Civilrights Stories

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. There are some friends you never forget. It's the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he's sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his blackness is suddenly front and center, and no one is shy about making it known he's not welcome there. Enter Juniper Jones. The town's resident oddball and free spirit, she's everything the townspeople aren't-open, kind, and accepting. Armed with two bikes and an unlimited supply of root beer floats, Ethan and Juniper set out to find their place in a town that's bent on rejecting them. As Ethan is confronted for the first time by what it means to be black in America, Juniper tries to help him see the beauty in even the ugliest reality, and that even the darkest days can give rise to an invincible summer . . .

Born into the harsh realities of 1930s Alabama, Ezekiel Freeman is a child prodigy in a world that refuses to see his brilliance. By 1975, he becomes the first Black physicist-astronaut launched into orbit - only to be sabotaged and stranded in deep space. Presumed dead, he survives decades of isolation, rebuilding shattered equipment and clinging to Earth through pirated sports broadcasts. Rescued by a hyper-intelligent alien race near a black hole, Ezekiel fuses with their dying energy core and is reborn as Captain Utonium - a living conduit of cosmic justice. As his powers grow, he questions their purpose and his own humanity. But when he returns to Earth in the, younger, stronger, and revered as legend, he finds a world that's evolved-and stagnated. Haunted by time, tested by morality, and hunted by a force known only as Dark Matter, Captain Utonium must choose: become the savior Earth believes he is, or reshape justice itself across the stars.

Poem of the late, great Martin Luther King Jr

This is a short story of the thoughts of Terrell Jones before dying of police brutality. My entry for the Adult Fiction June 2020 contest.

Malcolm X, John F. Kennedy, fated lovers one brutal end. A new chapter released every Friday @7pm et

Danny Millard was living a life many envied immensely. Being the top student of his whole school, he knew nothing would be able to stop him from exceeding his unique qualities even further, other than the countless beating he'd get for being different and a mysterious photo that distracted him for days, which he'd found in the vintage shop he went regularly. The photo Danny acquired for a merely just a few dollars, became worth more than he bargained for. What did happen when he decided to take the photo with him home and then hangs it on his bedroom wall. Danny will travel back in time to the bustling golden age of America. The 1950's was filled with great achievements in fashion, culture and style, but also the undeniable beginnings of social fragmentation. As he was hit with a profound amount of culture shock. Danny will blindly navigate through this new world with the help of one man. The man who he found to look oddly familiar as time went by. As he continued trying to remember who the man was before him, the memory of the picture he bought finally came to mind. Let's all head on a journey with Danny, as he discover the true meaning of love, pain & adventure all at the same time. WARNING: CONTAINS MAJOR SEXUAL & EXPLICIT CONTENT. ( 18 & UP ) Copyrighted © 2020 CaliPalms All Rights Reserved.

How can you find your own identity when you are only a copy of someone else? Marin is not an original. In a world where cloning is prevalent, she is a Second who simply wants to be seen as an individual. Support groups and protesters are safe for a while, until their demands become too extreme. Will she ever find someone who treats her as an equal, not because she is a double, but because she is human?

The civil rights movement was one of America's most effective acts of protests and the beginning of growth from the diversity that split America. This was the begging of the people being heard, and the problems surfaced to portray universal divider. Laws were made not just the powerful, but for all the American people. New leaders came forward and impacted the strength of the movements. The civil rights movement created equal social opportunity's and opened up the new image of a new era. Enjoy!

A collection of short poems excoriating the system.

My interpretation of Mr. Gandhi's time in South Africa

This story is based off of two woman in the mid 1950s before the Civil Rights movement. Octavia (Via) and Donna who are both from Alabama. In this story, Octavia's husband Robert gets sentenced to life in prison after being accused of physically attacking his boss Mr. Johnson, who is the husband of Donna. The two wives come together to crack this case down despite the fact that they were judged. Read more to find out what happens next!

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The black woman

Emily is an African American young woman . She is smart, beautiful, and has a bright future. She was raised by a family with "ole down south morals". Even though she clearly knows of her family's morals, she falls for a guy that would not be on her family's checklist. There love becomes Hated by many. How far will others go to stop the love, or will They learn to except it?

Farhaz Ridwan, the director of Khaja University, witnesses his Uncle's sudden murder. Who was a truthful politician, the only parent left for him. Now he is trying to forget the past and move on through the trauma alongside his family, consisting of a charming daughter and wife. His life was going well, until the murder case became more of sense and then the civil war began. Now, Ridwan is carrying his daughter on shoulder, he leaps one region to another for survival, searching for the witness belonging to the murder case and the war.

Ebony Parks is a 13 year old girl who is half black and half Mexican. She receives many threats and comments about her color and heritage. She takes care of her family ever since her father left and her mother was diagnosed with leukemia. Along the journey of her life Ebony deals with many forms of harassment and bullying but still refuses to believe that everyone is this cruel. Join Ebony on the journey of her life and the people's around hers as well.

Rachel was there, the sit in movement for african american rights. She stod up for her people and wanted to make a change. Here is her story.

In a world where artifical intelligence and androids are integrated into day to day life, what happens when those androids start to grow beyond their programmed capabilities and become more human than anyone intended them to be? Follow a group of androids and their human counterparts as they explore the world around them and come to fight for the rights of every being in the world, because androids are human, too.