In the stanza I, line II Dudley says, “And march the streets of Birmingham In a Freedom March Today,” (Dudley Randall, “Ballad of Birmingham,” 734, 2). This quote gives evidence that supports the beginning of the event at Birmingham church on a Sunday morning because the African American Civil Rights Organization formed this march to take action on the oppression of African American people in South, Alabama. In reference to the oppression of African Americans it was caused by racial division and hatred towards colored people for being from a different cultural background. Some examples of the African American children, relatives,and parents born in the Southern state could not be identified by their legal birth name within the Country of Mississippi because they were of owners to slave masses to do force labor.
In addition to this racial barrier against African Americans since they came from poor working class people, had lack major knowledge pertaining job positions and work which connected to the level of education completed it was much more difficult to get equal pay because the European White Americans saw the White Americans as more skilled than , “us,” as if they had more power over the whole society. It seemed as if we black people were powerless or inferior to Whites. In reply to the , “Negroes,” problems was the answer farther in reach to resolve the revolution of colonized property or will the huge distraught that we endured in Southern Mississippi revolving around everyday working class adults be the end to our rights as a FREED race, culture, and people? This major historical question still takes on discussions across many Universities, Middle Schools, Pre-schools, and High schools in the United States as Public educational systems build by the state of America.
However in scene V as the narrator telling the main story about the church bombing on Birmingham author, Dudley gives reference to the violent conflict one of the children named Ruby Bridges endured while in her own decision attending the Freedom March because she wanted to experience as a young child with ambitions, intelligence, and a strong vision from African American parents and leaders example how she was going to be a part of a broader change. Although she had little thought as why such a huge movement was place for a little black girl like herself, she might have wanted to go for the fun of it so she would not be stuck inside the house bored. In her mother’s advice she as a woman with a little black had known all along that the outside world was a dangerous place to be coming from an African American mother’s wisdom Ruby should had listened. The reasoning was not getting through to her because she had curiosity and adventure about this March. In my response to the conversation between Ruby and her mother I think as the reader a child should stay in the place of youth because she will be ready to experience her reality of racism within the United States when Ruby develops into an African American full adult in time allowed.
Thereafter scene VI many mother reaction to seeing the children in the church so that they were prideful to know their children were someplace safe and secure to protect the black humankind because if we are not mindful of being people than we have no place in the church house or community. And so we as blacks mustn’t be fearful of other adult’s ignorance in our presence, sure it can hurt our soul and make, “We the people,” feel like inhuman a complexion of invisibility which has no-name or physical appearance. Here we are just black people living unchanging to racist America. This is my response in an emotion of anger, disgust, and disappointment coming from an young African American woman’s position in today’s society. I feel as an individual American citizen I still experience some overt racism in a public setting which can negatively restrain my educational and human rights in American which make me in response speechless. Yes that is true to have no words communicated about how I view the internal reflection of me as a human being. To further explain why I feel voiceless and nobody will stand up for the student’s position in the university setting.
I will go on to say quietly my journey as an African American student learning within a private system in-class and outside of the classroom it is currently difficult because I as a black person may get discriminated against for my natural birth and ability which should never be labeled against me for how I physically present myself in front of the white professors, advisors,and academic faculty. They may not see my behavior as normal because of how deep in thought I may think about the moment and conversation that I have with the faculty because of some confusion and misunderstanding on my behalf which happens often. I currently see myself as an African American student strongly in a different point of view and how I would see my accomplishments within a private system is blissful, blessed, and almost satisfied because I am acknowledging that I learned since birth in one on one attentive classroom setting whether public or private education programs which justifies my progress as an adult in an private institution today. My personal experience even though I am not finished gives evidence on the topic of Civil Rights in modern time( Current time of the 20th century).
Finally at the end of the movement and struggle in Birmingham church seeing the bellowement of mothers crying as they hear the loud sound of explosive fire, it was a traumatizing event to have witness. In the sense of the mothers position they felt static because they had to see many youngsters ceased defeat in this unsettled racist warfare which did not make amends under God’s trust for the people involving the offense towards African Americans. In conclusion the emancipation of proclamation act that was signed by Pres. Abraham Lincoln it marked the victorious day for every black slave that had ever been bound up by division within a nation, racism in the culture, oppression of the people, many unequal rights for men and women. In result they were announced free slaves and citizens of their own right. This day forward still brings hope for African American students in private institutions that are really experiencing discrimination and racism within their own education. In turn as African American women and men we are still holding our heads up to the raisin sun in search for change that we are slowly trying to get to now.