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Freedom Never Dies Lake Orienta 2/19/13 1

1 May 17, 1954 9 The Supreme Court rules 5 on the landmark 4 case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. , unanimously agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

• Jan. 2, 1944 – Willie James Howard killed in Live Oak, Florida. My mother knew of him and his family. • Aug. 1955 – Emit Till, age 14 was killed • Dec. 1, 1955 – Rosa Parks went to jail • Sept. 1957 – Little Rock 9 attempted to integrate Central High School in Little Rock Ark. • Dec. 25, 1951 – Harry T. Moore and wife are murdered in Mim, FL • Fe b. 1961 – Sit ins begin • May 4, 1961 – Freedom Riders begin to ride through the south on busses

• June 12, 1963 – Medgar Evers is murdered • April 28, 1963 – March on Washington “I Have A Dream” • July 2, 1964 - Civil Rights Bill signed by the President • March 7, 1965 - Bloody Sunday • Sept. 24, 1965 – Affirmative Action • July 16, 1960 – Greenville 8 go to jail • April 4, 1968 – Martin Luther King Killed

The Ballad of Harry T. Moore By Langston Hughes Sung by “Sweet Honey In the Rock” http: //youtu. be/_w. EPZ 0 r. Ts. Hs 5

Jesse Jackson Joan Maddison • July 16, 1960 The Greenville 8 go to jail 6

April 4, 1968 (Memphis, Tenn. ) Martin Luther King, at age 39, is shot as he stands on the balcony outside his hotel room. Escaped convict and committed racist James Earl Ray is convicted of the crime

June 27, 1950 Born in Manhattan, NY Adopted – age 10 days Raised in Sanford, FL Only child Mother died at age 5

Winifred Dorsett, Birth Mother, Brooklyn, N. Y. Gave me up for adoption (deceased) 9

Winifred Dorsett, Birth other, Brooklyn, N. Y. Gave me up for adoption (deceased) Ulysses and Edna Burton, who buried Civil Rights Activist Harry T. Moore, adopted me in 1950. (deceased) 10

Cleo Alexander Burton my stepmother. She raised me from age 11 to 18. Harry T. Moore was her 1 st grade teacher. (She will be 93 in March 2013) 13

Burton’s Funeral Home Sanford, Florida This was my home. I grew up here. 14

My Godfather, Dr. George H. Starke, The only black doctor in Seminole County

Fall 1964 One day my daddy said, “Baby, how would you like to go to the “white” school? ” I replied, “Yes!” without really thinking about it.

My mother was opposed because she knew that people were being killed for participating in the Civil Rights movement.

Advice for your enemies: “Just look at them and smile. ”

The night before… I received an anonymous phone call from a white woman warning me not to go to the “white” school.

The very next day… My daddy drove me to Sanford Jr. High. I was escorted into the building by the Police. I told no one about the phone call.

Sanford Jr. High, 1964 I remember the very long sidewalk in front of the school. 21

Some “terms” to consider • Curiosity - a state in which you want to learn more about something • Daring – brave, bold • Fun – amusing • Integrate – to combine into an integral whole. • White only – self explanatory • Change – to cause to be different, to transform • Non-violence – not willing to harm anyone • Jim Crow Laws – (You’ll never guess…) 22

“courage” A perfect sensibility to the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

“Non-voilence” I was never trained for it, but I went through as if I had been. Someone else carried me through.

Courage & Non-Violence

COURAGE 26

If you can keep your head…

Courage: Eight of us integrated Seminole High School in 1965.

Courage: The Water Incident that I never told anyone about.

More “terms” to consider • Bigoted – "obstinately convinced of the superiority or correctness of one's own opinions and prejudiced against those who hold different opinions“ • racist - a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others • Prejudiced - an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought or reason. 30

“My definition of a racist is simply a person who has not me yet. ”

It takes courage and love to effect change in the face of danger. I did it without even thinking that I was in danger.

“Love…” …caused Winifred Dorsett to give me up for adoption so that I could have more in life than she could give me given her circumstances.

“Love…” …caused the owners of Burton’s Funeral Home to adopt me and promise Winnie that I would be well cared for and received a good education.

“Love…” …is why Harry T. Moore risked and untimately gave his life for the Civil Rights Movement 35

“Love…” …is why I said “Yes” to INTEGRATION when I was 14 years old, even when people were being killed for it. 36

“Love…” …is why my parents allowed me to take that dangerous step to integrate schools in Seminiole County

When Harry T. Moore’s body was buried in the ground he became a seed. Ulysses of freedom. S. Burton Edna Burton. 38

“And this he says, our Harry Moore, As from the grave he cries: 39

“No bomb can kill the dreams I hold…” Age 6 months, 1951 Age 18, 1968 Age 10, 1960 40

“ for freedom Never Dies!” Carmelita Ayana University of Fla. Ron Nathan F. A. M. U Principal of Altermese Bentley Elementary in Sanford, Florida Ingrid Burton Nathan Florida Southern College Jasmín René F. A. M. U. Asha Consuelo Univ. of South Fla. 41

Freedom never dies, I say. 42

FREEDOM NEVER DIES 43

INGRID BURTON NATHAN (the baby Herod could not kill) Born in Manhattan, N. Y. to Winifred Dorsett and Michael Turner on June 27, 1950 Integrated Sanford Jr. High in 1964 at the age of 14 Integrated Seminole High in 1965. Graduated with Honors in 1968. Adopted by Ulysses and Edna Burton , funeral directors, in Sanford, FL Graduated from Florida Southern College in 1972 with honors and a B. A. in Spanish God-daughter of Dr. George H. Starke, Biracial Committee Chair Person Raised and nurtured by Ulysses Burtton and Cleo Alexander Burton after Edna’s death in 1955. Married to Ron Nathan Mother of 4 Minister of Music Inspiration to Many Spanish Teacher for 38 years; M. Ed. Retired in 2009; came out in 2012 44