a quote in a book that was lying around in my house that said Billy dont go in that building its not safe for us (billy was black) why not i see little white boys going there all the time. yes but do you ever see little black boys? NO.
so that book told me that it just wasnt fair back then and i know it is not always about fairness but it should be about being equal to everyone and i understand that most people do see some as higher than them but that doesnt mean that they can not eat at the same place or that they cant live in the same neighborhood or that they cant even get there hair cut in the same place because everything should be equal.
the world has become more and more diverse but there is always room for improvement. there are many great african american people out there and i would hate to not get to know them just because they look diferent. and there are alot 0f really smart african american people out there and i would hate for them to not get an education because their skin is darker.
back then there were so many limits that now and days have been streched so far nothing is imposible . and that video helped to show me all of that that i just said!!!!!!
frances salmon
February 24th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Those comments are very well done!
February 24th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
This movie did have an effect on me. As I am researching sometimes I want to cry because it is just really sad. My little sister was watching the movie with me and she said “Why are those people hitting each other.” I was kind of suprised that she said that, but I told her that those people were not being nice. The truth is that so many people are still in the world who think that is okay but it is not. I hope that someday, those people are stopped from hurting others. It is mean,evil, and really hurtfull. But think for a second. Those people may have been told that when they were little. Maybe they just didn’t know it was wrong. We need to teach those people it is not good. Then we can start to make the world a better place.
February 24th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
I think that my research did have an impact on me from when we started learning about slavery. Yes, the emancipation proc. did free the slaves, but it did not give them equal rights! The African Americans still did not live a free life. They were lynched even for entertainment! That’s so cruel!!! This is why it has made an impact on me.
~Elizabeth Sheldon~
February 24th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
yes it had a impact on me. For example if I had not researched about it I would not believe that people would bomb buses and that the police in the south would let killing dogs bite the people that were marching. Also the firemen would splash the people with water with that much pressure that could kill them. Also that people would lynch blacks just because of random reasons that they did not like. It also had a impact on me because of how the black people were not as equal as the white and they were supposed to be equal. Also because the black people were hurt for what they believed in and when they tried to fight for thier rights and did not hurt anyone.
February 24th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
This video definately had an impact on me!!!!!!!!!!
It showed to me the hardships that the African Americans had to face. It showed what they went through to seek equality. Also it showed me all the many things and people that fought for the rights of all people that showed how everyone should be given equal rights.
February 24th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
That video impacted me a lot. I think it was so so so sad that so many african americans were beaten to death just because of their race. I also thought that rosa parks is very brave to say “NO” im not giving up my seat to a white man even though she could of been killed. I also thought that the little rock nine were very brave because they went to a school where there were only white kids at that school and there had never been any black kids that had attended a white school.
hailey
February 24th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
That video impacted me a lot. I think it was so so so sad that so many african americans were beaten to death just because of their race. I also thought that rosa parks is very brave to say “NO” im not giving up my seat to a white man even though she could of been killed. I also thought that the little rock nine were very brave because they went to a school where there were only white kids at that school and there had never been any black kids that had attended a white school.
hailey!
February 24th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
The whole idea of racisim imapacted me. I had done muliple reports on MLK before so I was used to the horible things that he went through. I was extemely shocked by Emmitt Till though. I had never heard of Emmitt Till before this project. When I saw his face after he was murdered it was gross.
February 24th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Yes, of course it made an impact on me. To see African American’s get tortured and abused by all that just because they wanted to live the same way whites did is horrible. It makes me sad. I understand why u wanted the podcasts to not be funny because it was a very serious matter. It’s horrible. I can’t beleive it took peoples lifes away, but think of what our world would be like now if they just quit. They never gave up !!! this is soooo sad.
February 24th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
It made a huge impact on me because I saw how mean and cruel people will treat each other just because they are different than themselves. It also showed me on how courageous people are when they want something that will benifit them in the future such as money and a good education. Also I saw that if you get to know people then they are not as bad as they seem or as people say that they are.
February 24th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
It made a huge impact on me because I learned how cruel people could be to each other and just get off unpunished. I learned how hard it was just go out side and protest knowing that you are putting you, your friends, and your family’s lives at risk. I felt pretty sad about how much work the civil rights leaders did just to get racism and Jim Crow banished from the world but it is still around today.
February 24th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
My research has totally changed the way I think and feel about the Civil Rights Movement. I don’t understand why a one race could think they were the superpower to another race. Though I didn’t witness any of this tragic period in time, all of the pictures in our research could really tell what happened by themselfs. Seeing all of the innocent people get beat and lynched for un-called for purposes. This has all made me more aware of what has happened in our history
February 24th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
This video showed the truth about the Civil Rights movement and the ups and downs. This had an impact on me (yes) not only that these terrible things happened, but when it showed the good things that came from it, it reminded me that there will always be some good and joy in the world no matter what.
February 24th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
I think it had a huge impact on me because it gave men a lot of information about how and what life was really like back then and how African Americans were treated. And also, it showed me how hard black people worked to try and gain equal rights, and what great leaders helped them get equal rights. It also showed me how selfish white people were because they thought they were better than African Americans when they didn’t even give them a chance of equal rights just because they looked different from White men and women.
February 24th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I meant me!!!!
February 25th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Of course my research had an impact on me! I had no idea how horrible backs were treated untill i did my research. I realized that if i had been living then. I would have done anything to help them.
February 25th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
That was so sad i can’t believe they did that to kids!!!! But yes that did have an impact on me and i don’t think that i will ever look at civil rights studying as homework or school work, but as a time to respect all those who went trough that just to have something they should have been granted from the beginnig of time
February 25th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
It definately does because you got to see how bad the whites treated the African Americans and how they had to go through all of those hardships they had to face. It really changed my perspective on how poorly the whites treated them. I feel reall bad for the people that had to go through all that trouble. Why couldn’t there have been integration before this all started?
February 25th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I agree with Sarah it definetly does because what they did to those kids was horible and it really shows how whites treated blacks
February 25th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
I agree with sarah becasue it shows what white people did to blacks and even to children
February 25th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
The video and the research I have done has impacted me in a big way.
The African Americans back then were so brave. Today, we take our privlidges for granted. But these past weeks and months have made me look back and think ‘What if that was me? Would I be brave enough? Or would I give in and let myself be treated like an unwanted wild animal or something?’ I am now very grateful for the people before me who make it possible for me to live my life fairly and be so lucky like this.
February 25th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I believe that reseachering all of this stuff makes us think about the problems that were in the past the more we know about the problems the more we can do to stop them in the future.
February 25th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
My research did have an impact on me because it showed me how far African-Americans are going to go to desegregate their communities and have equal rights, but especially how incredibly and unbelievably far white supremecists are willing to go to stop at all costs integration and equal rights. Emmett Till especially made me feel so angry that some white men would kill a boy and then after he was dead, completely mutilate his face so that the only way he could be recognized was by his initialled ring.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Yes, my research had a huge impact on me. It opened my eyes to how resent these terrible things happened. My research also showed me the terrible things that were done to African Americans. They were tortured, beaten, and lynched just because of their race which wasn’t something they could do anything about. I thought that African Americans then were just undermined (smaller drinking fountains, having to use the back doors, ect.) My research made me feel how awful it is to judge someone before you get to know them. I’m now wondering if I lived back then if I would be one of those people who looked down upon African Americans. The thought still scares me.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
It had an impact on me because there were kids, even younger than I am, out there fighting for freedom and getting beat up for it. Four girls were killed and 22 people were injured all because of some stupid desegregation law. Emmett Till was killed for talking to a white woman. Till was beaten up so badly his mom could barely recongnize him. If you were segregated from a different race than you and given the worse end of the deal, would you like it? NO!
February 25th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
The research we did and the video definently had an impact on me because its shows that things weren’t always integrated and that life was a lot different back then. Also that African Americans did have to come a very long way and go through a lot to get where we are now. It had a big impact on me know because it makes me very, very, very sad.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
yes. it made me think about how awful the world was before and how thankful I am to live now and not then. I’m glad that everything eventually turned out well-ish. We still live in a slightly racial world but, thank God, it’s desegregated.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Yes, I think it did have an impact on our lives. I mean think if Lovett was a segregated school. Think about how hard it would be to live where you could not have a white friend or an African American friend. Also those people in the video where people who loved our country so much. They fought so that their children could have a happy non violent life. Also they had the most courage. If I were to go to a school where I had the chance of being shot I probably wouldn’t go. It did have an impact on me, it should have an impact on everybody.
“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and
violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,
aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Stockholm, Sweden, December 11, 1964.
Like Martin Luther King Jr. said we all should have love not result to violence
-OLivia Strader
February 25th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
I think it did have an impact on me. After researching the civil rights my perception on the South back changed. Now I look back on America and see the mistakes that we have made. One good thing is that we learned from our mistakes and now we accept everyone no matter skin color, race, religion, or gender.
February 25th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
yes it did have an impact on me and im sure it did to a lot of other people. while reseaarching it made me realize the horror and i kept thinking how we would have felt. We would have felt worse than them. The reason for this is because we expect more things than they did they haven’t known what the world is like now.
Every day i keep thinking about how much guts it took for Mr.king to stand up and declare that it is a free country. There is no way i could do that.
February 25th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
I could not get the video up but the question Have i been impacted by my research. I have it is really scary for me to research it but what about the people who aculatiy had to live it. Wake up on sunday get all ready and go then bam your church just got bombed or just looking around and seeing that somthing is not right but afread if you stand up alone that horrible things will happen. That is one of the many reasons so many people march because it is a group standing up. It is a group of people making the world a better place for them. So I am both scared of the horrer but also thankful for the brave people you fought for their rights to make what we call America today.
February 25th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
yes, it taught me information on subjects, like the voting rights act of 1965, that I’d never know about. It taught me a lot about MLK jr. I feel as though I have just learned a lot about racial inequality, and unfairness.
February 25th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Yes. My research has had a big impact on me. I kind of knew before a little bit about segregation and slavery and African Americans being unequal to whites, but I didn’t know that people would actually murder African Americans just because they felt like it or that they didn’t like them. I didn’t know how brutal it was and how violent. My research has effected the way that I think about America and the history of it. I think that the USA is a good country with some bumps in the road along the way that I think ruin parts of what people say about America always being equal and the place of opportunity. Apparently not befor the about the 1970’s. In some countries, the murder and segregation still exists. I hope that in the melting worlds future, there will be none of that. Overall it has impacted my life and the way I look at things
February 25th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Yes it did impact me because it told me the story of our country and the brave people who desegragated it, but I do not think I will ever be able to fully understand what really took place.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Yes it did impact me because it told me the story of our country and the brave people who desegragated it, but I do not think I will ever be able to fully understand what really took place in the Civil Rights movement.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Yes, I think that it did have an impact on me. All of the violence and racism made me think about how lucky we all are to live in such a better place now.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Yes it did impact me because it told me of how segregation is so unfair but it also made me realize how lucky I am not to have to go through that. Another thing is that it helped me visialize what was happening during segregation.
Hogan Barnes
February 26th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
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February 26th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I feel very blessed to live in a world free from a lot of racsim, and my research has made me think about how lucky we all are to be free from hatred and horror, that has been in the past.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I agree with claire because we should all be worthy that we all live in such a wonderful world, that may not be perfect but it isnt racest. With the continues of my research I noticed that how they treated the blakcs was to horrible to believe, I didnt think that they were that mean. It was harsh to see them do that to adults but when i saw them doing it to kids, it made me feel that i am not worthy of how i have it these days. Most people dont realized how easy it is for them.back then when someone spoke out for somthing they believed in then they would get in so much trouble and they just wished that they would come out of there alive. Most younger kids dont even know the horror of the past and i think that they should all know because it is very impotant in the U.S. history even for little kids.
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
When I reasearched it really put Jim Crow into contexted. It really showed me what happened and gave me pictures of it i think that is why it was so moving to people because if you see it i think it makes you think it
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 pm
My reasearch had an impact on me because i did not know exactly how bad this period in time was. I knew about the KKK but i did not know a bout the psychological part of this… such as the segregated water fountains and how the one that said, “Whites Only” was higher on the wall than the other water fountain. This time was not all violence although some of it was in fact most of it was there was some parts that were just mean that did not hurt the phsical being but the mental being.
March 4th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
My research had am impact on me because I started to thing about the colored people more.