The Turbulent Times

The next section was The Turbulent Times, and had a slide presentation just like The Early days. The speakers in this group were Tony Brown, Myrile Evers-Williams, and Clarence Jones. Tony Brown spoke about how he named the march to Washington D.C. the march of Freedom. Also, he was talking about how he thought MLK would be happy once he was famous. Yet, MLK had a physiological depression because he was always in fear of his life and his family’s life. Myrile had a very powerful speech. She said very proudly that she never marched or personally ever talked to MLK, however she used his teachings daily. Her husband was in the NAACP and was shot at their front door step. She said she remembered hearing the car pull up in the drive was, it stop, and then the shot of the gun. Her children crawled to the bathroom grabbing their other sibling as the father told them to incase that incident ever happened. She remembered MLK at her husband’s funeral, and he had a handkerchief wiping his face. Not because he was crying, but because he knew that he also might have his life not last as long as he like to. She told how she would try to vote, and people would ask well how many beans are in this jar or how many bubbles are in this bar of soap. Her story made me disgusted with humanity, because only fifty years ago and still today degrading acts happen like this.