You are then required to continue the debate by posting responses to the arguments of the opposing group. At least two responses must be at least 200 words.1. We have the power to make change. My n

You are then required to continue the debate by posting responses to the arguments of the opposing group. At least two responses must be at least 200 words.

1. 

   We have the power to make change. My name is Michael, and I was a freshman in High school when the first sit in’s kicked off. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee started with four students at a lunch bar. They were not that much older than me, and yet they were doing something they believe in. When I first saw it making headlines in the paper, I knew my obligation. However I was not the only one, suddenly classmates of mine got involved with their big brothers and sister, staging sit-ins and attempting to garner more attention on segregation.

            We could tell that President Kennedy at the time was more focused on how race relations in America looked to the rest of the world. Mainly because international struggles abroad were becoming rampant, and America was ground zero, getting a lot of attention. So imagine me, in High School, following these college kids into places that even if they did give us food, they refused to take our money.

            I was only fifteen years old when I had ketchup poured on my head by some white men at a diner. It felt heinous at the time, but a breath of fresh air afterwards. It was us, the next generation fighting for what we believe in, not vying for the praise of our elders. A lot of our parents and grandparents became wary of our actions, not truly supporting our efforts wholeheartedly. Dr. Martin Luther King supported us, until he abandoned us in Albany. We all knew that bringing the SCLC onboard would get national attention, but we thought it would provoke change too. We got nowhere as a movement because SCLC only wants to provoke violence by white people. So we at SNCC continued to work to get our brothers and sisters registered to vote. That is truly black power.

Kelley, R. D. G., & Lewis, E. (Eds.). (2014). To make our world anew : a history of African Americans. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy2.apus.edu

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Hello everyone, my name is Jay Robinson, I have been a college student in the South for two years now. I am still faced with segregation and hate because I am a Negro student trying to obtain a good education. This year, I decided to taken the year off to fight for our freedom as part of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). We are a group of black and white students who nonviolently protest against our segregation and for it to end. What started off as a group of four brave students has been steadily growing and gathering more supporters. We go into diners during lunch and sit silently waiting to see if we will be served and treated equally to the white man. However, it seems that the white people think it a bad thing to provide us the equal service that white people get in a place to eat food. It hurts the white man and woman to think that their job will require them to serve us “black folk” too. But, no matter how we are treated, we do not revolt and attack the white men and women who yell and pour food on us for amusement. I have heard of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) but we do not want the help from Dr. King and his group. Do not get me wrong, I have a tremendous amount of respect for Dr. King but anywhere Dr. King goes, the media will follow and all the attention will be on him instead of the movement and our motives. We will continue to nonviolently protest the evil segregation that has a hold of the great United States, and no matter how many times we are beaten down for not doing anything wrong, we will get back up and keep our heads held high.

References

Kelley, R. D., & Lewis, E. (May 14 2014). To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy1.apus.edu/lib/apus/reader.action?docID=679615&ppg=131