American grade 3 student Linda Brown had to walk a long way through a railway yard to get to her school in Topeka, Kansas.There was another school closer to home- 1 Linda was black and this school was 2 white children only.Then her 3 made a decision that ended in a court case which 4 US society forever.
The decision was simple:Linda was to 5 in the nearby all-white school.After the school 6 her, Mr.Brown brought a charge against the local education department.
The case made it all the 7 to the US Supreme Court. On May 17, 1954, the court 8 that "Separate educational facilities are unequal." This historic ruling ended racial segregation(种族隔离)by 9 black children to go to the same schools as white children, and this 10 equal treatment for blacks and whites.
Thanks to the Brown ruling, from the late 1950s segregation was 11 on a much wider scale.Buses, beaches, jobs, housing, voting-black people had equal rights 12 white people in most areas of society.The ruling 13 helped improve rights for women and the disabled.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said:"Brown was the most important court decision in US 14 ." In other countries, these problems. 15 have been solved through violence, she added.
To 16 the 50th anniversary of the Brown decision, a museum was opened at Linda Brown's old school. 17 get to walk through the "Tunnel of Courage", in 18 they are surrounded by photos of 19 crowds and barking dogs.This gives them a taste of the hardships that Brown 20 at the whites-only school.
In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football.I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members.I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it.This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech.They said their son really wanted to play football.They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team.
When they told me his name, my heart sank.Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds.He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports.I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player.But we told them we could give it a try.
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track.I 13 my eye on Michael.At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet.“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on. 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up.
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically.By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him.
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church.The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages.
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought. 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 .One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key.”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories.My mom knew the true story, 12 .Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny.
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 .But my mom announced that we were going home 15 .At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church.We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church.There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 :
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night.Happy Easter.