1. Protests and Participation in the Civil Rights Movement
In the 1960's I remember feeling angry, sad, hurt, afraid and finally powerful because we were standing up for our rights as citizen and we did not want to be treated like we did not matter anymore. ... He transformed the minds of millions and our rights were being enforced for African Americans. ... But I watch what I could on tv, it was hard to watch because I just did not understand how we , blacks could be hated so much that we would be beated, spread with water holes, kicked, spat on and called names because we are fighting for our equal rights to be a free people just like the whi...
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