When the Schools Shut Down Flashcards

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The country’s cars, clothes, land and even laws reflected old ideas - some were classic and others were simply cold.

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They called it the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision.

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The world seemed to be changing.

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She was born with beautiful brown skin and a crown of coily deep brown hair.

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They had their own business to mind, like collection firewood, setting the table for dinner, and making up fun games to play between chores.

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They’d talk about everything under the sun: recipes, religion, right and wrong.

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There was talk of love and of new laws.

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She learned how to swap five cents for a Mary Jane from Uncle Tank’s convenience store.

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She learned that a new hairdo could make anyone look and feel like a queen at Aunt Magnolia’s beauty salon.

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YOU COUNT

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EVERY VOICE

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TODAY IS NOW

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The most important lessons came on Sunday mornings at First Baptist Church.

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These same stories demonstrated power, resilience, faith and love.

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She would sit, wedged between her mother and siblings, listening to the tales of David and Goliath, Moses, Jonah, and Jesus Christ.

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WHITE ONLY

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COLORED ONLY

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When her mama was in school, the classrooms were cold enough to make one’s teeth chatter;

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books were used, tattered and torn; and school buses ran late or not at all

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They refused to attend classes until their voices were heard and their learning materials improved.

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Mama and Aunt Dorothy, along with several other high school students, had decided to boycott

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Some people saw boycotts as nothing more than making mischief, but the students knew boycotting was necessary to make change.

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Change can be speedy, or steady, or incredibly slow.

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DON’T BUY JIM CROW

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DON'T BUY SEGREGATION
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The new integration law was supposed to be a step in the right direction.
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But by the time the first official day of classes rolled around, everything had changed again in Prince Edward County.
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And just because a law exists doesn't mean everyone will follow it.
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WE DEMAND OUR EDUCATION
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LINE UP FOR EDUCATION
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WHY FIVE?
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FIVE YEARS WHY?
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Others hit the books.
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Black children of all ages met in church basements and even at one another's homes to attend school.
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CLOSED
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From early morning to mid afternoon, classes were in session.
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Education was their right, and absolutely no one could keep them from learning, knowing and growing.
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She was one of about twenty students from ages five to eleven.
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The students worked with the few materials they had - some borrowed and others barely functional.
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If you know your history, then you'll know where you're going.
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Like Marcus Garvey, she knew Black was a wonderful thing to be.
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Mrs. Womack, another teacher, taught her that the history of Black people did not begin or end with Africans being enslaved in America, and included a rich, vast, glorious past, present and future.
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In the new classes at the Prince Edward school, Black and white students were able to learn the same material in the same classrooms at the same time.
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UNITED WE STAND
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And she still stands with head high, shoulders back, spine straight.
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Proud