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I, Ramiro Fernandez, read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. It's about a woman who's cervix cells are "immortal" because they are cancer cells.

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I, Brooklyn Ongkiko, read A Lesson Before Dying and I thought it was very powerful with the discrimination

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I Truman night noticed how bad it was

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I, SangIm read A lesson Before dyin gy Ernest J.Gaines . This book talked about unfairness African American during specific period

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I, Mila Sherman, read "Beloved" by Toni Morrison. It really made me feel the immense struggle that slaves went through trying to make the most out of their often hopeless situations. People lost their children and families and had to carry on anyways, even though it felt as if there was no convincing reason to. The bravery required to endure such a life is very admirable

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I, Mackenzie Villegas, read a story about a man who was born into slavery with his mother.

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I Adrian Ortiz, read "Best Shot In the West" by Patricia C. McKissack. It was a very emotionally striking book about a young man growing up a slave, and running away to the West to become the best gunslinger in the Ol' West.

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I Brandon Arano read a lesson before dying and I thing what struck me the most is that there was a man awaiting a trial and he knew what they were going to say

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I, Tofa Faingaa, read The Silence of Our Friends. I was really surprised by the way the kids talked. And how everyone discriminated against blacks. I was also surprised with the language that the youngins used.

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I, Alec Malouf, read Sula by Toni Morrison. I only read 2 pages but even in that, it was easy to tell how great of a writer Morrison was. The vivid imagery is what stood out the most, and even in just the two pages the book opened my eyes a little more.

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I, Pok Charoenrut, read Gateway to Freedom by Eric Forner. This book show that the people who's fight for their freedom.

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I Luis Ramirez read the book Strange Fruit . I think it's crazy and sad how badly they treated the slaves back then.

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I, Viviann Ipina read the story of a young man being accused of a crime he did not do because of his skin color. Just reading the first page I could clearly see and feel this young man in the court room.

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I, Parker Hansen noticed how bad someone white talked to a black person.

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The short section I read was filled with beautiful writing and interesting literary techniques. It seems like a well written book by a respectable woman.

-Kendall Thorsen

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I Zachary Thomas read A lesson before dying. It was a really good book I wish we had more time to read, reading is fun.

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Laurence Lanchbury read "the story of rosa parks and the Montgomery bus boycott," and I just want to say rosa parks is a boss

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I, Sahith jampala, read Little Rock nine, by David Aretha. I found it fascinating how much segregation there was in schools during this time. Kids our age were already discriminating against each other.

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I,Ethan hirabayashi, thought my book was beautiful and inspirational

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Keaton Yoshinaga-

I got hooked on the story but didn't finish. Might have to check it out. The first scene begins with a trial of a robbery and murder that escalates into racism and prejudice. Sounds interesting.

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I, Rocco Monachino, read this book and know understand all that African Americans went through and truly have respect for all the slaves who went through that around the world

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I, Austin Candelario, read A Chosen Exile by Allyson Hobbs. The very last line of this book has made me realize the change that has occurred in America. Hobbs says, "Not at a time when it was clear that history was about to be made" (p. 265).

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I read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. It reminded me of how they were treated then and how juries where made up of biased white men.

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I, Harry Pendergrast, read A volcano beneath the snow, by Albert Marrin. I really felt how hard life was for the slaves in early America. If a slave did anything wrong, they were punished

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I, Shane Calufetti, read A "Choice of Weapons " by Gordon Parks. I liked this book because this man, instead of choosing violence to fight back, used his camera to record to prove a point to people.

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I, Brandon Freeman read the book "Sula" by Toni Morrison.

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I, Trevor Montrone, read The New Jim Crow

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I Atticus Mannebach, read Just mercy by Bryan Stevenson. I was shocked by the amount of descrimination

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I, Anthony Alcocer, read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines and I what I felt was the most interesting is that all the black people at the trial already knew what the outcome was going to be

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I, Max Winston, read this book.

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I Brandon Benson read a lesson before dying by Ernest J. Gaines and it showed me a deep understanding of human kind

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I, Noah Elorreaga, read "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison. What struck me the most was how strong slave children's interests and desires are.

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In This book, Ben Carlson tells his story of being a surgeon who saved children's lives.

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The story of the selma voting right marches

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The story of the selma voting right marches

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I zach southam read the story of the selma voting righrs marches and I was struck by all the images that showed the abuse police did

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I Brandon Benson read a lesson before dying

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I, Jared Masih, read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. I was shocked by reading what

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I Never Had It Made by Hank Aaron and Cornel West

After reading this, I realized how terrible the struggle was for African Americans back in the day. In this book, Jackie Robinson was resilient, he survived.

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I, John thomas read a story from the book "when I was a slave" I was struck by her telling of her life as a slave but her life wasn't as normal she grew up treated really well for that time as a kid, it showed me that not everyone was rude.

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I read a Lesson Before Dying

Olivia Radcliffe

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I, Sarah Beth Anderson, read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. I was struck by the lack of appreciation for a woman who changed the course of cell research forever.

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I, Jack O'Neal read a lesson before dying by Ernest j. Gaines. I was suprised by the indirect discrimination blacks faced

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I, Ally Jee, read Narrative of Sojourner Truth by Sojourner Truth. I was struck by the short summaries of her experiences as a slave and how she was able to get out of it and become a very strong figure to her people.

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I, Milly Calufetti, read Little Rock Nine by David Aretha. I was struck by the photographs and visuals in the book showing the torture the black kids suffered.

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I, Markie Hoggan, read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines. The thing that stood out to me was just the fact the judicial system was so corrupt and how sad it was to happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people and have your whole life taken away.

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I callum Morham read the story of rosa parks and was struck by the image of how segregated everything was like the movies drinking fountains and busses

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I, Casey Randazzo, read The Story of Little Rock Nine. I was struck by the image of lynching the black stidents

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Ivy Edgar read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. I was reminded of how much racism there used to be, and how it has gotten better, but it is still not completely gone.

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I, Laurel Carlson, read Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington.  It reminded me of Jonas in the book The Giver by Lewis Lowry when he starts to see color in the world after he learns about the world from the giver. Jonas 

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I, Laurel Carlson, read Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington.  It reminded me of Jonas in the book The Giver by Lewis Lowry when he starts to see color in the world after he learns about the world from the giver. Jonas 

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I, Myles Bennett, read best shot in the west about a old porter who was a very famous cowboy in his past. He has Ana maxing story and throught his life you can see the discrimination he had to live with

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My name is Anna Bartholomew, and I enjoyed reading the first part of Sula. I was struck by the way it began with the description of the area that used to be the neighborhood but is now the suburbs. I think the writing is beautiful in this book from what I read of it, and it seems like a good examples fm what life

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I, Josh Davies, read The Story Of Birmingham by David Aretha. I was struck by the extremities of some of the group's like the kkk in Birmingham. They would bomb houses and churches and really anything in a black persons life.

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I Christopher Garcia read Paradise and I think the way that they depict every small excruciating detail makes me feel in

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I, Jackson Wills, read "A Volcano beneath the snow" I was struck by the image of John Brown killing for a cause he believed strongly in - the abolition of slavery; and, liked the question it brought up about whether it was moral to kill for something like the abolition of slavery

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I, Roman Ashdown, read Freedom Rides by David Aretha. I was struck by the violence that the segregationists committed against the riders

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I, Kayden Milburn,I read black boy by Richard wright. It was very interesting how they told the life and what goes on. The book is very detailed and very interesting

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I, Parker Edgington, read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest. J Gaines. I was struck by the discrimination in this book and it was very descriptive of how poorly the African Americans were treated throughout our history

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On the date of January 20th, 2015 I read the soul of a butterfly which is a book on Muhammad Ali. In the short part that I read it described his life as a child and how he was raised by his parents.

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I read "The Fisher King" by Paule Marshall and it was about a boy who goes to meet his grandma who ends up teaching him how to play the piano.

Andrew Cotter

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I Olivia read Two Americans and really liked the art work.

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I, Aidan McDonald, read "Up from Slavery" by Booker T. Washington. I was very surprised and saddened to learn that many slaves didn't really know anything about their birth, their past, or their ancestry. I was also very sad to learn about the extremely harsh living conditions of the slaves in those times

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I, Mia Chase, read the 12 years a slave. I learned that even the free Africans meridians still didn't live the best. And they were not shown much respect, and how they kidnapped him to become a slave. But no one cared andd hate hey

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I, Douglas Gosselin, read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest. J Gaines. I was struck by the discrimination in the book and it reminded me of the unjust treatment many African Americans received throughout history.

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Chihiro Kajiura read the "A Lesson Before Dying"

That was very sad reality that Black people were discriminated by only their skin color.

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I, Aseeya Grant, read "A Lesson Before Dying" written by Ernest J. Gaines. The image that most stood out to me was "his fist pounding into the palm of his hand".

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James baldwins novel is a new and different way of writing. The way he can describe family's is good

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I, Whitlee Neeley, read African American Classics. it showed how big racism still is

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I, Jason Lovato read "A volcano beneath the Snow" by Albert Marrin. I felt like slave owners relyed way to much on there slaves. They had them do everything for them. Often times, if they didn't do what was asked, they got beaten.

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I Thomas .M read this, it was a very impowering story about how a man overcame such a tragedy. Arthur Ashe is a true inspiration.

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I, Miranda Jones, read "Sula" by Toni Morrison. Reading this made me understand less about what segregation was and more about what it felt like.

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I, Izabela Tinoco, read the story of Grange Copeland who left his wife and son to go North

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I, Bryn Petron, read "Letter from Birmingham Jail" which contained a letter from Martin Luther King Jr. The letter explained a time his children questioning why they were treated so differently. It made me realize how hard it would be to explain to children

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I, Reilly Edgar, read "American Black Folktales" by Virginia Hamilton. It showed me the dialect of slaves and their cultures and customes that they developed while being a slave.

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I, Alicia Canales read For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf, where I was inspired to step into the psychological states of the colored women in that era.

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I, Youn Yu, read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. I learned that many African Americans were put into unfair trials and innocent people were killed.

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I, Nick Parent read "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker. The book was written entirely in poetic letters addressed to God. It was like a journal entry, but it was not addressed to the male, omnipotent, supreme god that is typically the symbol. Instead she expands upon the idea of pain because of a patriarchal society

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The small portion of this novel I read was quite well written. It depicted a trial for the narrators family member who was being accused of murder. The trial of course ended with the all white male jury council decisivley ending his life via electric chair. -Sam clower

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I,Fredrick Charles was moved by this book, how someone can be at the right place at the wrong time.So unfair for him to pay the time for nothing

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I, Alex Niemann, read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. What struck me was how unfair the judge was in the courtroom.

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I am Emily Garcia and I read the first chapter of A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. It reminded me of To Kill a Mockingbird because it was an unfair trial just because of the color of his skin.

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I, Chris McTeague, read A Lesson Before Dying. I found it painstaking the way each member of the audience at the trail knew what the outcome would be, and how it was based off Jefferson's skin color.

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I, Jacob Bowersox, read the novel "a lesson before dying" by Ernest j. Gaines. In the short segment of this novel the main character is in a court room and the defense looses and they guy dies

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I, Edward Ryon, read "A Lesson Before Dying" which was tragic in the way that all attending the trial were very aware of what the outcome was going to be simply by the color of Jefferson's skin. In seven pages the racial discrimination of the court system at that time is shown.

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The story of the Civil Rights Freedom Rights

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I read about the freedom rides that the African Americans ride across the south and the violent things the encountered

-cecilia bean

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Gifted Hands is a very compelling novel, it showed immense emotions. I really liked how he kept pursuing his dreams, even though his family struggled a lot. I wish I was able to continue the book, and find out about the surgeries he befored later on

-Maisen K

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I, Andrew Luras read "Strange Fruit" by Joel Christian Gill. I was struck by the thought that though these African Americans were shown with such talent, many white people still looked down upon them.

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I, Bapa Falemaka, read the first five pages of this book and was about a man being tried for robbing a store with some other people and

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I read a book about Jimi Hendrix and I found it interesting because no one talked of ethnicity. They were only interested in the music he created and the background it came from.

-Ethan Archiba

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I, Matt Valentine, read The Autobiography of Malcolm X. It's about the hard times and struggles that not only Malcolm X but also the black community had to go through during the pre Civil Rights times.

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I, Nathanial Rosenblum, read the Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, by James Weldon Johnson. I found the image and namecalling of "Shiny Eyes" to be rather appalling.

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March On Washington For Jobs and Freedom

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March On Washington For Jobs and Freedom

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I, Justin Jones read "March On Washington For Jobs and Freedom" I learned about the amount of support that African Americans had for all races not just their own.

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I, Molly Connor, read Toni Morrison's "A Mercy". I learned what it was like to be a slave in 1690 who is trying to learn how to read.

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I, Gabi Dodson, read "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest J Gaines

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I, Kenzie Mick, read "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. I noticed her stories described the plethora of differences in the post Civil War era in the south between races.

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I, Nyanterit Daw, read A Lesson Before Dying. I learned that there are people who are judged and not given a fair trial because of the color of their skin

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I, Charlie Berceau read "A Lesson Before Dying"by Ernest J Gaines. I learned that the consequences of being in the wrong place at the wrong time can be very bad. Also how unfair the justice system can be

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I, Olivia Bithell read “A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest J. Gaines. I was saddened because a young man who did not commit the crime  was wrongly accused and convicted because of his skin color.

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My name is John Jackson,

I found a short poem by Nikki Giovanni called University. This poem was very impactful, saying that African Americans are boys, men, woman and children- but in the society this poem came from they were normally the N-word.