https://padlet.com/alisay_bell/kuplje8v0glt By: Alisay S. Bell en-us 2017-03-15 15:54:31 UTC 2017-03-17 18:31:24 UTC hello@padlet.com alisay_bell https://padlet.com/alisay_bell/kuplje8v0glt/wish/160297467                               By: Alisay S. Bell 
Maycomb County, Alabama- On October 19,  a young African-American man, Tom Robinson, was arrested for raping a young white woman, Mayella Ewell. On the day of the trail, the courtroom was silent. With both sides having their perspective of the night, Ms. Ewell , the plaintiff, sat at the witness stand. Ms.Ewell stated on that night, she was sitting on the porch and asked Tom Robinson to come in a break a chifferobe , a closet, for her. When he walked over, he jumped up at her and ATTACKED. The plaintiff stated she screamed in agony  but he kept on hitting her repeatedly until he finally knocked her out. When she woke up, she found her father and Sheriff Tate, the county sheriff , standing over her. While Atticus Finch, the county defense lawyer, cross-examining her, she started to stutter and stammer with her story. She become  very forgetful in the cross- examination and got very scared of Mr.Finch, claiming he was offending  her with his " Miss Mayella Ewell talking ". After the cross examination, Tom Robinson went onto the witness stand. When the clerk asked him to put his right hand up,  Tom couldn't due t his arm getting cut off by a cotton gin. Tom stated that in the last year, he would past the Ewell's house on the way home, and Mayella Ewell would ask him to help her with little house chores like fixing the door or cutting a chiffarbe. On the night in question, the defendant stated, after being invited inside by Miss Ewell, to retrieve on item she couldn't reach, she grabbed him and kissed him. As he ran away from her, he saw Bob Ewell, Mayella's father, come in screaming st Ms.Ewell and makng terrible threats toward her. As the th jury and the gallery heard his perspective, they were dumbfounded. They couldn't believe a white woman actually kissed a black man. After Tom concluded his testimony, Mr.Finch made his closing argument stated , as the jury make their decision, they  should keep an open-mind and heart because a man's life is on the line. After an hour or so of deliberation, the jury decided to convict Tom Robinson of raping Ms. Ewell. He was sentenced to life in jail. Sadly, within his second day of jail, he was shot by the police 17 times due to an attempt to escape. Overall, this was a sad case with n even sadder result. ]]> 2017-03-15 16:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alisay_bell/kuplje8v0glt/wish/160297467 alisay_bell https://padlet.com/alisay_bell/kuplje8v0glt/wish/160749406 You have heard of many famous cases Madison vs. Marbury, the People vs. OJ Simpson, Ewell vs.Robinson and many more. The case I will be talking about today is the Plessy vs. Ferguson case. You may have heard it before, but do you know what it is about? Who is Plessy and Ferguson? Why are they arguing? Well, today all question will be answered. 
 The Plessy vs. Ferguson case was a monumental case that changed the minds of the Supreme Court about segregation. This case first started when Homer Plessy, an biracial shoemaker, got onto the East Louisiana Railroad and sat in the white only section. Even though, his light could pass him a white man, he and Louisiana considered him, black. Due to his disobedience, he was arrested and charged with violating the Louisiana segregation statute of 1890. This statute was the Withdraw Car Act which required" equal but separate" train car accommodations for African- American and whites. The case brought before Judge John H. Ferguson. Plessy argued that his constitutional rights were violated. The court ruled that a state law implies merely a legal distinction between whites and blacks did not conflict the 13th and 14th amendment. After Plessy was convicted,  he decided to take this case to the Supreme Court. After hearing both sides of the case, with a 7-1 vote rate, the Supreme Court ruled that Judge Ferguson's ruling was not conflicting with 13th and 14th amendment. Until four decades later ,after the Brown vs. the Board of Education the Supreme Court  ruled  that the racial segregation in public settings is unconstitutional. 
The purpose of the Plessy vs. Ferguson case was to make segregation in public settings illegal. In conclusion, because of the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, the United States is beautifully combined with unity, acceptance and love for everyone. ]]> 2017-03-17 10:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alisay_bell/kuplje8v0glt/wish/160749406 alisay_bell https://padlet.com/alisay_bell/kuplje8v0glt/wish/160839118 Thomas Robinson was a young African-American man born, on November 10, 1910 in Maycomb County, Alabama. He dies on July 9,1935 by an officer whom shot him 17 times. Tom had 3 kids with his beautiful wife, Helen. At the age of 12, Tom got his arm caught in a cotton gin which caused to have only one arm. 
On July 16, Tom was trailed for raping a white woman . Even though Atticus Finch, his defensive attorney, did his best, Tom was still found guilty for a crime he didn't commit, and was sentenced to life in prison. In a desperate case to escape, Tom ran over to the fence of the jail and started to climb up the fence. When Tom was about to go over the fence, without warning, an officer shot Tom 17 times! Sadly there will be no scheduled service for Tom but we will keep the Robinsons in our prayers. Tom was a sweet, respectful man, whom we will all miss. ]]> 2017-03-17 16:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/alisay_bell/kuplje8v0glt/wish/160839118 alisay_bell https://padlet.com/alisay_bell/kuplje8v0glt/wish/160841682 The movie I will be reviewing today is " To Kill A Mockingbird" , directed by Robert Mulligan, based off of Harper Lee's  iconic  book, To Kill a Mockingbird. The movie starred Gregory Peck, Brock Peters, Phillip Alford, Mary Badham and many more. 
The year is 1932, and Maycomb County, Alabama is in a uproar .The uproar occurred when Atticus Finch, the county's defensive attorney, is appointed to case about a young black man, Tom Robinson, being accused of raping Mayella Ewel, a young white woman. When Bob Ewell hears this he plans an attack on Atticus' kids, Jem and Scout, and you won't believe who saved them. 
 In my opinion, the movie was very good but not as good as the book. The actors and actresses did a phenomenal job. They were so good I actually thought the characters were real people. One thing I didn't like was that it didn't put more detail on Boo Radley and Scout. I noticed that most of the movie was in Jem's perspective than Scout's. In conclusion, I give this movie 3 stars and I would recommend it to a PG-13 audience, like my friends and peers. 
                               Thank you! ]]> 2017-03-17 16:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alisay_bell/kuplje8v0glt/wish/160841682 alisay_bell https://padlet.com/alisay_bell/kuplje8v0glt/wish/160845623 In recent years, many schools are considering banning Harper Lee's iconic book, " To Kill A Mockingbird", due to controversy. This controversy is due to the use of the word " nigger". Many people think the high school and middle school students shouldn't be allowed to read or listen to such arrogant language. In my opinion, I disagree that schools should ban " To Kill a Mockingbird". This book gives student's an experience of life during the Great Depression. The textbooks in schools don't tell the whole story of the that time period for African- Americans, like To Kill a Mockingbird does. The word " nigger " was said a lot because people back then used it a lot. If we hide this book from the future than our past will be forgotten. In conclusion, I think that schools shouldn't ban " To Kill a Mockingbird " for the sake of our students and our history]]> 2017-03-17 16:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alisay_bell/kuplje8v0glt/wish/160845623 alisay_bell https://padlet.com/alisay_bell/kuplje8v0glt/wish/160850856

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