Cassie Logan, a young woman, played a major role recently in the March on Washington. She delivered 1 major speech about what she went through when she was a little girl. When she got off the podium the crowed roared. We all are so happy that she was there to represent our neighborhood. We are hoping that someday we will be free. Cassie is leading us all in the right direction.
to walk a student into the school as they were threatened and screamed at. People spit on her and tried to bring her down but she held her head up high and just kept on walking. When Brown v. Board of education went to court she was there testifying about everything she knew was wrong and what the harshest white people would do to hurt a black.
Cassie is also a proud member of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). She was one of the first black woman to join and has always played a major role in their decisions. Cassie also protests against the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) whenever they come to town. She is leading a protests every Sunday as all of us walk to church. She made us all signs to hold up high.
She is proudly married to a Supreme Court Justice named Thurgood Marshall. They make speeches as couples and with their 3 kids Tony, Jack and Chloe. She is raising them to stand up for what they believe. “How you teach your children is how they will act as time goes on,” Cassie Logan says. She is currently working on becoming a professional track runner. She is also righting a biography about her life story. It is called The Way Things Were. She says that her role model is Harriet Tubman. “She was a great leader for black
Cassie was also a major supporter of the Little Rock 9. She actually went as far enough
slaves all over the country. I look up to her and hope to lead my people to freedom just like her,” the young woman says. As the fight for civil rights continue we all must keep on moving. No matter what people say to bring us down we can’t stop. We will continue to look up to Cassie and what she has accomplished. Brown v. Board of Education, the March on Washington, and joining the NAACP are just a few of those accomplishments. She says that she is going to continue to take a stand and fight for her right to be free. As we all look forward to the next few weeks make sure to tell all of your friends and family about our upcoming protests on every Sunday until we are free. “Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal,” says fellow leader Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. Thanks to you all for reading and remember to keep moving forward!