Blog 3- Birmingham 1963

The book I am in the middle of is called Birmingham 1963. The conflict in the book is a lot of students getting together and making a protest for civil rights. In Chapter 5 the students had this rule that was for the march to be Non Violence, but some of the marchers disobeyed him and there was violence. The police was attacking the marchers and the marchers weren't giving up. People were getting beat, people were going to jail, people were fighting each other, the students and the parents didn't like it. But they didn't give up.
A A-Ha moment happen in the book where the police threatens the Marchers but they didn't care or stop marching. So once they realized they used weapons on the young marchers. Some of the students went to jail but had nothing to loose so they didn't stop until they got what they wanted. In the book it says "The principal of Birmingham's Parker High School even locked the front gates to prevent students from leaving." This shows that the principal of that school, didn't not want the students to take part in the march.

Blog 1- Birmingham 1963

The book I am reading is on MyOn and is called, "Birmingham 1963."  This books takes place in the town of Birmingham, Mississippi where many events like segregation occurred.  In chapter 1, these students of Birmingham got together and made this march even though they knew they were going to get arrested. They just did it to prove their point. It wasn't really a march; it was a protest. They called the protest: "The Children Crusade." As the protest took place, the weather was really hot which made it difficult to function or stay energized.  The students were singing freedom songs as the police and their dogs stand in front of them. The day before everything took place the police had arrested hundreds of students  and parents for trying to march into the neighborhood of where white people lived. The police let the dogs run wild and bit the blacks.

In the first chapter it says, "The water they used could knock a person down. As full strength,  it could strip a bark off a tree and tear a brick from a building." This quote stands out the most to me because they used weapons to try to kill the students just for protesting against their rights. I think most of the students protest because if they go to jail, they wouldn't have anything to lose.  For example, if some of the parents protest they would have probably lost their jobs or worse.

New Goals

          This year my academic goal is to get good grades. Im going to work and try to achieve this goal by making sure everyday when I get home Im doing my homework and not forgetting anything. I think if I get I achieve these goal it will tell me in the future that anything is possible if you put your mind and really want to do something.         A different kind of goal I have is I want to be more nicer to people. I want to be more nicer to people because most of the time I’m not mean but Im not nice. Im going to try to achieve this goal by when I meet someone new be nice and calm. If I can achieve this goal it will make me a better person in general.