Movie Shared Themes
Shared Theme
In my opinion, the shared theme across all of the texts and movies we viewed is that they all have something to do with the freedom and history of African American people. What African Americans went through in the 1900’s was very unlawful and unfair, they were beaten, killed, and thrown in jail. Just for trying to do what’s right. For example, In the Freedom Walker’s book I read, it was about the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, and how thousands of black people protested against segregated seating on Montgomery buses. Another movie I watched is “Bridge to Ballot.” in this movie students risked their lives and joined together in Selma, Alabama to make a difference. Also, there are two poems, one is called “I hear America Singing,” it’s about a white man talking about …show more content…
everything great in America” and then a black man who wrote a poem called “I, Too” and it’s about him not having everything the white man has. In the Emmett Till video I watched, it was about a 14-year-old black teenager who was wrongfully accused of flirting with a white woman and was brutally murdered for doing so. In the Power of Nonviolence text I read. the author talked about him as a kid and the things he went through, but he stayed nonviolent throughout everything that happened to him. The “Freedom Walker’s” book I read was about the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.
This is when African Americans refused to ride in the city buses to protest segregated seating. Rosa Parks, an African-American female refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. She was arrested and fined for not doing so. Days after this the boycott started. About 40,000 African American bus riders boycotted the system. They continued this protest until the city allowed segregated seating. Months later a Montgomery federal court ruled that any law making segregated seats is against the 14th amendment to the constitution. The boycott lasted 381 days.
“Bridge to Ballot” is about how Elementary students in Selma, Alabama joined together to try to make a difference to secure the right to vote. Elementary students wanted to do this because they knew they couldn’t get beaten by the police or spend a long time in jail. Adults were so hesitant to protest for their right to vote because they could've actually been beaten by the police and could’ve served a long time in jail. These kids were really brave to try and stand up for the corrupt government and they weren’t afraid to speak for
themselves.
The two poem’s called “I Hear America Singing,” it’s about a white man talking about everything great in America, and everything good America has to offer, like the party’s and the boat’s he has access to. Then a black man wrote a poem called “I, Too” and it’s about him not having everything the white man has, like how he is ashamed of how he is a black man and he talks about how the white people would never tell him to come eat in the kitchen.
Also, I watched a video about a 14-year-old African American named Emmett Till. Emmett. He was wrongfully accused of flirting with white women. And was brutally murdered for his actions. The woman’s husband and brother made Emmet carry a 75-pound cotton gin to a river bank and ordered him to take his clothes off and the two guys beat him, and almost killed him. They gouged his eye out, shot him in the head, and they then they threw his body into the river tied to the cotton gin fan with barbed wire.
And the final text I read is “The Power of Nonviolence.” The author tells the stories about when he was a boy living in Alabama. Some things that happened to him were when he saw signs on water fountains saying “white” and colored.” One would be a nice shiny water fountain for the white people and the other one was a small faucet in the corner that was for the colored people. Another thing that happened to him was when he planned a big lunch sit-in, about 500 people, black, and white showed up and participated in the nonviolent sit-in. They dressed in their best clothing to try to make a good impression. The people respectfully sat at the lunch counters and waited to be served. They waited every day, and then a group of people went up to them and started attacking them. The cops came and didn’t arrest the people who attacked them, but the black people who sat at the counters.
In conclusion, the shared theme throughout the movies and books I chose is that they were all about the history of black people during the 1900’s, and how what they went through was really cruel and unlawful. They were beaten and thrown in jail for just standing up for themselves and standing up for something they thought was wrong.
In my opinion, the shared theme across all of the texts and movies we viewed is that they all have something to do with the freedom and history of African American people. What African Americans went through in the 1900’s was very unlawful and unfair, they were beaten, killed, and thrown in jail. Just for trying to do what’s right. For example, In the Freedom Walker’s book I read, it was about the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, and how thousands of black people protested against segregated seating on Montgomery buses. Another movie I watched is “Bridge to Ballot.” in this movie students risked their lives and joined together in Selma, Alabama to make a difference. Also, there are two poems, one is called “I hear America Singing,” it’s about a white man talking about …show more content…
everything great in America” and then a black man who wrote a poem called “I, Too” and it’s about him not having everything the white man has. In the Emmett Till video I watched, it was about a 14-year-old black teenager who was wrongfully accused of flirting with a white woman and was brutally murdered for doing so. In the Power of Nonviolence text I read. the author talked about him as a kid and the things he went through, but he stayed nonviolent throughout everything that happened to him. The “Freedom Walker’s” book I read was about the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.
This is when African Americans refused to ride in the city buses to protest segregated seating. Rosa Parks, an African-American female refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. She was arrested and fined for not doing so. Days after this the boycott started. About 40,000 African American bus riders boycotted the system. They continued this protest until the city allowed segregated seating. Months later a Montgomery federal court ruled that any law making segregated seats is against the 14th amendment to the constitution. The boycott lasted 381 days.
“Bridge to Ballot” is about how Elementary students in Selma, Alabama joined together to try to make a difference to secure the right to vote. Elementary students wanted to do this because they knew they couldn’t get beaten by the police or spend a long time in jail. Adults were so hesitant to protest for their right to vote because they could've actually been beaten by the police and could’ve served a long time in jail. These kids were really brave to try and stand up for the corrupt government and they weren’t afraid to speak for
themselves.
The two poem’s called “I Hear America Singing,” it’s about a white man talking about everything great in America, and everything good America has to offer, like the party’s and the boat’s he has access to. Then a black man wrote a poem called “I, Too” and it’s about him not having everything the white man has, like how he is ashamed of how he is a black man and he talks about how the white people would never tell him to come eat in the kitchen.
Also, I watched a video about a 14-year-old African American named Emmett Till. Emmett. He was wrongfully accused of flirting with white women. And was brutally murdered for his actions. The woman’s husband and brother made Emmet carry a 75-pound cotton gin to a river bank and ordered him to take his clothes off and the two guys beat him, and almost killed him. They gouged his eye out, shot him in the head, and they then they threw his body into the river tied to the cotton gin fan with barbed wire.
And the final text I read is “The Power of Nonviolence.” The author tells the stories about when he was a boy living in Alabama. Some things that happened to him were when he saw signs on water fountains saying “white” and colored.” One would be a nice shiny water fountain for the white people and the other one was a small faucet in the corner that was for the colored people. Another thing that happened to him was when he planned a big lunch sit-in, about 500 people, black, and white showed up and participated in the nonviolent sit-in. They dressed in their best clothing to try to make a good impression. The people respectfully sat at the lunch counters and waited to be served. They waited every day, and then a group of people went up to them and started attacking them. The cops came and didn’t arrest the people who attacked them, but the black people who sat at the counters.
In conclusion, the shared theme throughout the movies and books I chose is that they were all about the history of black people during the 1900’s, and how what they went through was really cruel and unlawful. They were beaten and thrown in jail for just standing up for themselves and standing up for something they thought was wrong.