Analysis Of The Book Coretta The Story Of Coretta...

Summary of the Text: The biography of â€Å"Coretta: The Story of Coretta Scott King,† was the first biography made depicting Coretta’s life, goals, and success. The book was written by a close friend of hers whose name is Octavia Vivian. The story tells how Coretta, as a young woman, had grown up in Alabama. She later went to Antioch College, and later found out that she, as a colored young woman, would not be allowed to teach, mix, or mingle with the whites in the state of Ohio. She later explored a musical career in Boston where she was to meet her future husband Martin Luther King, Jr (Vivian). Coretta was born to her parents, whose names were Bernice McMurry and Obadiah Scott, and grew up and was raised on her parent’s farm located in Heiberger, Alabama. Since she grew up during the time and era of segregation, she, as a child, attended a one room school house and later graduated from Lincoln Normal School from a town close by called Marion, Alabama. Vivian also mentions that Coretta’s mother was a school bus driver for all the colored children to be able to attend that particular school (Vivian). Later in the 1940s, Coretta attended Antioch College, located in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She studied music education and sang in the school choirs and the local churches. In her senior year she went through the issue of not being able to teach since Yellow Springs would not allow her to interact and mix, as a colored woman and teacher, with the whites at their schools. HigherShow MoreRelatedRacism Is Not A Secret Against Black Men853 Words   |  4 Pagespresented by Curtis as a true representation of the African American experience and influence more schools to include the book in classroom reading selection. Christopher Paul Curtis was born in Flint, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan. His first published book is The Watson’s Go to Birmingham-1963, receiving a Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor book citation in 1996. Curtis wrote as a refuge and found inspiration from his family and teachers. He and his wife agreedRead MoreWas King a Pan-Africanist? Martin Luther King and the African Liberation Movements3962 Words   |  16 PagesHist 101. 12/14/12 Was King a Pan-Africanist? Martin Luther King Jr. and the African Liberation Movements. By Kenechukwu Nwosu The King-era civil rights movement coincided closely with the peak of freedom struggles on the African continent. When the Montgomery bus boycott began in December 1955, all but four African nations were under colonial rule; when King delivered his last public speech on April 3, 1968, thirty-six African countries had gained their independence. Most scholarship on King’sRead More Martin Luther King, Jr.: Effective Nonviolence the Multiple Intelligences2987 Words   |  12 PagesMartin Luther King, Jr.: Effective Nonviolence the Multiple Intelligences Introduction Nonviolence can touch men where the law cannot reach them. These words, uttered by the late civil rights leader himself, were the fundamental tenet of Martin Luther King, Jr.s life. These words, though few in number, are great in power. These words, simple, plain, and concise, provide a rubric with which to investigate Martin Luther King, Jr.s creative genius and intelligence. Howard Gardner, eminentRead MoreDiversity at Disney5774 Words   |  24 PagesTV programming. Shows incorporate many ethnicities, cultures, religions, geographic locales and physical and developmental differences, reflecting the world in which today s children are growing up. For preschoolers, diversity takes the form of stories with characters who learn to value the differences they encounter in shape, size, color, gender and ability. For example, Handy Manny is a multicultural animated series centered on a Latino character that is designed to give 8 preschool viewers