Journal 7

The most important day of my life, I'm really scared and as I walk down the street people glare with disgust at my presence. But I stand for something greater than some lowly person who has the need to feel superior. I walk up the street, I'm almost there, my heart is racing, I hear sirens everywhere. People yelling and people glaring, someone throws a rock at me and hits me in the head. I feel dizzy, I almost drop to the ground but I know that if I do everyone that is counting on me will surely fall too. I get up a group of national guardsmen rush to surround me, they escort me into the entrance. For the first time I finally see what everyone has been fighting for and what white folks are so protective of. I finally made it... I am officially a student of Little Rock Highschool.





This picture enhances the story by giving a visual to the hatred and dismay displayed in the story. It's perfect because it shows the angry white people and the guardsmen who are to keep order as segregation occurs.