The story Nightjohn is a story about how bad slaves were treated back when slavery was still in the United States. Slaves were treated pretty much the same way as we treat animals but without whipping them and hurting them. In this story there were a couple of examples of how bad these slaves were treated. The first African was named Alice. She was a day dreamer and just would rather die then be on the plantation. She would always wonder to places she wasn't aloud and then one day the master let the dogs on her to make sure she wouldn't get away. Another person in this story was Jim. Jim got his legs ripped off by the dogs which the master let go to get him. Another slave was Pawley. He would sneak away to a girl from another plantation and spend time with her. He would always make sure he would come back home before bed checks so they didn't know he was gone. But one day he feel asleep and the owner was waiting for him. The owner then cut his ankle so he wouldn't run away anymore. This was a normal thing they would do if the slave had tried to fun away. The owner cut it wrong and he just let him bleed out and die. Back then slaves were treated really bad and it was really wrong how they were treated.

           In the Chapter Mascot, It is the story of what got Malcolm X got started and what made him realize Blacks needed to do something and try to change how Blacks were treating. In Michigan Malcolm was a growing boy and he had dreams of being a lawyer. At this time before the Civil Rights Movement this dream was pretty much impossible but Malcolm just hates that. For years Malcolm tried and tried but one day a professor named Mr. Ostuiski told him he needed to be realistic and that there is no chance that he can be what he wants to be.Malcolm then realized it was wrong blacks were not treated the same as whites. He then decided he needed to change that. The professor kinda chanced Malcolm's life and how he would impact the Civil Rights Movement.    

          There were many similarities in the movie and the 2 stories we read. In the Great Debaters and NightJohn they both take place in the south were blacks were definitely not treated right at all. The other story took place in the north were blacks were treated a little better but not that good either. In the movie you saw how in the south white people didnt like blacks at all. When the family was driving down the street and the hog was in the road and the white people went crazy. They made the guy pay way more for the pig then what it was worth but blacks back then just had to do what the whites asked or they would be killed. In the movie and Mascot both took place right before the Civil Rights Movement where Nightjohn took place before the civil war which made blacks free. In all the Blacks had to learn how to live with white people and how bad they were treated.