Civilrights Stories

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 . . .

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]]

Karlee Buringham's life completely changed after her mother presumably died of influenza a year ago. Her dad is treating her like a toddler while her older brother, Sam, is putting all of his aggression on her. From being bullied and civil rights at school, Karlee isn't sure how to resolve any of this. When she opens a book on her way back from school with three words, she realizes it changes everything. Explore this fantasy historical novel about a 16 year old girl who is navigating a family tragedy in the mist of the 1960s era.

"Wherever your soul was before, mine was there too." - Hira He's Jackson. But he's also: Daniel. Theodore. Nathan. Nicholas. Zachary. She's Aaliyah. But she's also: Grace. Kathryn. Jessica. Amaya. Eve. It's the same story every time. They meet, they fall in love, they get ripped apart. Will Jackson and Aaliyah be the ones to end up together? Or will the cycle of love, death and reincarnation continue?

Leah has started going to a "white" school. This can be a really scary thing if you're black. Join Leah as she goes through the hardships of going to a new school...and being "different."

What would you do? Sara is a young African American woman living in the 1950's American South. One day, she happens to be taking the bus home from work when Rosa Parks is arrested. How does it affect her? *New cover by @IMAMANDUH! Thank you!*

Riots. Hunger strikes. Movements. There are people who fought and bleed for the freedom you now have. Will you forget the history?

This is a story based on all of the events of black americans trying to achieve full freedom from segregation. I have written it as a base of revision as its a unique way to remember and think about it. All of the events are to the precise date. This story is Facts meet Fiction. Its about One family throughout 4 generations and how they have been affected by the fight to freedom and the role they played. It starts out with the Great Grandmother in the year 1868 and ends with the one "writing" the story. It should be heart felt and powerful with the hardships they have to face, you can engage in a story whilst learning something new or simply revising. Preview: Let me tell you a little bit about my peoples past, and i do not mean slavery no i mean the time after slavery was abolished. The idea was to reconstruct America to make it a better place for all but as my dear old momma always told me that it was a time of dreams, all the hopes that they had wouldn't amount to anything. When i was young she use to tell me of the things her Grandmother my Great Grandmother told her that life was not much better for either of them, but as long as they had hope that one day things would get better and was wary of the dangers that were around in their society then those people could never break their spirit. My Great grandmother was twenty seven when the first constitutional amendment was passed that being the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 which had finally given citizenship rights to all born in the United States, which she was although see had been treated like she was from another country she was born on American soil and this amendment was an attempt to guarantee the rights of those who had been slaves, but that did not exactly work out for them did it? (if you like my story please share and feel free to comment) ***WARNING*** THERE WILL BE RACIAL COMMENTS ITS NOT MEANT IN OFFENCE BUT IT IS THE CORRECT TERM FOR REVISION****

This is a piece I wrote for school some time ago. We were asked to write a page on "What makes a person who creates change?". The expectation was to list several characteristics and traits all activists have in common. For my page, I decided to take a more artistic twist. I wrote the entire page using the extended metaphor of a sea voyage. although this is not a short story or a piece of poetry, I strongly suggest you read it especially if you are suffering from writer's block or lack of motivation. I hope this piece will inspire you and set you on your own path to creating change...

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.

{Poetry} CHANGING THE WORLD - ONE POEM AT A TIME! Poetry and prose by Aleta Valentine Burns Deitch, b. Walkerville Ontario 1921, d. Toronto Ontario 2011; Biochemist, Nursery School Teacher, Editorial Assistant, Co-op President; lifelong activist for social justice. Before she died Val asked me to be her literary editor and take care of her writing, most of which was not published in her lifetime. I'm sure she never expected it to be published posthumously, but neither of us had heard of Wattpad back then. I think she would have liked it.

A poem written expressing my upbringing as an African American along with my view on race and racism

A short collection of poems and rhymes.

"It's amazing what a white picket fence neighbourhood will do to stay white..." When a depressed girl kills herself, the scenic town of Oakhill turns a blind eye. However when the A* student dies under similar circumstances, foul play is suspected. Soon, a list is released. And it's a race to find the killer before they reach the end of it.

Set during the time of school integration in the U.S. after abolishing the 'separate but equal' laws, this story is of two young girls who befriend one another despite the differing skin colors. This story holds a child's innocence to a society that tries to take that innocence away when teachers, family, and strangers overtly disapprove of the friendship between the two girls.

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