Monday, April 07, 2008

 

Freedom on My Mind

Today in both classes we watched most of the documentary, Freedom on My Mind. You can visit http://www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0037 and read more about the film. In a free write, give your impressions of the film.

Homework was to read to page 84 in Letters from Mississippi, pull out one argument and then summarize the entire letter. Post at the site that has the chapter name in it's heading. Wednesday, we'll be in the classroom for the first hour, then go to the Writing Center for the second hour. Don't forget to check the blog for your grade on the midterm, and other assignments. If you need to revise the essay, email me the revised version.

Comments:
Theresa Smith
English 201 A
April 8, 2008
That Long Walk to the Courthouse
Argument: The Black people of Mississippi wanted to know why they have to lose everything that they invested in once they try to vote for civil rights.
Sudden fear would come over the community workers they would often become devastated at the thought of losing their jobs, lively hood, and freedom to continue to take care of their family; when the blacks decided to vote. They were also scared their lives would be taken any day for even participating in the civil rights movement. Which was hard for the workers to ignore they needed to take care of their families. But they also needed to vote for equality for justice and peace for all.
 
Theresa Smith
English 201 A
April 8, 2008
That Long Walk to the Courthouse
Argument: The Black people of Mississippi wanted to know why they have to lose everything that they invested in once they try to vote for civil rights.
Sudden fear would come over the community workers they would often become devastated at the thought of losing their jobs, lively hood, and freedom to continue to take care of their family; when the blacks decided to vote. They were also scared their lives would be taken any day for even participating in the civil rights movement. Which was hard for the workers to ignore they needed to take care of their families. But they also needed to vote for equality for justice and peace for all.(79)
 
Theresa Smith
English 201 A
April 8, 2008
That Long Walk to the Courthouse
Argument: Black people were upset because they were set up to lose on purpose.
Valley Views August 25
The white people tried to deliberately detour the black people from voting. Because they put questions on the toll pallet not even a person who graduated college could do. Knowing that the black people were voting so that they could attend integrated schools, and be taught how to read and write. And if they were without knowledge they would not be able to perform well on the test which was a requirement for the black people to pass in order to vote. (78)
 
Theresa Smith
English 201 A
April 8, 2008
That Long Walk to the Courthouse
Argument: The Blacks are trying to get black people to vote.
June 15
SNICK was trying to get the black people to vote, but black people did not like going down to the courthouse and that made it difficult for the blacks to get the vote they wanted. The black
 
Theresa Smith
English 201 A
April 8, 2008
That Long Walk to the Courthouse
Argument: Joel argument is trespassing is unpermitted and that one person could be shot by the owner for canvassing in front of their home.
Joel and the Freedom Summer project found out that it is very dangerous to camp out in Mississippi on no man land; which means if an owner found you camping out on his property he will shot you dead. The freedom children had to constantly roam the grounds to make sure they were safe because they were carrying valuable like voter registration, reports on conditions of their safety and the treatment of the white people. They felt politics and economic need to come to a halt and they took it to the Delta date. (82)
 
Ewa Dobrzynska
English 201
“The Long Walk to the Courthouse”
Arg: The Black people did not want to vote because they were scared to go to the Courthouse. The Negro was afraid to lost the life by try to vote. They were threatened.
Evidence: Behind the courthouse is the Yazoo River. The river also has bad connotations; as Albert Darner said, it’s “Dat river where dey floats them bodies in”.
 
Carmen Truong
Sabir 10-12

FREEDOM ON MY MIND

In 1964, a group of people join the freedom of summer; their goal was to help African American to gain more power, protest against white people for their freedom, get education, and to fight for the right to vote. Mississippi is discriminated from voting. Basically Whites have power in Mississippi. White people once stated that when Whites hit African Americans, they have no protection in Mississippi; the law can only cover some of the Africa Americans. When a black guy stared at a white girl, it will consider an “eye rape” and he will get beaten up for that. The first African American who tried to vote got beaten up also. Freedom is a constant struggle, African Americans said they struggle really long that they must be free.

After watching this film, I feel that white people is discriminated particular in African Americans, they wanted to take over Mississippi with just White people. Since the whites and blacks weren’t treated equally, perhaps the African Americans will get their freedom soon. Their loosing control behaviors took control of what matters.
 
Erik Del Nero
4/12/08
English 201 B
Freedom on my mind

The movie we watched Monday was Freedom on my mind. It was about the civil rights movement. That time period was a constant struggle for black people, because they had no rights at all. The south at that time was all for segregation. To them blacks were not even human.
The only way blacks would survive the movement is to go to school and fight for their rights as first class citizens. It was frowned upon if a black man would look at a white woman in the eye. Blacks could not call white people by their first name. Black called white people by Mr. or Mrs. It was considered a sign of respect.
Another thing Blacks were trying to get during the Civil Rights Movement was their right to vote. When blacks got down with their vote they could not take it to the pulling booth they were forced to take it home which make their vote worthless. Black knew if anything went wrong and it was their fault the penalty was either shot or maybe death.
Everyone had a hero during the Civil Rights Movement. The scariest place during the movement was Mississippi. Mississippi acted like they wanted a war, because they didn’t want blacks to have equal rights.
In conclusion it was a tuff battle but in the end the blacks got what they wanted. This time period was one of the worst in our history
 
Jessica Ramos
201B 1-3

Overall, I think ‘Freedom on My Mind’ this was a very good video. It was good because is very much like the book ‘Letters from Mississippi,’ but here you actually are listening and seeing those who are talking about their experiences. I liked it because you can actually see how the people look like and how the place where they live is like. Also I liked how I was able to hear experiences from both women and men and from different ages. While watching the film I got to see how were the living conditions of those from Mississippi, and it’s kind of weird to know that is in the United States and they are in very poor conditions. What I also liked was that you got to hear from people who went through hard situations and that they are sharing their own experiences.
 
Great comments Erik and Jessica. Carmen, read their comments.

The writing is clear in both. Erik gives great examples and Jessica's is short and sweet, yet she captures the sense of the film very well.
 
Theresa you have posted this in the wrong section of the blog.
 
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