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Obras de Hester Bass

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1956-10-17
Sexo
female
Educação
Simmons College
Ocupação
singer
actor

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Beautifully told story of the journey to integrate Huntsville, Alabama. I liked the even-handed treatment of the people of Huntsville, showing both the good and bad they did in the process, and the way that it centers the amazing activism work of the black community.
 
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sloth852 | outras 15 resenhas | Jan 2, 2024 |
This book tells the story of Walter Anderson who loved to create art. He lived in Mississippi and would go to an island to paint. He wrote about what he experienced on Horn island and would draw and paint the animal friends he made on the island. Walter Anderson also had a room that was filled with art. There is a theme of adventure and dedication to doing what one loves to do. The book has well done and beautiful illustrations that make the book stand out. This would be a great book for 2nd and 3rd graders.… (mais)
 
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Sandra_Montes | outras 71 resenhas | Mar 16, 2022 |
This is one of the best illustrated books I've read regarding the Civil Rights movement in the United States. The writing is lovely, with powerful phrases that are repeated for effect.

While Birmingham, Alabama was notorious as the most hatefilled stated, nicknamed "Bombingham, Alabama," Huntsville peacefully integrated their schools, and signs were taken down regarding "Whites Only."

After reading many books regarding the civil rights movement, I discovered something new. Black people were not allowed to try on shoes. They had to bring a paper cut out of their feet for the size of the shoe.

Huntsville, was home of the space program. Known as the "Space Center of the Universe," Rockets built to transport people to the moon, were built along side cotton fields.
There were tests of students sitting in seats at lunch counters, but unlike other cities, when arrests occurred, the signs of protest signs said "I ordered a Hamburger, The serve me a warrant!" Seeds of freedom were planted.

Martin Luther King spoke in Huntsville, but it was not reported in the newspapers. The seeds of freedom needed attention to grow.

Easter time was a booming sales time for stores. When non whites refused to buy their Easter finery at the stores, it was an incredible financial blow.

Instead of pretty dresses, and fine suits, the non white people decided to go to church in jeans. This was known as Blue Jean Sunday.

When the notorious hate filled governor George Wallace, mandated that whites and blacks be separated everywhere, the black members of Huntsville, decided to spend the day in the all white park. The children slid down the slides, and they rode on the Merry-Go Round!

The people had a different message than that of hate. Filling balloons as they rode in the front of the court house and released the balloons that carried a message inside. "Please support freedom in Huntsville!!!!"

Huntsville is a prosperous, proud and peaceful place Thus the mayor advocated for freedom and peace. President Kennedy visited Huntsville to advocate for freedom. Knowing that a great deal of money was at stake, he knew that if Huntsville was known as a hateful city, the government might not want to fund the space program.

Four black Huntsville families advocate for the right for their children to go to schools where white student attend. Four students went into the white school. As the hands reach the doors, they feel no movement of opening. The doors are locked.

Then, a miracle occurs, across town, a private religious school with all black students, welcome whites Twelve white students enter a door that is unlocked! This action became known as the
reverse integration in Huntsville schools.

I re read this book three times. The power of the writing and the events that occurred peacefully in Huntsville, seemed to sprout seeds of freedom.

There was no Bull Connor spewing hate-filled bigotry. There were no German Shepard dogs biting children who were plastered with hoses of water that splayed the children against the walls of buildings.

In Huntsville, seeds were planted, and they grew!
… (mais)
 
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Whisper1 | outras 15 resenhas | Oct 27, 2021 |
Th is story describes the life of eccentric naturalist/painter Walter Anderson, best known for his watercolors of the uninhabited Horn Island, o the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. e illustrations capture the tranquility of his existence and his art
 
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NCSS | outras 71 resenhas | Jul 23, 2021 |

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Membros
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½ 4.4
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88
ISBNs
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