Leon Walter Tillage Thesis

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Being an African American during the 1930’s was tuff. Countless people were treated like animals and that’s why they never thought they had rights. It wasn’t until high school that they figured out what they can do. My biggest inspiration is Leon Walter Tillage because he stood up for something not many people would do in his time. Tillage was against segregation and tried to stop it. He and another couple of African American kids walked in a parade locking onto each other with their hands (Tillage 90). Not many people were with this and threw tomatoes at them and sometimes would send their dog to attack them, yet Tillage was never hurt (7). He and the others would run out of there and find cover until it was over (5). However, this came

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