Professor Sabir's Posse

Chesi brown
April 6, 2008
English 201B

The Long walk to the Courthouse

July 2

Arguement:
Ther were still a lit of folks who didn't wnt to have anything to do with it all because it meant trouble.

Evidence #1
As I walk down the road with him, his mother came to warn him not to get mixed up with us.

Evidence: #2
she said they probably wouldn'y hurt us but would beat him as soon as we left.

Evidence: #3
She told me she was afraid for her boys.
 

English 201, 10-12

P81, Mileston, August 18

Argument:
[Canvassing the plantation workers] is far too dangerous.

Evidence:
1.Many plantations are posted that no trespassing is permitted, and owners watch his Negroes house when volunteers are in the house.
2.Before canvassing they prepared a detailed map of the place to avoid dangerous situation.
3.Because there is a danger, some volunteers worked on canvassing with the assistance of local Negro youth.
4.Canvassing the plantations includes extensive reports on condition of wages, treatment by the boss man, etc.

Summary:
Joel’s letter from Mileston, August 18 described that canvassing the plantation workers is on dangerous situation since the owner thinks he has prerogative of his Negro, and the task includes extensive repots in condition of plantations.


P80, Gulfport, July 8

Argument:
Canvassing is an art, not a scheduled thing.

Evidence:
1.There is no such thing as a completed job until everyone is registered.
2.When volunteers are resting, they are keep reviewing their success and failure.
3.Techniques and approaches vary.
4.It goes on, 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. On Sunday volunteers are rest by working at other things.

Summary:
An anonymous letter from Gulfport, July 8 defined that canvassing is an art. Different then a scheduled work, it captivated all of volunteer’s heart. The task required all of their time and mind and they willingly gave theirs to the task like artists.
 

Sophia Andrews

The long walk to the courthouse
Holy Springs
Dear Mom, (pg 79)

Argument:
When we walk up to a house there are always children out front. They look up and see white men in the car, and caution cover their expressions.

Evidence:
Those terrified eyes are never quite out of my mind; they drive me as little as else could

Evidence:
The children run to their parents, hide behind them.

This letter is about the experience that Bob goes through when he is encoutering these younger children that are black around the white people like himself. He talks about how when he pulls up to a house he can see the fear in their eyes, and in their actions, and they all say that actions speak louder then words right? Bob also talks about how these children act as thought his is the first time that they get the chance to shake hands with these white men, which in most cases it is.
 

Sophia Andrews

The long walk to the courthouse
Holy Springs
Dear Mom, (pg 79)

Argument:
When we walk up to a house there are always children out front. They look up and see white men in the car, and caution cover their expressions.

Evidence:
Those terrified eyes are never quite out of my mind; they drive me as little as else could

Evidence:
The children run to their parents, hide behind them.

This letter is about the experience that Bob goes through when he is encoutering these younger children that are black around the white people like himself. He talks about how when he pulls up to a house he can see the fear in their eyes, and in their actions, and they all say that actions speak louder then words right? Bob also talks about how these children act as thought his is the first time that they get the chance to shake hands with these white men, which in most cases it is.
 

Erik Del Nero
4/12/08
English 201 B
Long Walk To the Courthouse

Many blacks were terrified of whites because of what they would do them if they did something wrong. Every time you looked at a black person you could see the fear in their eyes. The children would not know what to do so they ran to their parents as fast as they could and hide behind them. Fear was forced them due to the color of skin and that they were less valuable.
They were told to treat everyone with respect, meanwhile they were not being treated with respect. One day a white who came on a farmers land and shook a black persons hand. The farmer was in shock. A sharecropper must turn in over a third of his earning to his owner which is a huge bummer because they didn’t make that much. Nearly every black person in Mississippi was in debt.
In conclusion, I think this life was pretty horrible. I believe the argument was how a sharecropper lived. They lived off of basically nothing
 

P79-80
Holly Springs
Argument:
They look up and see white man in the car, and fear and caution cover their expressions.
Evidence:
1.The children run to their parents, hide behind them.
2.It is likely the first time in the life of this farmer or housewife that a white man has shaken hands with them like that.
Summery:
In the letter Bob tells his mother about the impressions of meeting black farmer’s family in Holly Spring, Mississippi. It is a surprise thing to shake hands and calling blacks Mr. or Mrs. so and so to black, also it may be a first event in both black and white lives. Many of the black farmers in Holly Springs work for their landlord and they must give almost half of the crops when the season comes every year. Because of the system they have many blacks in Mississippi have more than a year worth of debt and it is too much burden for them to survive.

P88-89
Greenville, August 9
Argument:
Greenville is certainly a liberal city by Mississippi standards.
Evidence:
1.It has three Negros on its police force
2.The town appropriations to white and colored schools have each year come closer to being equal.
3.The Negro and white swimming pools are exactly alike.
Summery:
In the letter dated Greenville, August 9, Buzz tells his father about Greenville, which port receives a lot of information from other states. And that makes a city different than other cities in Mississippi. Like some black people have more opportunities to get a job in white community and the public facilities were built equally for white and black.

P90-91
Mileston, July 6
Argument:
Hollis Watkins got about 14 Negroes to go the court house with the intention of registering to vote.
Evidence:
1.Hartman Turnbow, who was never been a leader before, stepped up to the Sheriff and filled out the registration application.
2.A couple of days later, Mr. Turnbow, Hollis Watkins, Robert moses and a couple of other people were arrested for arson; Turnbow was accused of having bombed his own house which wasn’t insured.
Summary:
In the letter dated, Mileston, July 6, Joel writes to his parents about a ridiculous incident happened after 14 blacks fill out the registration application for vote. One of the first brave one’s house got burned down because all he did was first to fill out the application in the group. He and some other group members got accused for setting a fire for his own house which has no fire insurance. Joel tells the obstacles are too big for blacks to hope for it.
 

English 201, 10-12

P87, July 24

Argument:
[In Indianola mass meeting] each of us there felt with complete certainty that there can, there will, be a better world and a good life if we work for it.

Evident:
1.Three weeks ago, there was no movement at all in that community.
2.A few Project workers began canvassing for registration, set up a Freedom School.
3.In that short time they generated interest and enthusiasm to bring out 350 people to the meeting.
4.When James Forman talked “soul-talk”, the people respond with a sureness. The sense of hope was so strong and pervasive.

Summary:
Ellen’s letter from Indianola, July 24 had written after the mass meeting in Indianola. She exited about the result of their hard working and the atmosphere of the meeting that people inspired from. From the meeting they realized and were sure of “new value of themselves as human beings, with the right and will to act, to move, to shape their lives…”
 

Carmen Truong
Sabir 10-12

(Valley View, August 25)
Argument:
Many Negro who tries to register who did a good job on the test is no use, because the registrars will not pass them.

Evidence:
“The registrars could always find a reason for flunking a Negro applicant: the undotted “I,” a misspelling.”

Evidence:
“Negros with Ph.D.’s were flunked, while white men with only a grammar school education were passed.”

Summary:
It is hard for Negro to get what they fight for. There is racism, and unfairness towards African Americans and Whites. Many African American who just want to be register, but is very difficult for them, perhaps will get killed soon enough.
 

pg. 78
 

carmen truong. pg 78
 

Chesi Brown/Raymond
English 201B
Instructor: Sabir
April 23, 2008



LETTERS OF MISSISSIPPI

Milestone
Dear, Folks
Page # (81-82)




ARGUMENT:
Many plantation – homes included are posted, meaning that no trespassing is permitted, and the owner feels that he ahs the prerogative to shoot us on sight when we are in the house of one of his Negro's.

EVIDENCE: #1
Before we canvas a plantation, our preparation includes finding out whether the houses are posted, driving through or around the plantation with out stopping, mean while making a detailed map of the plantation.

EVIDENCE: #2
For instance, some house could be too dangerous to canvas because of their location near the boss man’s house and on a dead in road.

EVIDENCE: #3

In addition to mapping, we attempt to talk to some of the tenants when they are off the plantation, and ask them about condition.

SUMMERARY
A group of volunteers went out to seek how black’s people were being treated on plantations. Most of the black’s people lived close to the boss man’s house, which was private property. While the volunteers were visiting they notice a no trespassing sign was permitted, so they used the kids in the neighborhood who played with the kids on the plantation to receive information about they way the people on the plantation was being treated. They canvas were they were allowed because the boss man’s was obligated to shoot at any trespasser on his plantation.
 

Chesi/Raymond
English 201B
Instructor: Sabir
April 23, 2008



LETTERS OF MISSISSIPPI

July 11,
Pg (93-94)


ARGUMENT:
I could see that he had so deeply identified with the present system and the ways it left open for Negro’s to get ahead that he wasn’t open to ideas of change.

EVIDENCE: #1
The Negro kids I was canvassing with were disgusted.

EVIDENCE: #2
The man’s wife gave me a sort of whimsical smile from the door. I read it to mean “You can talk can’t any sense into that old man.

EVIDENCE: #3
A number of people in the city of Drew seem to resent our forays.


SUMMERARY
The women volunteer from Philadelphia was canvassing and helping a 70-year-old, one legged veteran, by the named of Mr. K. register to vote. She notices while she was assisting him to vote that he had gotten use to the new system, and how he had adapted to the way things were. The people in Drew were very upset with the women for trying to help Mr. K register to vote. They dislike Mr. K a lot and thought it was point less to help him. The new he was becoming one of them and they didn’t care for him at all.
 

Chesi/Raymond
English 201B
Instructor: Sabir
April 23, 2008


July, 27 Greenville
By Barb

ARGUMENT:
Now were faced with the problem that if we don’t support, these kids in their demonstrations, were not going to get the respect ad cooperation we need from.

EVIDENCE # 1

The old Negro leaders threatened to put an all in the papers branding us as communists.

EVIDENCE # 2
A lot of poor Negroes who are just beginning to get active accuse the old Negroes leader of being directly under the thumb of the white power structure.

EVIDENCE # 3
But it seems they are in positions, and have been where they could work changes instead of blocking them.



SUMMERARY
The Mississippi student union wants to have a demonstration, in Greenville was there are many middle class Negroes, but COFO does not want to see that happen. Now Mississippi Student Union is counting on the old Negro leaders to fight for the demonstration. However, the Negro leader is afraid to push forward because they are going to be label as communists. Now the Mississippi student feels like the old Negro leaders are not promoting union leadership at all. They are not about fighting for making changes, because when it comes down for change they don’t fight for them.