Aug 28th / Tagged: elizabeth hirschfeld bob filner freedom rider civil rights movement 1960s vintage history / 7 notesElizabeth Hirschfeld, 1961.
Elizabeth was 24 years old and working at the Atomic Energy Commission when a friend’s father offered to pay her travel expenses if would watch over his 18 year old son on a Freedom Ride from Nashville to Jackson. Elizabeth accepted and spent four weeks in Parchment Penitentiary.
Elizabeth worked for CORE and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party before becoming a teacher in Northern California. Bob Filner, the 18 year old boy she was asked to watch over, is today a member of the US House of Representatives.
THis is my APBio Teacher
Me: Can I use the bathroom? Teacher: I don’t know, can you? Me: When I was using “can” I was using its secondary model form as a verbal modifier asking for permission, as opposed to expressing an ability. I thought since you were a teacher you’d know that. My bad. MAY I use the restroom?
TEACHER:
OTHER STUDENTS IN THE CLASS:
AND I’M JUST LIKE :
