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Tricia J Culverhouse
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The further we moved from the center of the storm, the more profoundly the Civil Rights Struggle affected me. Only after we moved to Illinois, did I learn there was a difference. I learn...view moreThe Author
The further we moved from the center of the storm, the more profoundly the Civil Rights Struggle affected me. Only after we moved to Illinois, did I learn there was a difference. I learned about the shame of slavery and the sickness of racism.
Television played a major role in my developing awareness of injustice. The attempt to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, resulted in a public demonstration of racial bigotry in action.
From California, the sights and sounds coming from the South grew more distressing. I saw a mob attack unarmed Freedom Riders in my hometown, of Birmingham. I saw dogs and fire hoses used against children. I saw the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church firebombed.
This and much, much, more lay the groundwork for incorporating the Civil Rights Struggle and the values taught by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. into my own experience.view less