... , changing the views of generations of racial bigots, particularly in the South was a journey fraught with problems. A dangerous mix of ignorance, politics and violence. It was an absolutely necessary fight for the black people of the United States, however to undertake such a task whilst worrying ... preacher. So I didn't have much choice." His families church, the Ebenezer Baptist, would prove to be of consistent importance even throughout his inspirational years of leadership. He grew up in the middle of the Great Depression, and from a very young age it became a great concern to him...

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• Grade Level: High School

... . School is seen as the only non-segregated place in Piedmont. He is picked to excel in school unlike most other black children his age, and is treated more than equally by his teachers. Gates" impression of white people becomes more optimistic when he develops a crush on a ... membership in a certain category. Linda's prejudice against Gates is cognitive and not emotional, which is more of a personal bias. When Gates begins middle to high school, his white friends socially distant themselves from him and are less willing to establish a relationship with him or members of racial groups ot...

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• Grade Level: High School