I am disgusted to be white every time I watch this movie. White is Right? Might is Right? Heck no! But, I watch this movie at least once a year to remember what Martin Luther King fought and marched for.
I spent 6 months in Florida in 1962 at my older sisters home recovering from my leg surgery. I spent most of that time on the "other side" of the wall separating the whites and blacks. I would go over fishing with them for fresh water Mullet, and listening to their stories. There were a few times they told me to leave before something bad might happen, but I was only 9-yrs old at the time. I just didn't know or understand. Granted Florida was not the same as Mississippi, but the KKK were everywhere down south.
Growing up over the next few years I remember the episode of the 3 civil rights workers as well as the churches always being burned to the ground. This movie takes everyone back to another one of our dark days as a nation when most everyone turned their backs on what a few were doing.
All students should watch this movie, as it is part of our heritage, not the best part, but still this is America of the Free and Brave.
I spent 6 months in Florida in 1962 at my older sisters home recovering from my leg surgery. I spent most of that time on the "other side" of the wall separating the whites and blacks. I would go over fishing with them for fresh water Mullet, and listening to their stories. There were a few times they told me to leave before something bad might happen, but I was only 9-yrs old at the time. I just didn't know or understand. Granted Florida was not the same as Mississippi, but the KKK were everywhere down south.
Growing up over the next few years I remember the episode of the 3 civil rights workers as well as the churches always being burned to the ground. This movie takes everyone back to another one of our dark days as a nation when most everyone turned their backs on what a few were doing.
All students should watch this movie, as it is part of our heritage, not the best part, but still this is America of the Free and Brave.