Cody
Kniffin
Moreese
Bickham
"try
again in six months. Well, I went up in six months". I chose this quote
because this is when he was trying to get a pardon on his trial and get out of
prison. I liked this because time after time of getting rejected he still went
and tried to get a pardon and eventually it pays off in the end. What he tells
us about our culture is how much it has changed since he’s been locked up. The
laws have changed as well as the rights for black.
This profile relates to our culture because
of civil rights issues. He’s been locked up since 1958 when black segregation
was very strong and blacks had nowhere near the equal rights as whites. His
trial happened before any major break through with civil rights acts to end
segregation. In the world today the cops would have never showed up to
Moreese's house because they couldn’t get away with beating him like they could
back then. Also in todays world people wouldn’t be as afraid to testify against
the cops because the civil rights have changed and it wouldn’t get you into
trouble like it would back then.
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