I believe this poem is about civil rights. I think this because in the poem there are stanzas about a black man being beaten, tarred and feathered by a group of people. I think that the poem definitely describes the time from the point of view of a victim of the unfairness of the time. I really like this poem because it is about a time period in history and I love history. Reading this poem was kind of sad though because of the content and how the treatment of the blacks.
Granddaughter’s Sled
This story I think applies with the time period of To Kill a Mockingbird because of the older folk being revered and respected. In this story an old man that should be dead helps to save the land from famine and therefore changes the way his age group is thought of. I think that it’s going to apply to this book because a certain adult in the main characters life is going to be held in a certain place in someone’s life or in the life of a large group of people.
Water Fountain
In this photograph there is a water fountain with a whites only sign underneath. In my opinion the separate water fountains is one of the most typical and well known stories or thoughts regarding civil rights and segregation. If you are told give one example of segregation my mind would automatically go to water fountain. I think that the fact that segregation went so far as to separate drinking fountains is very powerful. People were so prejudiced that they wouldn't even drink from the same fountain.
Separate Entrances
The fact that people needed separate entrances to restaurants and other buildings in the 1930's is also a very powerful and mind blowing thought. To actually think that people were unsatisfied with the way there town was to go as far as different entrances for people that just have different skin color is bizarre. Between all of these things it seemed that the whites were at their own war with the blacks and were trying everything in their power to get rid of them.
Rosewood
The rosewood massacre was a terrible thing and should have been avoided. The fact that many innocent people lost their lives in such a brutal way is disgusting. Because one women was possibly beaten and maybe raped by a black man everyone threw themselves into panic and made rash decisions in their fear and their want for justice and in short to take matters into their own hands. Well they did, and they did it in a horrible way possible. to run an entire towns populace away and to kill many of them during this is not a way to bring about justice. the authorities are there for a reason. granted they didn't help the beatings and murders at rosewood it is technically their job to deal with these problems.
Simon Wiesenthal
In the middle of civil rights in America, WWII was beginning. African Americans weren't the only ones being ill treated as a minority, the Jews were too. One Jewish man, Simon Wiesenthal survived the death camps and lived to tell his story. He lived through witnessing the murder of Jews and the separation of his wife and the death of many of his family members.
Cultural Background
Personally I love the entertainment of the 1930's. Clark Gable as Rhett Butler is one of my favorite things to watch, and arguing about Errol Flynn in Robin Hood versus Jonas Armstrong as Robin Hood is also a favorite pastime of mine. I think that the 1930's contributed a lot to the area of cinema and entertainment. I also believe that the impact these actors had lasted for years and effect the way some actors are now and how they go about their profession.
Field Pic
This picture really shows how horrible some aspects of the 30's were. The fact that the ground was so dry that it started to crack like that is sad and it really shows that people were not well off. The depression affected people in many different ways and it was all in cause and effect. Once the farmers couldn't harvest any crops then food got pricier and harder to come by. This picture also shows how hard people worked to try to continue doing what they always did.
Dorothea Lange tent pic
This picture also depicts a part of the great depression. The fact that so many people didn't have homes and were living in places like this is sad. The looks on their faces make you feel sad and wish that everything that happened then didn't. The desolate field in the background is also very morose and depressing. Entire families having to live like that because of the great depression is unbelievable and not many people can really relate to how that is and how it feels to not know if your next meal is going to come or whether or not there will be any money coming in.
Dorothea Lange
This picture looks like it is of the same family that the previous picture was. The little baby, the mother and the other child standing there dirty and skinny with just a few sparse objects is heart wrenching and makes you really wonder how people muddled through the depression of the 1930's. The things that they had to go through we wouldn't be able to even comprehend.
We Cater to White Trade
This picture goes back with the other pictures earlier and how unbelievable some people used to be. Even business owners were prejudiced against blacks. They went so far as to make their feelings public, and to lose good business because of what was commonly believed. Some of this dis allowance could have probably been caused in part of public opinion and people not wanting to sit next to blacks. But the idea that public restaurants wouldn't allow blacks into their facility is mind boggling.
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