After reading through Jay David's "Growing Up Black", I found Gordon Parks' story to be the most interesting and compelling. The title gave me some inclination that the violence from his childhood would be discussed, but I never thought it would be as gruesome as it was. The descriptions of the acts were so vivid that I could not help but picture the violence in my mind. It is still shocking to me that people would do this to others and that no one around would stop it. The story was compelling because of the courage that Parks displayed and despite all of the traumatic beatings he witnessed he still turned out to be a successful composer and photographer. I also never realized how much hatred and violence that African American children were exposed to. I do not think that a lot of children today could be as strong as Parks was and that is why I find his story so amazing.
-Sarah Pergine
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