Summary Of It Never Gets Told ! By Rodney Lawrence Hurst

“We are not makers of history, we are made by history,” once said by Martin Luther King Junior. Black history has impacted all of our lives, regardless of our race or the color of our skin. Therefore, it is imperative that we all explore black history. In modern society, most adolescents can’t even begin to fathom what it was like to live in the 1950s as an African American. Moreover, they don’t recognize the colossal sacrifices African Americans made in order to obtain equality. Many juveniles find it difficult to wrap their heads around what life was like prior to all of these pivotal icons that paved the way for our contemporary lifestyle. Icons much like Ineria Hudnell who revolutionized academia in Florida.

Rodney L. Hurst Sr. is a civil rights activist and the author of the award winning book; It was never about a hot dog and a Coke®! A personal account of the 1960 sit-in demonstrations in Jacksonville, Florida and Ax Handle Saturday. Hurst, a native of Jacksonville, Florida recounts with clarity the bloody events of August 27, 1960 when 200 whites with ax handles and baseball bats attacked members of the Jacksonville, Florida Youth Council NAACP sitting in at white lunch counters. The press calls that day Ax Handle Saturday.

Melton McLaurin, in his book, “Separate Pasts,” recalls memories of growing up in his hometown of Wade, North Carolina. During this time, McLaurin works in his grandfather’s store in the segregated South. McLaurin writes of his interactions with the black community and observes the segregated lifestyle of black and whites. In his book “Separate Pasts,” McLaurin describes the black citizens of Wade that have influenced and changed his views of segregation and racism.

In the first presentation, I noticed an event called the Greensboro Sit-ins. This was a single event that sparked a nationwide movement and flood of support for the civil rights movement and the issue of business owners withholding service from those who were not white. On February 1st, 1960, 4 students of the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat at a whites-only lunch table, requested service, and were then denied and asked to leave. When they left, they went to tell campus leaders what had happened and as a result gained people that wanted to participate in the sit-in. It is said that “the next morning twenty-nine neatly dressed male and female [NCATSU] students sat at the Woolworth’s lunch counter,” the same counter where those first four students sat (NorthCarolinaHistory.org). After this happened, protests occurred each week and hundreds of students were showing up at Woolworth’s. Following this, more and more students from around the US were staging sit ins at segregated lunch counters as a form of non-violent protest against discrimination.

Feeling the blast of a hose, watching dogs bite people, and routinely receiving insults all happen during the civil rights movement of 1960s. The film Glory Road shows the story of Texas Western University’s journey to the NCAA Championship with a lineup of five African Americans during the civil rights controversy of the 1960s. The championship lineup includes Harry Flournoy, a colored player from Gary Indiana who helps lead the team to a national title. During this controversy colored people choose between the ideas of Malcolm X and self defense and pride in yourself or Martin Luther King Jr and. civil disobedience to earn civil rights While Martin Luther King in “Letter to Birmingham City Jail” provides a good idea of using civil disobedience to earn civil rights, Malcolm X in “On African Self-Hatred” reflects the actions Harry Flournoy from Glory Road throughout the whole film.

When you think of a lunch counter you rarely think of a sign hanging on top saying “whites only”but yet you think of a mixture of races speaking and laughing together. In 1950’s it was all different, there was a sign...and you rarely saw blacks and whites talking… back then it was segregation. In February 1st, 1960 four black freshmen at North Carolina A&T State University, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr., and David Richmond(Greensboro four), took a seats at the segregated lunch counter of F. W. Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were refused service and sat peacefully until the store closed. They returned the next day, along with about 25 other students, and their requests were again denied. The Greensboro Four inspired similar

Because racial etiquette played a huge role in the dynamic of systematic oppression, this death was not just any other death. This tragic event marked a turning point in Moody’s life. She finally came to a realization that the treatment of blacks in this country was unjust and cruel. While growing into a beautiful woman, she also learns of the NAACP and their efforts to overthrow racial inequality. She then transferred to Tougaloo College for her final two years of college where she began taking part in the Movement. Here, Moody joined the NAACP. From the sit in at Woolworth’s in Jackson to numerous protests within the area, she allowed the struggle of her people to pave the way to her membership in CORE. Shortly after, Moody became a CORE activist in Madison County where she became very active in the Freedom Vote. Because of her avid participation in this sector of the movement, her criticism of the movement in general offers a unique insight to the events of this time

Heartbreak and time travel make for a powerful mix in NO TIME TO SAY GOODBYE by Bill Adler Jr.

The black race has faced many hardships throughout American history. The harsh treatment is apparent through the brutal slavery era, the Civil Rights movement, or even now where sparks of racial separation emerge in urbanized areas of Baltimore, Chicago, and Detroit. Black Americans must do something to defend their right as an equal American. “I Am Not Your Negro” argues that the black race will not thrive unless society stands up against the conventional racism that still appears in modern America. “The Other Wes Moore” argues an inspiring message that proves success is a product of one’s choices instead of one’s environment or expectations.

“My Soul is Rested” by Howell Raines was definitely an interesting book to read because Howell Raines obtained different points of views on the reality of society from the years 1956 to 1968. Howell Raines shed light on those who endured such turmoil and violence in this epic battle towards justice. With such courage and faith many great leaders and groups pushed to obtain justice which took years as this book brings to light important events that helped push for equality. The book outlines a chronology of the civil right movement in the deep south between the years 1955-1986 from the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1957), the student sit-ins (February 1960-October 1960), the freedom rides (1961-1962), the Birmingham demonstrations (April 1963- September 1963), freedom summer (June 1964- December 1964), and finally the Selma March (1965-1968). The book began with the Rosa L. Parks arrest in Montgomery, Alabama which is what encouraged the issues of constitutional racism to fully take off with social movements amongst various organizations in the deep south. The Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956 was the first of many that the book emphasis on as well as the death of one of the greatest civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was the last event. The impact of the lesser known leaders and followers both black and white fought by participating in many events like sit-ins, freedom rides, voter drives and campaigns as the book “My Soul is Rested” mentions. Each person telling their story about the events that happened from the eyes of a black as well as a white man through the eyes of a black women and white the stories are told with such power in every word. A few names that helped change the course of the United States laws where E.D. Nixon who started the movement by starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott unfolding the events that began to take speed causing more leaders to step up as the law began to pay attention. The civil right movement beginning with Rosa L. Parks and ending with the death of Martin Luther King Jr. forever marking history with the help of a many great leader that arose from being afraid to speaking up and fighting the social and political norm.

Imagine that someone you knew was about to make a dangerous decision that could end his or her life or the lives of others. Would you tell someone? Would you make the effort to save someone’s life? It is only when a life-threatening situation occurs we realize how important it is to tell someone before it is too late. Although some teenagers from the article “To Tell or Not to Tell?” by Mary Kate Frank believe that you should not tell so that you aren’t labeled a snitch, closer examination shows that by telling during an emergency, you can save someone’s life.

The key to a successful functioning family is communication. Communication in a family helps members express their needs, wants, and concerns to each other. Poor communication can lead to many family problems like a weak emotional bond, and different family conflicts. Also ignoring issues won’t work, it can cause more harm than good in some situations. In the novel “ Everything I never told you” the family display poor communication in so many ways. They hide their true feelings from each, afraid to let each other know exactly what’s on their mind. By the family not communicating with each other, it caused them to encounter various family conflicts, and weak emotional bonds between every one of them.

"I couldn't believe it, but it was the Klan blacklist, with my picture on it. I guess I must have sat there for about an hour holding it," says Moody in her autobiography Coming of Age in Mississippi. In Moody's response to the blacklist, one pervasive theme from her memoir becomes evident: though she participated in many of the same activist movements as her peers, Moody is separated from them by several things, chief among them being her ability to see the events of the 1960s through a wide, uncolored perspective (pun intended). Whereas many involved on either side of the civil rights movement became caught up in its objectives, Moody kept a level head and saw things as honestly as she could, even if it meant thinking negatively of her

The issue of racism in the mid twentieth century played a huge role in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Throughout the 1960’s he gradually became a civil rights activist, participating in multiple boycotts and riots against

I know this totally sounds cliché, but a lot of people haven't absorbed the fact that "judging a book by its cover" is the worst thing you can do in life.