The Garden & Alabama (benson 2) by hannah https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence Hannah, Christina, Brendan en-us 2014-08-28 14:34:40 UTC 2014-09-02 14:38:12 UTC hello@padlet.com http://forgotten-ny.com/wp-content/gallery/grymes_13/43-matthews.jpg In stark contrast to their neighbors' beliefs, the Norris' were the epitome of a perfect "all american" family.   hannahmitchell8 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32438126 2014-08-28 14:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32438126 "We didn't just emulate the all-American white families in the Coca-Cola commercials- we tried to top them" (Norris 41). hannahmitchell8 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32439361 2014-08-28 14:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32439361 "He [my father] was willing to humiliate me, he was willing to do that so our friends would see he had power inside his house" (Norris 47). christinao17058 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32439379 2014-08-28 14:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32439379 During her annual vacations to Birmingham, Alabama as a child,  Michele was exposed to a more blatant form of racism . hannahmitchell8 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32440342 2014-08-28 14:57:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32440342 "Everybody was in the same boat, rowing in the same direction determined to get somewhere better fast" (Norris 56). hannahmitchell8 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32440972 2014-08-28 15:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32440972 "They would follow us, barking and sneering and spitting on the sidewalk. They would step in front of us and then to block our way... [My grandfather would] give his regards to their parents or ask after someone he used to work with at the mills" (Norris 58). hannahmitchell8 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32441284

]]> 2014-08-28 15:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32441284 christinao17058 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32442486 2014-08-28 15:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32442486 christinao17058 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32443554 2014-08-28 15:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32443554 Visualizing Race, Identity and Change christinao17058 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32480009 2014-08-28 19:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32480009 Racism in Alabama- 2004 hannahmitchell8 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32503040 2014-08-29 00:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32503040 hannahmitchell8 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32503284 2014-08-29 00:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32503284 christinao17058 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32507978 2014-08-29 02:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32507978 christinao17058 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32508139 2014-08-29 02:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32508139 christinao17058 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32548720 2014-08-29 15:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32548720 christinao17058 https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32550346 2014-08-29 15:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahmitchell8/Graceofsilence/wish/32550346