History Project Interview: Kim Marable

History Benchmark Design

Abstract:

In this interview, I am viewing Kimberly Marable. She talks about how she grew up learning about what happened to Emmett Till and learning that Rosa Parks wasn’t the first African American to give up her seat. She also discuss what it was like when she was growing up.

Research:

I looked up that according to the modern-day civil-rights establishment, most of the problems that currently afflict African Americans result directly from the intractable white racism that allegedly continues to plague blacks in every region of the country -- across all age groups, all educational levels, and all income brackets. This civil-rights elite largely ignores the role of issues within the black community, such as the calamitous breakdown of the black family since the 1960s, in framing its critique. Black community has been the worst struggle in the 1960’s and more. They dealt with a 14 year old boy getting killed for something wrong, a woman arrested for trying to reice freedom, and they had to deal with the civil rights.

Sources:

http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/sixties/resources/guided-readings-major-social-issues-1960s

Good evening it is April 29, 2015. Today we will be doing an interview based on personal background and during the civil rights. I will be interviewing my grandmother.

Me: Hello Grandma, how is your day?

Grandmom: it is good , how is your?

Me: Good as well. SO I will start off with basic questions then jump into the civil war. What is your name?

Grandma: My is name is Kimberly Marie Marable.

Me: How old are you?

Grandma: As of today I am 55 years old.

Me: Okay do you remember anything that happened in the civil rights movement?

Grandma: Yes. I remember 14 year old Emmett Till was killed by two white men in 1955.

Me: Do you remember why he got killed?

Grandma: He was visiting his family in Mississippi. He was caught flirting with  21-year old Carolyn Bryant at a small grocery store. Bryant's husband Roy and half brother kidnapped him, gouged out one of his eyes, choked him with a cotton wire fan then shot him.

Me: Do you think that has made a huge impact dealing with racism?

Grandma: Yes. Back then in the earlier days us as black African American slave, we have dealt with alot of racism and since this situation has occurred, it shows that racism was and still is a problem.

Me: Do you still remember anything that happened before?

Grandma: Yes. I learned that Rosa Parks wasn’t the first African American lady to sit in the front of the bus.

Me: Who was the first then?

Grandma: Her name was Claudette Colvin.

Me: How did you figure this out?

Grandma: I figured this out because I was reading a newspaper and she was on the front cover with her name in bold stating that she was the first one to give up her seat.