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Watch the film: Freedom Riders
Watch the film: Freedom Riders
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/watch/
1) Blog about several impressions you make from the film. Think about:
- What you see
- What you hear
- What you think
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ReplyDeleteI understand that i will be participating in a non-violent protest against segregation.
ReplyDeleteHow can this be going on? Slavery was abolished 100 years prior during the Civil War?
ReplyDeletebecause it takes a lot of time to change someones mind especially if everybody thinks the same way
DeleteIt could be because of the racist stereotypes being put into these mobs head
Deletei think people just accepted the fact that slavery was gone but the hatred people who had for the blacks was just as much as it was a 100 years ago
Deletemartin luther king is all bark no bite honestly MALCOM X
Deleteif the freedom riders were heading down south then it most likely would have got to be more worse
ReplyDeleteThey Dont Care There Fighting For There Rights
Deletethey're and their
Delete-eddelson
The only problems she expects are not being served and being arrested? Really?
ReplyDeleteWell, what was to be expected? They were ignorant of the harsh reality of the South in the 1960s. I believe that's called the "normalcy bias," where we naturally assume bad things won't happen to us, simply because it hasn't happened to us yet. Examples of the dangers of the normalcy bias are:
Delete- The Holocaust
- 9/11
- Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
In this film i see racism and people who want segregation and jim crow laws to continue with the separation of races. I also see white people being violent towards black people while they are using non-violence.
ReplyDeleteShaun Singh - Group A
ReplyDeleteWhat I see: I see propaganda, portraying an idealist "White America"
What I hear: The speeches of various civil rights leaders and the song of a woman taking the Freedom Ride
What I think: Humanity is damned to repeat these atrocities, since we all fail to learn from our mistakes at some point or another.
Hmm. I wonder how the Plessy vs. Ferguson court ruling makes all this possible?
ReplyDeletewhy do the people in South "got to hate somebody"?
ReplyDeleteBecause it goes against the status quo in the South. As you've said to us before, Mr. Eddelson, when the status quo is disrupted, it may bring about a revolution.
Deleteif have to hate somebody u should hate yourself
ReplyDeleteperhaps they do nicholas. you might be onto something.
Delete#Facts
Deleteword. i like that.
DeleteWhat you hear?
ReplyDelete- I hear alot of hostility toward black people. Also people venting and expressing the mind state and how it was during civil rights movement. The background music I hear through the film is suspenseful.
What you see ?
- I see the similar Greyhound bus we had to anaylze yesterday in the film which was the Freedom Riders transportation to Albama and the rest of the southern area.
What I come to see from this video is
ReplyDelete1) I see how segregation between the white and black. How blacks and white had to be separated . Also segregation on not only public transportation but there was also segregation on public places that the African Americans couldn't step foot in.
2) i hear how the whites would threatened to kill the blacks on the bus. Using different types of names against them. While the black were only trying to desagregate public transportation.
they threatened to kill whites, too, Leiny.
DeleteI hear voices of people that lived during that time there are also some of the freedom riders talking about their encounters during this time and how they felt.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is sad that this had to go on during this time but in the end it was for a purpose and for what they did we doing have to go though things like this today, even tho racism is still in the world today sadly.
its sad that they had to resort to killing them like that because that took it to a whole new level
ReplyDeleteThe smoke that coming out the bus from the picture was the smoke bomb. The people that was in front of the bus sitting were getting fresh air.
ReplyDeletei hear voices of people that tried to make a difference for generations to come they are talking about their experiences while doing this freedom ride adn all the problems they had to face along the way
ReplyDeletei see people being attacked for trying to make a difference
ReplyDeletewhat i see: i see people protraying america to be a white man's world.
ReplyDeletewhat i hear: i hear various people, black and white, being interviewed stating important and harsh events that happened when the Freedom Riders reached Alabama.
what i think: all i could think of is how scared the people must've been on the bus and how heartless the white people were to shout "let's burn these niggers" and "put it in, put it in" .
i think this is sad becasue they just wanted equal right as everyone else and people are taking away basic rights from them
ReplyDelete"It was the worst suffering I'd ever heard."
ReplyDeleteHere is this woman whose father was laughing about what they were going to do to the "agitators" bringing water to the "agitators." Reminds me a little of discussion and the question we raised: is racism taught?
Are these people suicidal? They're entering the worst place in the South for race in the 1960s, ruled by a possiblly repressed psychopath and they expect a minimal reaction? The Freedom Ride should've been ended when some of the passengers got beat up. If something like this happened today, I think it would be criminal activity, since it might be classified as reckless endangerment
ReplyDeletewhat i see- i see white and blacks having to be separated. they Grey hound bus has been set on fire and everybody who was in the bus rushed out and got really sick
ReplyDeletewhat i hear- the greyhound bus is a bus ful of blacks and whites and they are trying to travel all the way to the new orleans which is the deepest south. a womens father used
what i think- I think that these laws are unfair. It's unfair that people of another color have to worry about their lives everyday.
I think that messed up what they did to them, and how the Sheriff reacted. There was no disciplinary action taken. All the sheriff had to say was "alright thats enough you've had your fun". The white people was even willing to kill their own kind if they favored the blacks.
ReplyDeleteThe image that we say in class came from them all riding on a greyhound bus together mixed races, when people like the ku klux klan and others that want the segragation and jim crow laws all threw flash bombs and slashed the tires of the bus. when i first saw the bus i knew something bad had happened to the bus but now i know that it was a racial attack.
ReplyDeleteI See Corrupted People That Want To Kill African Americans For Just Because Of The Difference Of Skin
ReplyDeleteHow could the government turn a blind eye to this violence?
ReplyDeletebecause they were all white and wanted this to happen
DeleteThe Government Knew But They Didn't React Until Things Started Getting Worse
Deletequite easily being that the majority of those in power grew up with this unspoken of "norm". nobody wants to deal with this inconvenient truth.
DeleteBecause They Were In That Mindeset That This Is What Life Is && This Is Whats Right .
Deletebecause the gov. was probably all on the white side and also like nicholas said they were all white and probably felt the same way at the time.
Deleteeven so im sure that at least a little part of them knew that this was wrong regardless of what they were taught
DeleteMaybe they, too, were bigots. In the case of the president, I think he didn't want to get involved for fear of provoking the anger and hate of those who believed in white supremacy.
Deletethis is sooo disturbing
ReplyDeleteI See Racism, Brutality, Disrespect , No Control .
ReplyDeleteI Hear Screams , Voices Of People Who Were Willing To Stand Up For Our Rights && Equality.
I Think The Freedom Riders Are Strong Willed People Who Know Whats Right && Will Fight For Whats Right .
#Straight Like Thaaaaaat
Deletei saw the full image in the newspaper they just showeddd
ReplyDeleteI see the harsh things that were happening to the blacks.
ReplyDeleteI hear the crucial words being said about the blacks and to the blacks.
I think the white people had taken the situation out of proportion.
My first impression was that the bus had just broken down, my reaction to it now is bearable. I can't believe how the whites had reacted to the arrival of the bus. It was and still is a harsh world...
What is bearable about this situation?
Delete"When they go somewhere to create a riot..."
ReplyDeleteWhat are your thoughts of the media's perception of the freedom rides?
What I see? - What id basically I see total inequality no one cared for these innocent life and it seemed corrupt because cops and authority figures allowed it to happen.
ReplyDeleteWhat I hear?- what I hear are the voices of various people living in that time whether it be authority figures like cops,reporters,freedom riders,and even just people who simply lived in the community.
What I think?- This shouldn't even be a question of what I think because if anyone put themselves in the freedom riders shoes you would think it was unfair and also so cruel....it doesn't make any sense for people to have the racist thoughts and even not having any remorse to hurt their own people very badly.
I see a bunch of people who are fighting for there rights because that's honestly what they deserve. I see people who want to just be free. I see ignorant white people who just want to fight and solve there "problems" with violence. I see a twisted society, that had no morals.
ReplyDeleteI hear people preaching and protesting for there rights. I hear white men planning to attack the freedom riders. I hear the freedom riders fighting back for themselves.
I think how could people be so cruel beat up there own race just because they agree that blacks should be free. I think this is very sad to see how cruel people were and how they had so much hatred toward blacks for no reason.
Are there other white voices?
Deletewhat is see in this video is white men doing the at most violenece to these freedmon riders and colored people that want to dominate segregation.
ReplyDeleteWhat i see : i see white people and blacks having to be separated because of racism. I also see the greyhound bus from the image in class on fire.
ReplyDeleteWhat I Hear : I hear people threatening to kill others, i also hear The stories of the freedom riders and how they felt and what happened.
-What I Think : I think what was going on was very wrong and very unfair. all people wanted was equal rights
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DeleteI see: Obvious discrimination and segregation against black people by white people, extreme hate and bigotry.
ReplyDeleteI hear: The speeches and words of freedom riders and the angry shouts of mobs attacking.
I think: That a mindset is something powerful, something incredibly hard to change for the better.
I hear the woman whose father was laughing at the freedom riders trying to hrlp them and gice them water
ReplyDeleteI see that not every one has the same racist mentality. Even though some of thier parents were racist
I think that the freedom riders sacrificed a lot to fight for equal rights.
what i hear in this video is these freedom riders deffending there rights and i also hear these white men trying to kill them ... trying to hurt them in the best way that they can
ReplyDeleteWhat i see from this video is that america was simply scared of change.I think president Jfk should've took more responsibilitie on the segregation issue.I understand he had problems on more of a International scale.But things like this make Ameerica
ReplyDeletellok Bad, It shows that America is not as good as it is hyped to be. Im pretty sure if JFK would've took more responsibilitie earlier segregation would've ended earlier.
I agree. JFK and many others before him pushed the issue aside. seems people rather pass the buck to the next generation rather than to deal with the realities of the time. problem is - the only get worse over time and some day someone will have to deal with the truth.
DeleteI see a group of people trying to make a difference on this bus. They're also walking into segregated restaurants and having "sittings". i hear different opinions of people who went through this time as freedom writers even dome people who were against it . i think that you have too fight hard for what you want and even though shaun asks why . tragedy and violence needed to happen in order to grab peoples attention. Open people eyes. my initial view on the picture was the bus got into an accident now my view is its wrong for the freedom writers too go through what they went through but it needed to happen in order for the rye to be change.
ReplyDeletethe man in the film just said he would rather die in a plane crash then get beat with iron pipes. this is sad and very disturbing to me that people can even have the thought to think they have the right to do this to another person. disgusting.
ReplyDeletecompletely disgusting its just not fair
DeleteI see many racism towards the blacks and i also thatmany blacks had to sacrifies alot in order to get their point across.
ReplyDeleteI hear many people creaming and yelling.
I think that all those who stand up for what was right was very brave. I think that the police during those times were very harsh people because they could of prevented all those freedom riders from getting killed or injured.
2) When I first saw the image I though nothing of it I though that something went very wrong with the bus and it caught fire and everyone got out but then while watching this movie it has changed my whole outlook on things and makes me think I have to observe more...I saw the discrimination I saw the senseless beating of people who clearly did not deserve it....What I also saw was people deep in their cause to get their words and ideologies across to the proper people to stop all the nonsense
ReplyDeletewhat i think is that this is serious how theses white men are spreading segregation and these freedom riders trying to stop it they wennt all this way to stop it and they get attacked by these damn white men that all they wanna do is jus kill people that are trying to stop segregation -_______-
ReplyDeleteDiane Nash is a warrior!
ReplyDeleteIf you hear specific things that people are saying that stand out to you can you please quote exactly what you are hearing. WE need you to be more specific about what you are seeing and hearing.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
Just any quotes?
DeleteI see alot of violence and hate. the whites showed much hatred toward the blacks they wouldnt even serve them coffee. However all whites werent racist. On the grey hound buses there were blacks and whites that supported the blacks. I hear whites complainin about how they dont want blacks trying to push their way into their town. Also alot of the whites were saying how could the white people on the bus be doing this. They say they were betaying their own kind and how it just makes them want to punch them in the face. I think even though it seemed all whites were were racist and hated blacks it wasnt like that. there were whites that stayed with the blacks all the way. they helped the blacks when the racist whites tried to beat them and kill them. They were them for them when they need them most. Yeah there wasnt alot of white on helping the blacks but it was better for them to have some help than have none.
ReplyDeleteit must have to alot of courage and bravery for them to continue with the freedom ride.
ReplyDeleteWhat i see - What i see is the separation between white and blacks and that there is huge controversy over it. Also there was riots where every one one the greyhound bus got beat.
ReplyDeleteWhat i hear - What i hear is individuals being interviewed sharing what they experienced and all the emotions they had felt.
What i think - What i think is that all these laws are unfair as well as all the police officers allowing all the violence and riots.
the lady from sifk university said "in order to stop a violent protest you most have more violence" i think her statement is true . People need to die too raise people attention .
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Deletesometimes you gotta switch it up a bit to get the point across I agree with this
Deletemy impressions changed as I watched the video. Taking a second look at the image and realizing how one of the buses headed to Alabama had been sabotaged and then Firebombed. How the riders had suffered smoke inhalation . It was wrong how they had been attacked . Other bus had also been attacked by the mob.
ReplyDeletewatching this film i have seen many blacks and whites have been beaten but they did not stop what they was trying to do which was trying to have equal rights. what i have heard from this film was all of the freedom riders had been fighting for their rights and alot of white men were trying to break them so they can return back to their hometown.
ReplyDeletemy initial impression about the picture was i thought the ladie that was outside of the bus was sitting there because the bus had catched on fire. My answer was proven right the bus was caught on fire. I feel a way when i noticed what really had that women sitting their because i feel that they should have been lefted alone cause they were not doin anything wrong. I feel if we was in that position today majority of us would not have the guts to stand up to them because of the things blacks and some whites were put through.
ReplyDeleteI don't see why having separation between races was necessary. everyone is human and they can't help their color.
ReplyDeleteNot everyone feels the same during these times
Deletebecause laws, especially in the South, are in place that say we all not equal...see Plessy v Ferguson
Deleteplus propaganda has brain washed people into thinking these acts are okay
Deletei see: how serious the racism was. that they where willing to set a bus on fire and then put a bomb scare
ReplyDeletei hear: that people where going to kill all the freedom riders including the white people and how bad the racism was in the southern states.
i think: i think that the freedom riders sacrificed alot and took all those beatings and all those threats but they chose not to fight violence with violence all they wanted was not to be segregated
I give alot of props to the freedom riders because they were very brave people and had alot of courage while going through all this
ReplyDeleteWhat I See ? a sign that says this part of the bus is for white people . I Also see the bus being attacked by the white people.
ReplyDeleteWhat i hear ? I Hear Blacks being threatened by the whites
What I See ? I see black people fighing for what they believe in . Even after being attacked they still continued fighting for their rights and never gave up
I see that blacks and whites had to be separated. I see that the reason the bus was smoking was because the whites set the bus on fire
ReplyDeleteI hear people saying lets burn these blacks.i hear people not giving up and fighting for what's right.
I think that everything that's happening is really unfair because people of color have to live in fear
whati see how back then people that weren't white people treated black people not as a equaL.WHAT I HEAR that most people that dealed with rasism jest let it happen.what i think that if this did't happen then things would be as bad as it was baxk then.
ReplyDeleteUmmmmmm white people need to give up they disrespectful colored people are trying to make a positive life for them an us to live. Like the morgan VS virginia state case , morgan had won the case it had a breach in the barrier system of public transportation but the kkk and other southerners refused to obey and follow the law suit but to the whites segregation is an aspect of life but they need to let is live RNS
ReplyDeleteI see white people being harsh to colors because of there skin
ReplyDeleteI hear the screaming of colors being terrorized
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ReplyDeleteWhat I see?
ReplyDelete-I see the major separations made between the black and whites. The film depicts the immense racism toward the black people and how the white people would go to extremes in order to be separated from the blacks. For example: blacks had to sit in the back of the bus, they had to go around stores in order to enter, everything was labeled with either "colored", "whites"or "blacks" to show which race can use what.
What I hear?
-I've heard about where the major signs of segregation take place. Places such as the south like New Orleans, Anniston & Luisiana. The greyhound bus was on their way to Birmingham to stop the separation between blacks and whites. On the way there the freedom riders were ambushed and a mob of people tried to kill them yelling racial slurs at them and calling the whites "nigger lovers" the mob desperately tried tried to stop this bus from leaving.
What I think?
-i believe this is unfair. I support the freedom riders. Im glad that today the severity of racism and violence isn't as high. Althought I honestly doubt it'll ever go away.
i see freedom riders trying to fight for their rights.
ReplyDeletei hear whites saying they dont want "niggas".
i think the freedom riders are very brave, after all punishment they went through, they still want to fight for their rights.
I See a lot of hatred and violence towards the blacks by killing,hurting them,etc.
ReplyDeleteI Hear blacks and whites being interviewed explaining what events that happen too the freedom riders.
I Think the freedom riders have been sacrificing what they had to get what they want.
Jim Crow laws are sickening. It's pretty much apartheid in the United States.
ReplyDeleteAfrican Americans Are Fighting For Segregation But The People In Alabama Show So Much Racism There Not Listening Or Paying Attention To What Were Fighting For.
ReplyDeleteAfrican Americans are fighting for segregation?
DeleteDiscuss:
ReplyDeleteMeaning and ramifications of Plessy vs. Ferguson
Jim Crow laws after court case
JFK's role before and after
Plessy v. Ferguson: Court case that deemed segregated facilities legal under the premise that they are deemed seperate but equal. This ruling was later deemed null in the court case Brown v. Board of Education. Even with the ruling in favour of civil rights, it was more of a cosmetic victory so to speak. Most schools remained whites/colored only for quite a while afterward.
ReplyDeleteJFK didn't have much of a role in the civil rights movement. He was more concerned with the "threat" of the Soviet Union. He viewed the freedom rides as more of a nuisance than somethign serious.
As I've said before: Jim Crow laws left the South in a state of apartheid.
I want to know what did they plan on doing when they went to these southern states . . Show up and do what exactly ?
ReplyDeleteThey wanted to shed light on life in the South. If they could bring attention to the conditions there perhaps the government would step in. They got the world to wake the American government up and do something.
DeleteThe Kennedy Administration was pressing Governor Patterson of Alabama to protect the Freedom Riders
ReplyDeleteThe deep South does not want the Federal Government on their turf....why? Aren't they part of America?
ReplyDeleteThey are, but the United States' federal government was not always held in high regard in the South. There's been a bit of a strained relationship between the Feds and the South.
DeleteExamples:
1807(?) - South Carolina threatens to secede from the USA due to tariffs on imports
1860(?) - 11 states secede from the United States to form the Confederate States of America.
1862(?) - The Emancipation Proclamation is issued, effectively freeing all the slaves held in the South.
1865+ - Civil War ends, and reconstruction takes place. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution abolish slavery, give African Americans the right to vote, and equal protection under the law, which hypothetically ended the bondage of African-Americans everywhere in the South.
So, in essence, the South has always been the "problem child" for the Federal government. As a result, a natural resentment of the USA Federal government is understandable in the South.
Why is the attack now being focused on the media?
ReplyDeleteis it because of what the media is telling the people?
Deleteputting the spotlight on the truth that has always been there since the Civil War.
DeleteBeacause the media is exposing the people in the south and bringing more attention on the situation. Mainly exposing the harsh behaviours towards the Freedom Riders. The unconstuitionally vagueness that was going with the police and governorment.
Deleteplessy v. ferguson - court case decision that required racial segregation in public facilities under the saying "separate but equal"
ReplyDeleteGov. Patterson lied! He didn't protect those students.
ReplyDeletePlessy vs ferguson ruling:it took some time and effort for the freedom riders to obtain the same accomidations on public transportation as white people.jim crow laws : Prevented whites and those of color from being united it provided a barrier between african americans and white americans each race had they're own designated place specified for that particular race.JFK took so long to work on the civil rights movement because he felt that if he put all his focus on that and passing the law that would not have any other time to accomplish anything else
ReplyDeletei don't understand why are they are trying to avoid what is happening by telling everyone to go home
ReplyDeleteMakes you wonder just how much power the likes of the KKK had in the South for local governments to cave in to their demands and watch them riot and beat the innocent.
ReplyDelete1) Blog about several impressions you make from the film. Think about:
ReplyDeleteWhat you see
What you hear
What you think
1)I see how a group of white people surrounded the bus and they were messing up the bus and they were breaking windows, popping tires so they cant get out.
2)I hear how the group of white men, were calling the freedom riders, names like "niggas" excuse my language.
3)The freedom writers have been through a lot just to win the fight against segregation.
2)At first i thought somebody was smoking in the bus and it caused a fire, But now that I see the Image in the film, Its crazy how the group of white men, destroy the bus just because the people in the bus were Freedom Riders. Sorry i was late.
the media is just feeding the fire that is segragation
ReplyDeleteAmazing how former Gov. Patterson today still sees the legacy of MLK as one who was an "agitator"
ReplyDeletei find it interesting on how the gov. didnt protect those student riders and how the police just stood there .
ReplyDeleteMakes you wonder just how much power the likes of the KKK had in the South for local governments to cave in to their demands and watch them riot and beat the innocent.
Deletebunch of pigs I swear it makes you wonder about everything
DeleteThey're not pigs... Those are cowards.
DeleteAnd yea gov pat did lie he did not care about the black students he was just as prejudice and racist as the students thats why he gonna get clapped RNS
ReplyDeleteMan the propaganda is crazy with the media and some of these people are just way too cruel
ReplyDeletewhere do you see propaganda?
DeleteLike how they are totally forgetting about the blacks and feeding and shoving it in society's face which is segreagation
DeleteWhy did the US Marshalls come in mail trucks?
ReplyDeleteas discise because if the whites knew that they were their to help the blacks in the church they most likely would attack the US marshalls to
Deletethe pessy v. fergusion court case segregated facilities legal. the court case required racial segregation.
ReplyDeletehow does it directly effect the Freedom Riders?
DeleteWhat strength it must take to fight violence with non violence. Why do you think we don't see more of this today?
ReplyDeleteit takes alot of strength because you have people beating you and pushing you to the limit and i think this doesnt happen alot today becasue there are more rights and laws to protect the people
Deleteit is really risky for the freedom writers to go to the south 300 on 21 . these are some strong people , i thhink jfk is scared to react because so many people are on the fence should there be segregation or shouldnt it be ? black people have been inferior to whiter for hundreds of years if this changed how will it affect us at the u.s . thats what i think jfk is thinking. Its going to take more commosion and conflict for kennedy to answer
ReplyDeletei find it crazy how they had to stay inside the church just to say safe
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DeleteWhy don't the Kennedy's want it to seem like the federal government is imposing its will on Governor Patterson?
ReplyDeleteThe Court Case Was Required To Racial Segregation
ReplyDeleteThe plessy v. ferguson - racial segregation in public facilities under the saying "separate but equal"
ReplyDeleteJim crows Laws: kept whites and color away, each race black and white both had separate areas were they can stay
Plessy v.s Ferguson was a court case on homer plessy. he sat in a whites only bus and they asked him to leave but he refused so he was arrested. the case was taking to court were it was said that this went against the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments. at the end of the case the made a "separate but equal" law.
ReplyDeleteIt's sickening, indeed but when you think about it, it's really human nature to exile those who do not conform. You see it all the time in nature and in society: those who don't fit in are either exiled or killed.
ReplyDeleteIt's very harsh this is why some say they rather die by other different causes then actually get beaten to a bloody pulp
Deletewhy does this moment, when the federal govt responds, so significant to the overall Civil Rights Movement?
ReplyDeletebecause they have ignored it for so long
DeleteBecause basic rights were being ignored and when it came to the blacks the law was being ignored and broken.
DeleteIn the film the plessy vs. ferguson court case shows the descion of racial segregation. Is it worth being "separate but eual" and having violence and racism increase with each passing day?
ReplyDeleteto all students: stop defining terms and start answering how they played a role in the film of the Freedom Riders!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat were the peoples civil rights?
ReplyDeletethe plessy v. ferguson case rulling was seperate but equal
ReplyDeletePessy vs. Ferguson ruling- The Court case that had required segregated facilities legal if they all support to stay seperate but "equal."
ReplyDeletePlessy Vs. Ferguson case is very influential to the freedom writers because they will get the thought to get there point across they will have to sacrifice and take some kind of risk although it may have a bad outcome....I think of it this way What if they didn't do such things we would probably be living like this now in 2012 and that would be horrible
ReplyDeleteHow come the authorities never made any arrests to the kkk? Dont they commit Hate crimes
ReplyDeleteThe authorities did not care about color people
DeleteJim crow laws: it separated white people and people of color from going and doing things together
ReplyDeleteWere the Freedom Riders justified in their anger at Dr. King?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to be honest I don't know how to answer that because Dr.King did many positive things for the people
Deleteno not really
Deletein this film the plessy v. feguson rulling didnt really madea diference but they were still treated differently although they were "equal" they still didnt have the same advantages as the white man
ReplyDeleteI don't think I'll ever understand how people consider THIS equal or ever did consider this equal in any way! It's ridiculous to even CONTINUE living this way for so long. It's outrageous. It just shows how racist and corrupt our society was and in my opinion still is corrupt and racist.
ReplyDeletei think that the plessy vs. ferguson court case just made things worse in the sence that people begane to become more violent and that it did not help the cause at all
ReplyDeletePlessy Vs. Ferguson Is A Court Case , That Blacks && White Will Still Be Seperate , But Treated Equal.
ReplyDeletePerhaps MLK saw the bigger picture at the time...that he was destined for greater purpose than riding buses and to risk his life at that moment would be somewhat irresponsible?
ReplyDeleteor perhaps he was simply human at the time and scared.
I think he was just simply human and scared of what the outcome in Mississippi might be
Deletei dont think he was scared because when your scared you dont know what your doing and i think that MLK knew what he was going to do
Deletesomething tells me you might be right, Marcus. and it did create a rift in the African American community. and perhaps opened the door to leaders such as Malcolm X who used slightly different methods to achieve the same end.
Deletenevertheless, MLK proved fearless toward the end of the Civil Rights Movement and faced his self prophesied death head on.
ReplyDeleteso maybe the fear of rIding the buses gave him the strength he needed later on to be fearless. remember he was always a man of great peace and intelligence.
ReplyDelete"Plessy Vs. Ferguson" The Blacks And White Will Be Separated But Be Treated Equal
ReplyDeletejim crow laws here the seperation between white and colored people from doing things tighether
ReplyDeleteplessy vs ferguson was the joing of white and black people to use public facilities together
i think that rfk took so long is because he did not want the people to have equal rights he wanted to feel superior against the colored people
everyone was brain washed the pleggy and ferguson law was so unnecesary
ReplyDeleteThe plessy vs ferguson helped to INCREASE the violence.
ReplyDeleteThe Plessy v. Ferguson ruling was the first progress achievement of the Freedom Riders, Black and Whites were equal but seperate but equal. In other words, blacks were grant access to establishments and etc with whites, however, seperated from them.
ReplyDeleteJim Crow Laws were in favors of the whites in the south. The Jim Crows Laws upheld and kept the continuation of discrimination against segregation of blacks. In the film the freedom riders faced the worst of the jim crow laws. Although the Plessy v. Ferguson was enforced, the Jim Crow Law unminded that rulings against blacks. The freedom riders were arrested for the slightest little thing such as refusing to move from the areas reserved for the whites
finally justice!!!!
ReplyDeleteJFK didnt have much of A role in seperating segregation with the freedom riders..JFK was most likely concerned of the threat of the soviet union .. i feel like he wanted to restrict hiself from helping the freedom riders
ReplyDeleteJim crow laws - The segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks. The U.S. military was also segregated.
ReplyDeleteJim Crow Laws Was Ridiculous Because Of These Laws The Mistreatment Of Blacks Was Acceptable
ReplyDeletePLESSY VS FERGUSON - A SURPREME COURT CASE FROM 1896....THE BLACKS AND WHITES WERE EQUAL BUT SEPERATED .
ReplyDeleteJIM CROW LAWS ..IN THE FILM BLACKS AND WHITES WHERE TO STAY SEPERATED THEY COULDNT GO TO THE SAME RESTROOMS ,CHURCHS , SCHOOLS , BUSSES , RETURANTS ..NOTHING !
JFK REACTED SOO SLOW BECAUSE ...WAIT MY LAPTOP IS DYING HOLD ON ...
JFK Wasnt Even Concerned With Problems In America He So Busy With The Soviet Union He Failed To Realize His Own Country Needed Help .
ReplyDeleteWhy Jfk was so slow to react and why he eventually does - he was threatened by the soviet union.
ReplyDeleteWhat you see :
ReplyDeleteI see a group of white people surrounding the bus, they are breaking the windows and popping the tires . The white people did this so they couldn't go anywhere.
What you hear:
I hear the white people telling the others to put the bus on fire and calling the riders "niggers"
What you think: I think that the white people are so cruel an I wonder why they are doing such harsh things .
I feel that the jim crow laws played an enormous part in the plessy vs ferguson court case leading to the major increase of racism and violence
ReplyDeleteIn 1896, the Supreme Court of the United States heard Plessy's case and found the law constitutional. Plessy paid the fine for the offense, but the case renewed black opposition to the laws.
ReplyDeleteThe Jim Crow Laws imposed legal punishments on people who had associated with the other race. This law stated that, intermarriage was not allowed and notified business owners and public institutions to keep their black and white separated.
JFK was the first President who was sympathetic to racial discrimination, he didn't have much of a part in the civil rights. He was more concerned with the threat made by the Soviet Union.
i think that naivete is the word of being naive very ignorant . they have a bigot way of thinking .The jim crowe laws was a way of degrading african american people mentally and socially .They were no mercy to this harassing and discriminating laws .I would see why core would want to do something and i can see why it was formed.I see why they started this noble movement . The thing is that puzzles me is that you have such a strong reinforcement for a cause that almost killed them all .They are very strong and its really strong what each individual did in this film.Even after being beaten almost into a pulp they still wanted to push on and keep on riding .I mean they were close to there goal and they werent so far i woulda pushed on too .
ReplyDeleteAt least someone cared to let them get on the plane to get to New Orleans safely .
ReplyDeletejfk i felt didnt have the time to take care of this problem .He was dealing with the threat of nuclear war and the cold war at the time.But when things were getting insane in the south with the freedom riders that people were getting hurt and some bus's got bombed jfk still didnt have the time to even put his foot in he was still busy.The only thing that jfk said was that get those people off those bus .Even the vice president hoover got much more information the days before the beating .But he didnt even tell Jfk.
ReplyDeletejfk see finally showed some concerned and sent a government official and tried to move the frisk university students. but they will not move at all . and they told the governement official we signed our wills we are prepared.
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