Will the Real Mary King Please Stand Up!!!

I like to consider my self a peaceful person. I don't like violence and I believe that things shouldn't be resolved through fighting. Because of this, I chose to joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), non-violent sit-in protest where a group of whites and blacks and I traveled to the south to try to gain equality for African Americans. This process was not easy, and many of us will have scars to help us remember how difficult and painful gaining equality actually was. We were beat, disrespected by racial slurs, burned, etc. What angered me during this whole process was that the  people who were abusing us were not being punished for their actions. These men in the south were putting our lives in danger and were not experiencing any consequences for this. To make the world aware of how frequently African Americans were being beat by whites, I was able to become a communications officer for the SNCC in 1963 and became close with many news reporters. These reporters were able to help me send my stories out about the abuse of African Americans, making the country aware of the fears that we had to face everyday.