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a time to mourn: what America has overcome |
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December 7 / By Mary Jo Kelly About five minutes into the movie, the screen went blank. The theater lights came on. The manager, tugging a stubborn microphone cord, announced the Japanese had just bombed Pearl Harbor and President Roosevelt was declaring war. > Read It ___________________________________________________________________ December 7 / By Margaret Dart We heard John Daily say, "the Philippines are now under attack" and suddenly he was cut off. > Read It ___________________________________________________________________ November 22 / By LaVerna Land Shock, stillness, sadness, disbelief. How bad? When? Where? Who did it? We so hope he will be OK. We locate a radio and listen, too stunned to work. > Read It ___________________________________________________________________ Roosevelt Dies / By Monarc Merriweather Only months before I marched with other children on the school playground chanting, "We want Wilkey, we want Wilkey." I thought that my duty since my family was Republican. But even though Roosevelt had won, I didn't want him to die. > Read It ___________________________________________________________________ Slavery / By Ida Faye Champion Many times the overseer beat the slave until his back dripped blood while he was tied to a tree. This is not a terrorist act from foreign interests; it's an act of American cruelty. > Read It |
