A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School (1 to 43)

Summary- Carlotta begins to explain how growing up she didn't really think about all the rules society had, she just followed them. She didnt think about why blacks had to be separate from whites.  She tells about how she really loves her family which includes grandpa Big Daddy, grandpa Cullins, her father, her mother and more. She grew up in Little Rock where her parents tell her to never act with ignorance like the whites.  Her family thinks of education as a big thing.  One summer she goes to New York to spend time with her aunt Juanita.  There she experienced a life she never experienced before.  There was no separation in where blacks could go and where whites could go.  It was like they were all equal there. She loved the city lights and more.  Then she goes back to her hometown to find that they are trying to integrate schools.  Then something very shocking happens in Mississippi where a teenage boy, Emmett Till, gets violently killed by whites and the photos are very disturbing to Carlotta. She is yet to face her own problems.
Quotation- Her mother told her this. " ' Carlotta, we must be patient with ignorance and never, ever bring ourselves down to their level.' " (Lanier 17).
Reaction-  She is saying how the whites act with lack of knowlegde towards the blacks and how she should never do the same in act of revenge- to just be patient. This quote caught my eye because my parents always tell me the same thing - to be the bigger person.