One Friday Morning 1.

One Friday Morning 1.

Montāžas Teksta

  • George Washington High School
  • I like my classmates and teachers. I have never been discriminated by them.
  • I am proud of being both American and African-American.
  • She is Nancy Lee Jones, a talented senior art class student, whose family had moved from the Deep South to the North to give her better education opportunities .
  • Nancy Lee, your picture has won the Artist Club scholarship.
  • We are so happy for you! But do not tell anyone yet!
  • Her art teacher, Miss Dietrich brought her up to become the expected winner of the Artist Club scholarship contest to get into the Art School.
  • Please, think about what you would say when the scholarship is conferred upon you.
  • This is Nancy Lee's water color painting for the contest that symbolize The American Dream (freedom, justice and equality)
  • One April afternoon Miss O'Shay, the vice principal sent for Nancy Lee to stop by her office where Miss Dietrich gave her the good news.
  • Later Miss O'Shay called her to the office again.
  • At home, Nancy Lee went over her speech in her mind many times.
  • ...I accept this award not for myself alone, but for my race that believes in American opportunity and American fairness........American dream of 'Liberty and justice for all!'