Ada Sipuel Essay
LUKE WIDEMAN
3rd HOUR
12-5-14
Equal Justice:
Dialectical Journal
And
Essay
Segregation is a problem we have dealt with over hundreds of years. Ada Sipuel has endured some of this segregation in her battle to get into college. After Jim Crowe laws were passed in 1876, blacks and whites were segregated, or separated, from one another in every aspect of modern life. Ada was turned down many times in her journey to acceptance. Ada was a very determined and witty girl. This book is full of inspiration and moving instances. I feel like every American, no matter which race or ethnicity they are, should read this book. Ada Sipuel was a special young girl that was beat up multiple times in her life. All those fights strengthened her into the strong, brave woman that she grew into. Ada married a young man who enlisted in the military during World War II. He was deported to duty and had to leave Ada behind to fend for herself. Segregation had taken over the state of Oklahoma. Even education was segregated where the state had two different schools for the races white and black. Ada was given the chance that all blacks and any separated groups had only dreamed of doing, standing up to the schools of the state and change the law so everyone can go to school where he or she pleases.
Equal Justice starts out with Ada being bullied by a white girl and this girl beats her up. Ada is told to if anything is important enough, then it is worth fighting for. The government segregates everything at this time. The 14th amendment in the Constitution states that whites and blacks should be treated equally, ‘not separated and equal’. Equality does not exist with the separated and equal rule. You cannot be separated from another and expect to be treated the same. Ada marries a man who is deployed to duty a few days after he marries Ada. While he is away Ada applies for OU’s law school and gets denied. Ada is confused and gets a lawyer that takes this case to the university and asks
3rd HOUR
12-5-14
Equal Justice:
Dialectical Journal
And
Essay
Segregation is a problem we have dealt with over hundreds of years. Ada Sipuel has endured some of this segregation in her battle to get into college. After Jim Crowe laws were passed in 1876, blacks and whites were segregated, or separated, from one another in every aspect of modern life. Ada was turned down many times in her journey to acceptance. Ada was a very determined and witty girl. This book is full of inspiration and moving instances. I feel like every American, no matter which race or ethnicity they are, should read this book. Ada Sipuel was a special young girl that was beat up multiple times in her life. All those fights strengthened her into the strong, brave woman that she grew into. Ada married a young man who enlisted in the military during World War II. He was deported to duty and had to leave Ada behind to fend for herself. Segregation had taken over the state of Oklahoma. Even education was segregated where the state had two different schools for the races white and black. Ada was given the chance that all blacks and any separated groups had only dreamed of doing, standing up to the schools of the state and change the law so everyone can go to school where he or she pleases.
Equal Justice starts out with Ada being bullied by a white girl and this girl beats her up. Ada is told to if anything is important enough, then it is worth fighting for. The government segregates everything at this time. The 14th amendment in the Constitution states that whites and blacks should be treated equally, ‘not separated and equal’. Equality does not exist with the separated and equal rule. You cannot be separated from another and expect to be treated the same. Ada marries a man who is deployed to duty a few days after he marries Ada. While he is away Ada applies for OU’s law school and gets denied. Ada is confused and gets a lawyer that takes this case to the university and asks