Personal Narrative Essay: Brown Vs. Board Of Education
Ever since the Brown vs. Board of Education thing went down we’ve all been uneasy. It said that blacks could come into the schools with us. I have no problem with this, but all my friends don’t like blacks. They think they will contaminate us somehow. Which, I don’t understand at all. They are the same as us except with a different color of skin! Anyway, any day now some blacks could take classes with us. So far, no one has dared to try. But they will come sometime.
As I walked into the school grounds, I noticed a bunch of parents yelling at something. I couldn’t see what it was that they were yelling at so I crept forward to look. In the center of all this ruckus, nine black students stood calmly all prepared for their first day at Central High. The Arkansas National Guard forcefully was trying to get the blacks to leave the grounds. There was a huge mob of white parents trying to hurt or insult them as they quietly walked back to their cars or houses. I stood there for a while, taking in what i had just seen. I’m surprised that parents that I knew as nice, friendly, and helpful people …show more content…
For the next couple of days, people would point at me in the halls, or yell stuff at me like, “Hey Sharon! You going to marry one of them blacks?!?!” or “Black-lover!”. I didn’t care though. I had stood up for what I thought was right and I am proud for it. On the 24th, the president sent Army’s men and guards for the blacks so they could join us in class. I have a few classes with them. Ironically, they are now in my English class. When I entered English, I immediately walked up to the blacks and started welcoming them. I sat with them from then on in class and now they are some of my closest friends. They all are very happy that I stood up for them. I have to do it often still when some of the football jocks tease them. But I was able to defend them. And that’s all that
As I walked into the school grounds, I noticed a bunch of parents yelling at something. I couldn’t see what it was that they were yelling at so I crept forward to look. In the center of all this ruckus, nine black students stood calmly all prepared for their first day at Central High. The Arkansas National Guard forcefully was trying to get the blacks to leave the grounds. There was a huge mob of white parents trying to hurt or insult them as they quietly walked back to their cars or houses. I stood there for a while, taking in what i had just seen. I’m surprised that parents that I knew as nice, friendly, and helpful people …show more content…
For the next couple of days, people would point at me in the halls, or yell stuff at me like, “Hey Sharon! You going to marry one of them blacks?!?!” or “Black-lover!”. I didn’t care though. I had stood up for what I thought was right and I am proud for it. On the 24th, the president sent Army’s men and guards for the blacks so they could join us in class. I have a few classes with them. Ironically, they are now in my English class. When I entered English, I immediately walked up to the blacks and started welcoming them. I sat with them from then on in class and now they are some of my closest friends. They all are very happy that I stood up for them. I have to do it often still when some of the football jocks tease them. But I was able to defend them. And that’s all that