Exploration 7- Jared Wolfe

     I learned a whole lot of new information while watching Ain't Scared of Your Jails. I've always known the cruel and unfair treatment African Americans went through but this documentary really showed the emotional side of African Americans in the 1950's and 1960's and how hard it truly was for them. Diane Nash describes in the documentary that she felt stifled and shut in very unfairly" when talking about the segregation in Nashville. The documentary can relate to today's world in regards to events such as the protests in Ferguson and also police brutality that is plastered all over the media in recent months. There is still an assortment of racial bias in today's world and peaceful protests as seen in the documentary still have a very strong message to this day.
   
     There were all sorts of non-violent protest groups such as the Freedom Riders and the SNCC who relentlessly  fought against inequality. They had sit-ins to protest inequality and continued to do so no matter how hard it got. In Ain't Scared of Your Jails, the narrator describes that "Gangs of toughs were gathering downtown. The students sat in as planned. The police did nothing to protect them. The students remained true to their training in nonviolence." The documentary states that 2,000 African Americans were arrested as a result of the sit-ins. It is absolutely amazing to me that they never gave up and it is definitely something to be proud of. The passion and drive that people such as Diane Nash had is admirable.