A columnist for the segregation minded Richmond News Leader wrote, "Here were the colored students in coats, white shirts, and ties and one of them was reading Goethe and one was taking notes from a biology text. ... From 1955 to 1965, boycotts, sit-ins, demonstrations, marches, and community organizing raised black people's spirits and expectations, and greatly hurt legal segregation. ...
In her book, Giddings attempted to show the correlation between the gradual evolutionary dissipation of racism and sexism with the advancement of both African-Americans and women. 3) The primary way that African-American women were able to promote their independence was by noting the hardships that they had overcome - their experiences under slavery, their participation in the work force, their political activism, and their sense of independence 3- these were all scenarios that many non-African-American women didn't have to face. ...
It is a testament to the greatness of Martin Luther King Jr. that nearly every major city in the U.S. has a street or school named after him. ... The Blacks walked cheerfully sometimes in the rain, and very often for great distances. ...
