Rushmore Honors

If I had to pick four people to add to my own personal Mount Rushmore, the first would have to be Ruby Bridges. A person that faced so much adversity and hate at such a young age deserves to be honored. They tried to yell at her to leave, throw things at her, attack her, and even poison her, but little Ruby Bridges still stood tall.

The second person I would pick for my Rushmore would be James Dean. A young boy who helped break the illusion of a perfect family shown on TV. In the 50s many families who sat down together to watch their favorite shows, like leave it to beaver or I love Lucy, saw the loving caring and almost flawless families and saw it as normal, and James Dean and the rest of the rebels group helped to break that unreachable standard.

For the third person I choose Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier of professional baseball. Jackie lived in a world where black players weren't allowed to play on the same players, due to the racism of the common man. Jakie Robinson helped to desegregate all professional sports and should be honored for it.

For the final choice I would like to choose a rather unsung hero, Emmett Till. Emmett was visiting his family in the deep south and happened to whistle at a white store owner's wife, for this he was brutally murdered. Because of Emmett's death the world became aware of the ugly picture painted by the deep south