Reading March I see that the people of America back in 1961 were not accepting at all. This is only partially true considering a good portion of the North were accepting. African Americans were beaten in the streets just for trying to fit in. When they tried to combat this by protesting and boycotting they would just be arrested on site. In book two of March It talks about the Freedom rides to end bus segregation. during these freedom rides the passengers would all be African American or supporters of the movement. The riders would be in constant danger of being arrested or even death. One story that sticks out to me is when the bus gets to Montgomery Alabama and the bus was burned by the Ku Klux Klan. The thing that stcks out to me here is that the police department waited 30 minutes before trying to make any arrests. the only reason was because it was targeted at the freedom ride.

The difference between the people in 1961 and today is that it sort of flip flopped. The BLM movements become radical in my opinion. From my own experience I have been degraded by a protestor. I was walking outside of my school and a BLM protest was going on. Because I did not want to stand in the cold and protest with them immediately I was deemed racist. That is how it has been from my own personal experiences I believe the meaning that BLM wants to make an impact is amazing, however I do not like the way they are going about it. In a sense I feel like some African Americans make me feel worse about myself more than ever before all because I did not wish to drop what I was doing and scream on the side of a road for hours. I am for the movement I am not for the way they are doing it to me I felt racially attacked for the first time ever. It made me realize how white people made African Americans feel during segregation, not to the same extent but it gave me a sense.

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