Today was very exciting! We had the opportunity to have dinner with four civil right activists, Charles Mauldin, Catherine Burks-Brooks, Willie Rivers, and Cleopatra Goree. They all had moving stories but the one that stop out to me the most was Dr. Cathrine Burks-Brooks. She shared with us her experience with first hand racism and disrespect. For example, as she sold her Avon products to a white family she was told "If you have a baby it's gonna be a nigger," by the youngest child in the family. Later on that day she received a call from the same family hearing "don't buy anything else from that nigger!" She also shared her participation in the movement. She was apart of the freedom riders and protested with them. He was arrested for not giving up her seat an was told to go back where she came from but refused. Her stories touched me because she took us to the events, such a great experience.
Demaris Alston
City Neighbors High School
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