Everyday Racism in America and the Power of Forgiveness

Download or read book Everyday Racism in America and the Power of Forgiveness written by Wilma Jean Turner Ed.D. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This autoethnographic study examines my experiences as an African American born and raised in the United States of America, who—from the time I realized I was Black at age ten until the present day, more than fifty years later—experiences racism either overtly or covertly on a daily basis. I first explore my days as a high school student involved in a court desegregation case and the trauma I experienced in the hostile environment where White students openly showed their racial hatred for the Black students who would dare to enroll in “their school.” I examine my life as a college student in Alabama at the height of the Civil Rights Movement and my participation in nonviolent protests, especially the famous Selma to Montgomery march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.