Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Exploration 7: Gabrielle

     This film was very eye opening even though I already knew so much about the topic. What's very eye opening about this film is that it mainly took place in only two cities! In other words, all of this mistreatment in the film was only shown in two cities. The direct-action of the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders took courage from everyone who participated. When forces took action, students were beat and shoved into jail cells where they were crammed in with other students a part of the sit-ins/Freedom Riders.
     The non-violent action that took place was eye opening itself. Students a part of the sit-ins/Freedom Riders were beat and what they did in reaction to that was incredible, which is nothing. They remained nonviolent. In that kind of situation I do not know how they contained themselves and stayed patient and reluctant to fight back. They all stayed strong which not many people could do in that situation. A quote from the film that goes well with this is, "We will not panic. We will remain calm. We must not fear. We must not be afraid"-MLK.
     Besides the direct-action and non-violent action that took place, there was more eye opening key parts. One that really stuck out to me was when the white woman was being interviewed on if segregation was right her wrong. Her response was the the nonviolent/passive African-Americans were actually the violent ones. She also stated that they were invading her civil rights by wanting people to serve them when they do not want to serve them. This woman was a prime example of how ignorant people were during this time. From this we learn from our history and to prevent something this horrible to happen again in the future.
Diane Nash
Diane Nash is a well-known movement leader. She grew up in Chicago and decided to attend Frisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. Upon her arrival there she was astonished by the segregation that was taking place and she decided to take action. Diane was one of the founding leaders of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) which was a group of people that decided to take direct action but be nonviolent during their actions. She and three other students organized the student sit-in where they went to a restaurant, sat, ate, and did not let anyone tell them where they had to sit. This led to action from higher forces to become violent and arrest them. Although violence was upon them, Diane and the other students remained nonviolent. After hearing about the bus burning in Alabama due to attacks against the Freedom Riders, Diane decided to take action again. She was elected as the coordinator of the Nashville Student Movement Ride, meaning she monitored the bus ride in Nashville, TN, recruiting new riders, and getting media involved to see what was really happening. She also got MLK to come to Alabama in support of the Freedom Riders. Diane Nash played a huge part in the 
de-segregation in the south. Today she is married to one of the Freedom Riders and lives in her home state, Illinois. 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/diane-nash



9 comments:

  1. I think its really cool that she was just a student in college but was determinated to make a difference for her race and she was able to do things most college students couldnt do

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  2. I really liked the pictures you used. They really help me feel like I am there in the moment. Diane seemed like a pretty inspirational person.

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  3. I remember her from the documentary, i remember her facial expression when she first got to the Frisk university. She was really shocked how everyone was segregated. I also remember her questioning major Ben west.

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  4. Good pictures of Nash, as well as the highly detailed bio about her. She was a strong woman, and her aspirations towards the Civil Rights Movement were outstanding, especially being a young college student.

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  5. It's amazing that this was going on in all other parts of the country, too! I learned a lot from your section on Dianne Nash. I had never heard of her before!

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  6. I feel the same that how the freedom rider and the nonviolence action were powerful during that time! I also agree with you saying that from the film we watched that "we learn from our history and to prevent something this horrible to happen again in the future". Also Diane Nash is a great member of the SNCC!

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  7. I like the pictures you have of Nash. I felt like you described how strong she was in your bio about her.

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  8. You did a nice job on your exploration 7. You included many details and information on Diane Nash. I learned a lot about her. The most interesting thing I learned about her is she was a student leader and one of the founder if SNCC.

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  9. Gabrielle, i really like your topic for exploration 7. it looks really good and i thought you did a good job explaining the documentary. My favorite person in the documentary was Diane and i though she was an inspirational woman, who was determined for her cause.

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