Fragaville Our Family

April 3, 2014 - Here are a couple of his "performances". He had to do this something like 6 or 8 times in a 2-hour period. Bless his heart...he was nervous about his lines...but he (in my totally non-biased opinion) was one of the best ones. He practiced and practiced. They all did a wonderful job - but we only captured him.

In case you have trouble hearing him, this is his presentation (generally speaking):

I am Thurgood Marshall. I was born on July 2, 1908. My father was the garndson of a slave. When I was just 16, I graduated from high school at the top of my class. My mother sold her wedding ring to pay for my college classes, where I was again, a top student. I became a lawyer, and defended Rosa Parks when she was arrested. I won the case. I was married two times because my first wife died.

At that time, African-American people and white people where not treated equally. The law said that African-Americans had to sit in the back of public buses. They also had to have separte drinking fountains, separate stores, and even separte schools. This is called segregation. I worked hard to end school segregation, and in 1967, I becase the first African-American Supreme Court justice. What an accomplishment for the great-grandson of a slave!

My understanding is that all the kids did their own research and wrote their own presentations (I suspect they had SOME help) but, like I said, they all did a wonderful job.

Take 1 (that's Grandmommy's head we are looking at there):


Take 2:


Take 3:


And some of the pictures from the event: