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The
Timeline Project brought history to life for me. It brought the
past together as one. This was not a normal project. It was
society, culture, slavery, freedom of speech, peace, and
justice. This project helped me by helping me understand the
past to look at the present.
I learned
Rochester has a lot of history. I learned if I put my mind to
something I could do it.
I found out
so much about history and where I came from and how the world
got to be the way it is now. If I did not come to jail, I never
would have learned like this in school.
John
Working on
the Timeline Project, I learned a lot about Rochester. I never
knew Malcolm X was here. I learned how things are connected in
ways I wouldn’t have thought about. I learned I love history.
Working on
the timeline made me feel at peace. I loved meeting the people
who came in. I never would have met them if I didn’t do the
Timeline.
Shaunessy
From working on the Timeline Project I learned that I like to be
specific and think things through. I learned so many things I
never knew before.
James
I learned
that in 1950 everything was a lot cheaper than it is today, and
I learned a lot of people died trying to change the racism in
our country.
I learned
so much I did not know about Rochester. I never knew Rochester
had a subway.
I learned
something about my ancestors. Trent Jackson set a record that
nobody has beaten to this day. I wish he was alive today and
could tell me all about it.
Jaquan
I learned
there was so much before I was born, and a lot of horrible
things happened to people.
What I
liked about the Timeline Project is that it put people together
for teamwork, and we all learned our history together.
Jamel
I learned
that Disneyland opened in 1955, the same year Emmett Till was
murdered. I learned that I like to learn working on the
Timeline. I learned there is a lot of history from 1950 to 1970.
A lot of events happened during those years that are really
important today.
Jahmel
I learned
working on the Timeline that my people had it hard and did so
much for us to be where we are today. I learned teamwork is
everything. I learned I like to learn about things I don’t know.
Randy
I learned
so much working on the Timeline. I learned about things I never
knew about or knew how they came to be. These are clear to me
now.
I thank you
for putting this together so we could work as a group and learn
things.
I learned
where my family and culture came from working with this group of
young men.
Trevor
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