Bettye Stroud

Alex sat on a bench wondering why the mule got to eat collards in the field. Miz Pettway then began to explain to Alex why the mule got to eat the collards and why the mule was so important. During Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, he told people to take the ferry and register to vote. When the people got to the ferry, it had been closed and they had to find another way around the river. The people used mules which carried them to register to vote. The mules were later used to pull Martin Luther King Jr.'s coffin during his funeral parade. Belle was one of them. The people in the story stood up for what they believed in and fought for their rights. I really like this story because it shows children what people had to go through to gain their rights and freedom. I did not realize that mules were used during this time to help. The illustrations are great and depict the time in which the story takes place really well.… (altro)