My bookreport of "Who Was Louis Armstrong?" 54 days left

How strange it is. I wrote my blog earlier than I usually do! This may mean that I am not scared of writing in English any more even if I may write something well or not. I just want to write to express what I think by a different language. I am making progress!

Keywords and Phrasese:

slavery, to end, blacks, unfairly, Jim Crow Laws, African Americans, restrict v., separate a., people of color, second-class, citizens, streetcar, empty seats, babysitter, head v., to throw off, to beat up, arrest v., swim, aim, scared a., stiff ad., joke n., dice, adore v.

Although slavery had ended at the time of Louis, blacks still were treated unfairly. The pass of Jim Crow Laws was one of the laws that restricted the rights of people of color seriously. The law asked them to sit at separate seats, stay in separate hotels, use separate water fountains and public restrooms, and they were even not allowed to enter some white-people-only restaurants. They seemed to be second-class citizens; they were treated unfairly. Once, A Louis's family friend babysited Louis and his sister. When they got on a streetcar, some seats up front were available. So little Louis went ahead, sitting in the seat to see where the car headed. The babysitter called him to get back on his own seat, but he didn't want to. Then, the babysitter went to drag him back and warned him that they might be thrown off the car or even beaten up if they obeyed the rule that colored passengers had to sit in the back of streetcars.

Hard to believe it? Another case that Louis recalled later will let you know that I am not joking about how serious the situation of discrimination against blacks was at that time. The story happened in one hot afternoon when Louis went swimming with his friends in a local pond. While all of them were having fun in the cool pond, a man, pointing a gun at them, suddenly appeared. All of the boys were scared stiff! They thought they were going to be killed! However, the man only burst into laughter and told that he was merely making a joke to terrify them. The man treated those black boys as jokes. It's really unimaginable nowadays, isn't it?

Even growing up in such discriminatory time, Louis still had a happy life, playing cards or dice with friends. He also loved his mother very much even though they didn't live together often. The best woman he adored the most was his mom.