Grace of Silence Group Project by Eemanna

Grace of Silence

eemannar17411 — 2014-08-28 19:28:19 UTC

Woodard

eemannar17411 — 2014-08-28 19:34:46 UTC

"After i dropped the billy, the second police man help his gun

on me while the other one was beating me. He knocked me

unconscious. After i commenced to come to myself he yelled

get up. I started to get up and he started punching me in the

eyes with the end of a billy." (chapter 9 page 131)

Etoy Fletcher

gracev17511 — 2014-08-28 19:44:13 UTC

"In June, an army veteran named Etoy Fletcher was

seized by four men, dragged into the woods, and beaten

severely after he tried to register to vote in Brandon,

Mississippi" (9;129-130).

Chapter 9

gracev17511 — 2014-08-28 19:51:03 UTC

In chapter 9 of The Grace Of Silence, by Michele Norris, Michele writes about what it was like for veterans to return to Birmingham after the war, specifically black veterans. We learn about how difficult it was to find clothing and food. Then, she writes about racial inequality, and what it was like to live as an African American in those times. She explains how they had to step off the street if a white man or woman was coming down the street, and how you had to address people of different races. Next, she writes about Birmingham for her family, and the discovery of her father’s shooting. She explains what happened on the night of February 7, 1946. She explains how her father was standing up for himself, his brother and his friend, and the sequence of events that ended in him getting shot in the leg. We also hear her conversation with Julia Beaton and find out one perspective of someone who was affected by racial unequity. Finally, she explains how her father’s physical gunshot wound didn’t do much harm to him, but that he probably never forgot that night and what it meant.

Chapter 10

eemannar17411 — 2014-08-28 20:05:06 UTC

In chapter 10 of The Grace of Silence by Michele Norris talks about what she has found out about her fathers careful track of voting over the years. We learn how it was a small thing that meant a lot to him that he never even mentioned. We learn about what voting meant for black men and how difficult it was to vote despite what the laws said. We also hear the story of several African American men who were abused and oppressed in voting and other everyday actions. Michele tells us about Woodard Norris and the shooting of Timothy Hood etc. She also covers the experience of African American Veterans coming home from war.