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Monday, September 24, 2012
PERIOD 4 - THE CHILDREN'S MARCH
Today, you watched the documentary, The Children's March. Please post any thoughts you have about the film.
I really enjoyed the documentary we watched today about the Children's March. I thought that it was very interesting how there were first hand accounts from people who were once the kids who actually participated in the march. I thought that it was very brave what the kids did and it was inspiring how they were still able to enjoy themselves by singing songs and boldly taunting the police. I do not think that I would have had the courage to do what they did if a big protest like that were organized today, but I hope that I will someday gain the courage to after watching the pride these people had in themselves.
I thought the video on the children’s march was very uplifting. These kids weren’t scared of anything and were willing to do almost anything in order to gain rights for themselves and their fellow African Americans. The part that was the most important about the film was the attitude of all the kids. They all were so happy and even were able to make a civil rights protest into something fun. As some people looked at the fire hoses as a weapon used against the protesters the kids viewed it as a kind of game and had fun while getting the point across that they needed desegregation.
The Children's March was an inspiring documentary. Even though the African Americans were being harassed and and had no right what so ever, the power of the kids to make a difference was powerful. The kids were admiring to watch because they were going to jail on their own. They wanted to make a change and they did. The scenes of them being hosed was probably the hardest to watch, since they are human beings and they had done nothing wrong. Today, people are more acceptable towards people of other races, but this documentary should be a lesson on how much pain and trouble African Americans have been through and how long they've come.
I thought The Childrens March was a very inspirational documentary. I think that the way the African Americans were being treated by the whites was disgusting. It made me begin to wonder, if these civil rights protests were still going on today, would I treat blacks like this? This though really scared me because I could never see myself do something like that but if I was raised and brought up in that type of environment who knows what I could do or who I could be.
I thought it was a brilliant method of defeating segregation. The African-American's showed how much they wanted freedom by staying strong and enduring the fights. The children truly are the unsung heroes.
I thought the documentary was very inspiring, it really showed how these kids were not afraid to go to jail or risk their lives just for freedom and equality. They never gave up until they go to what they wanted to achieve with these marches
I enjoyed watching this film because it inspired me. Those children and the bravery to go through that march just to reach their freedom and they didn't let anything stop them. I have lots of respect for them
"The Children's March" was so inspirational to me knowing that kids can make such a huge difference. As a kid I always think that i really am not going to be heard until i am 18. However this video made me relies that if we all come together us kids can really do the unthinkable. Also I was truly amazed as to how the kids were the only ones to volunteer. If i was an African American at the time and I saw no adults or people i look up too standing up to support Martin Luther King I do not think I would have stood up myself. Those kids are truly amazing and so inspirational to me.
i really enjoyed watching this movie. i liked that it showed people who lived through the time and what they had to say about it and i thought the children's march in general was kind of inspiring. it was pretty cool that the kids were willing to fight so much for their rights instead of just letting the adults do all the work.
I found it inspiring that children were the key factor that helped African Americans gain their rights. It was interesting that children helped this to happen because of the way that they put the issue into a more simplistic and more logical point of view, rather than politicians who saw it as a legal matter. The children said simply: "we want our rights" and for this reason, their prayers were answered.
I think the documentary about the Children's March was very inspiring. I had no idea that occurences happened like that in the United States. It was sad to see people getting harmed in the documentary but, it felt good to see that threw there hard work the black community was able to earn the rights they deserve.
I thought the documentary the Children's March was very interesting. It was amazing how many people showed up from towns that weren't even close to Birmingham. This showed just how powerful Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement was back then. The plan that was set up by King was ingenious because the whole country would see defenseless kids being attacked by Firefighters and Police officers.
I found Children’s March to be very interesting. The documentary showed how the kids were willing to do anything and make sacrifices in order to gain equal rights for themselves and for the rest of the African American community. They were not afraid of anything and approached everything with a positive attitude. They did not give up until they were able to make an impact towards gaining equality.
I really enjoyed watching the Children's March documentry. It really showed how much African Americicans cared about their frreedom and what they were willing to go through to achieve freedom of segregation. I am still suprised that the whole Birmingham victory by African Americans was a result of the kids taking action and risking their safety to be put in jail. It really was interesting to watch how they wanted to do this, and some even tried to make it fun with wearing their bathing suits to get sprayed by the hoses.
I thought it was a good documentary showing us how hard we fought the just to gain equal rights and how far the children were willing to go just for freedom. i think it was very educational and should be shown to all us history classes when they reach that topic. i think it would impact their views on African Americans.
This documentary was extremely, positively influential and allowed everyone in the class to truly think about the subject. This documentary put the facts we learned all our lives into perspective. The participants in this movement showed qualities that everyone should strive to have. They were persistent, confident, brave, and inteligent enough to know that the United States of America needed immediate change.
I thought it was uplifting to see how the children were so willing to protest knowing that they would be spending time in jail and how they were almost excited to go to jail for their cause. It also amazes me how so many people came to protest for multiple days because the hoses on the first day seemed to injure the blacks both physically and their morale. I am still amazed at how well the blacks were able to unite to form a successful movement by using non-violent acts.
I loved this documentary. I think it truly showed what it was like for African Americans in Birmingham in that time period. It was so inspirational that children were willing to stand up for themselves and take a stand to help everyone.
This video was actually very inspiring to me to see students our age and also significantly younger stand up for something that they truly believed in, enough so to even go to jail at such a young age. It shows the intense struggles that the African Americans had to go through to acheive their position in society today and sheds a really positive light on the people that went through it. Overall, what I really loved about this documentary was that it got me thinking about who I am as a person, and had me ask myself questions like, "what would I do if that was me in the 1960s and 1970s?".
I thought this documentary was very inspiring. That African Americans of all ages were able to fight for their right and take a stand. Even the children had to courage to be put into prisons. As a whole this was a truley uplifting documentary.
I never knew that children and teens did something so major in the civil right movement. It was really cool to watch as a teen knowing that if I ever needed to sdo something I could. It was amazing to watch.
I enjoyed the Children's March. Ithought it was very inspiring how they cared so much about their rights that children as young as 3 years old were going to jail for their rights. the most inspriing part was when they were getting pummeled by that fire hose, but still managed to make that fun by bringing their bathing suits.
26 comments:
I was absent today.
I really enjoyed the documentary we watched today about the Children's March. I thought that it was very interesting how there were first hand accounts from people who were once the kids who actually participated in the march. I thought that it was very brave what the kids did and it was inspiring how they were still able to enjoy themselves by singing songs and boldly taunting the police. I do not think that I would have had the courage to do what they did if a big protest like that were organized today, but I hope that I will someday gain the courage to after watching the pride these people had in themselves.
the documentary is inspiring and so sobering to know how much african americans suffered to gain their rights.
I thought the video on the children’s march was very uplifting. These kids weren’t scared of anything and were willing to do almost anything in order to gain rights for themselves and their fellow African Americans. The part that was the most important about the film was the attitude of all the kids. They all were so happy and even were able to make a civil rights protest into something fun. As some people looked at the fire hoses as a weapon used against the protesters the kids viewed it as a kind of game and had fun while getting the point across that they needed desegregation.
The Children's March was an inspiring documentary. Even though the African Americans were being harassed and and had no right what so ever, the power of the kids to make a difference was powerful. The kids were admiring to watch because they were going to jail on their own. They wanted to make a change and they did. The scenes of them being hosed was probably the hardest to watch, since they are human beings and they had done nothing wrong. Today, people are more acceptable towards people of other races, but this documentary should be a lesson on how much pain and trouble African Americans have been through and how long they've come.
I thought The Childrens March was a very inspirational documentary. I think that the way the African Americans were being treated by the whites was disgusting. It made me begin to wonder, if these civil rights protests were still going on today, would I treat blacks like this? This though really scared me because I could never see myself do something like that but if I was raised and brought up in that type of environment who knows what I could do or who I could be.
I thought it was a brilliant method of defeating segregation. The African-American's showed how much they wanted freedom by staying strong and enduring the fights. The children truly are the unsung heroes.
I thought the documentary was very inspiring, it really showed how these kids were not afraid to go to jail or risk their lives just for freedom and equality. They never gave up until they go to what they wanted to achieve with these marches
I enjoyed watching this film because it inspired me. Those children and the bravery to go through that march just to reach their freedom and they didn't let anything stop them. I have lots of respect for them
"The Children's March" was so inspirational to me knowing that kids can make such a huge difference. As a kid I always think that i really am not going to be heard until i am 18. However this video made me relies that if we all come together us kids can really do the unthinkable. Also I was truly amazed as to how the kids were the only ones to volunteer. If i was an African American at the time and I saw no adults or people i look up too standing up to support Martin Luther King I do not think I would have stood up myself. Those kids are truly amazing and so inspirational to me.
i really enjoyed watching this movie. i liked that it showed people who lived through the time and what they had to say about it and i thought the children's march in general was kind of inspiring. it was pretty cool that the kids were willing to fight so much for their rights instead of just letting the adults do all the work.
I found it inspiring that children were the key factor that helped African Americans gain their rights. It was interesting that children helped this to happen because of the way that they put the issue into a more simplistic and more logical point of view, rather than politicians who saw it as a legal matter. The children said simply: "we want our rights" and for this reason, their prayers were answered.
I was absent Friday and during the movie today.
I think the documentary about the Children's March was very inspiring. I had no idea that occurences happened like that in the United States. It was sad to see people getting harmed in the documentary but, it felt good to see that threw there hard work the black community was able to earn the rights they deserve.
I thought the documentary the Children's March was very interesting. It was amazing how many people showed up from towns that weren't even close to Birmingham. This showed just how powerful Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement was back then. The plan that was set up by King was ingenious because the whole country would see defenseless kids being attacked by Firefighters and Police officers.
I found Children’s March to be very interesting. The documentary showed how the kids were willing to do anything and make sacrifices in order to gain equal rights for themselves and for the rest of the African American community. They were not afraid of anything and approached everything with a positive attitude. They did not give up until they were able to make an impact towards gaining equality.
I really enjoyed watching the Children's March documentry. It really showed how much African Americicans cared about their frreedom and what they were willing to go through to achieve freedom of segregation. I am still suprised that the whole Birmingham victory by African Americans was a result of the kids taking action and risking their safety to be put in jail. It really was interesting to watch how they wanted to do this, and some even tried to make it fun with wearing their bathing suits to get sprayed by the hoses.
I thought it was a good documentary showing us how hard we fought the just to gain equal rights and how far the children were willing to go just for freedom. i think it was very educational and should be shown to all us history classes when they reach that topic. i think it would impact their views on African Americans.
This documentary was extremely, positively influential and allowed everyone in the class to truly think about the subject. This documentary put the facts we learned all our lives into perspective. The participants in this movement showed qualities that everyone should strive to have. They were persistent, confident, brave, and inteligent enough to know that the United States of America needed immediate change.
I thought it was uplifting to see how the children were so willing to protest knowing that they would be spending time in jail and how they were almost excited to go to jail for their cause. It also amazes me how so many people came to protest for multiple days because the hoses on the first day seemed to injure the blacks both physically and their morale. I am still amazed at how well the blacks were able to unite to form a successful movement by using non-violent acts.
I loved this documentary. I think it truly showed what it was like for African Americans in Birmingham in that time period. It was so inspirational that children were willing to stand up for themselves and take a stand to help everyone.
I thought it was inspiring how the children showed no fear despite the violence they were faced with, and the threat of death was hanging over them.
This video was actually very inspiring to me to see students our age and also significantly younger stand up for something that they truly believed in, enough so to even go to jail at such a young age. It shows the intense struggles that the African Americans had to go through to acheive their position in society today and sheds a really positive light on the people that went through it. Overall, what I really loved about this documentary was that it got me thinking about who I am as a person, and had me ask myself questions like, "what would I do if that was me in the 1960s and 1970s?".
I thought this documentary was very inspiring. That African Americans of all ages were able to fight for their right and take a stand. Even the children had to courage to be put into prisons. As a whole this was a truley uplifting documentary.
I never knew that children and teens did something so major in the civil right movement. It was really cool to watch as a teen knowing that if I ever needed to sdo something I could. It was amazing to watch.
I enjoyed the Children's March. Ithought it was very inspiring how they cared so much about their rights that children as young as 3 years old were going to jail for their rights. the most inspriing part was when they were getting pummeled by that fire hose, but still managed to make that fun by bringing their bathing suits.
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