Dear Representative John Lewis,

Immediately we start these pages on August 7th, 1964. We see the eulogy delivered by Dave Dennis, who is the founder of COFO. This cuts to the 1964 Republican National Convention, which has a completely different aura to it. It is shrouded in darkness, as the crowd continually boos President Johnson. The eulogy inspired hope, and was filled with light. We then see Mrs. Fannie Lou Hammer’s testimony which “shook the world”, however it was stopped short by a press conference with the sole purpose of cutting off screen time. LBJ was nominated for president. He ended up loosing the south as well. Another very important moment was when MLK was attempting to become the first African American guest at Hotel Albert but was assaulted.  You stated that was the closest you had been to ending your nonviolence.We are also introduced to Malcolm X  as well.

What was different about that moment in particular? Throughout the book, there are many moments that involve racism and violence against the African American community, yet there was not an urge for violent protest after. Freedom Day and many others could have involved the same, yet this moment was the closest in regards to violence. As I read, I was very confused as to the general attitudes of people during the press conference that cut off Mrs. Fannie Lou Hammer’s testimony as well.

The differences shown in this are a lot more political than in the other two blog posts. In order to help with these problems in the future and prevent things like this from happening again are to use social media and other proper forms of expression to speak out. Speaking out in as many forms as possible makes it such that it is harder to censor.

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