I noticed throughout this story Marian Anderson, an extremely talented and humble lady. Marian, to me, was very humble and soft spoken. She had the best manners and was never rude or disrespectful. She was an African American women who wanted to share her talent of singing, but got rejected because of her race. “The Daughters of the American Revolution, which owned the building, cited shadowy rules and regulations, but it was very clear that the problem was Anderson was black” (Collins 107). Anderson was doing nothing harmful to anyone. She was trying to sing, share her God given talent with people. I can not imagine what it would have been like to live during this time of disorder, to walk out of your house and be called names or not be allowed somewhere because of …show more content…
“Unita Blackwell, a sharecropper who lived in little Mayersville in a remote part of the Mississippi Delta, worried that the organizers would never come to her town, and when she saw two strangers walking past her house one day, she nudged her neighbor and announced excitedly, ‘That’s them!” (Collins 129). Unita wanted those organizations to come to her town so badly and one day they finally did. After that day, a meeting was called for volunteers to register to vote and Unitas hand was the first in hair. Unita seemed to me to always be looking for the best, for herself and others. Laura McGhee to me, sounds very fearless. Laura let any plantation workers who went homeless after trying to register to vote move onto her land. Laura knew that was illegal but did it anyways. “When the white night riders shot into her home, she slept during the day and sat up on the porch all night, cradling her shotgun” (Collins 131). This shows how fearless she truly was. Laura took all precautions to ensure the safety of the people stay with her. Not everyone would sleep during the day and stay awake all night to protect their people. What a courageous