BP3 QTR3: Children's March

    We watched the movie Childrens March a couple days ago in civics. The movie Childrens March is an inspiring movie stating that you can make a difference. It was a really interesting short movie. The blacks wanted to stop being treated different from the whites so they were finally going to stand up against them, not the adults like you would expect, but the kids. Childrens March is a true story that took place in Birmingham, nicknamed Bombing-ham because it was the most destructive city. It was also the most segregated city in the U.S. Blacks had different water fountains and they just weren't treated how a person should be. Whites paraded in white tanks, making them think that they were more powerful, and maybe making the blacks scared. But they had finally had enough.

     . Adults were scared to protest but the kids wanted to live a better life. They planned a big event using code over the radio to tell kids to meet in certain places. Shelly, told kids there was going to be a party in the park, but he really meant they were going to protest. The kids snuck out of school to participate. One of their teachers, Mrs. Goree helped the kids by turning her back so she couldn't see the students leave so neither of them would get in trouble. They all gathered at the church and they left in waves of 50 people, to make the cops waiting outside seem like they were the last, but what they didn't know was that as kids were leaving though the front, more were coming through the back door. The blacks were happy to go to jail because they knew they were making a change for the better. They were getting freedom. The firefighters got the fire-hose to try to get the crowd to disperse, so they sprayed it on them. Four men couldn't even hold it steady! Many kids ran fast but ten were left standing singing one word over and over again- Freedom. Why should ANYONE be treated this way? In jail they were happy and were singing about freedom. The jail was filthy but once someone was let out, they ran right back to the cop car so they could get back in.

      Kids of all ages were in the jail, the youngest at age four.Because they weren't afraid to go to jail or get hurt the whites had no power over them, because their fear was their weapon. The president at the time, Kennedy, felt sick when he saw the picture of what was happening over there. So he made a speech, saying that this was the end of segregation.  People may still be picked on because of their skin color, but now every one will be treated the same, no different water fountains, and no more having to sit in the back of the bus.