2010 is now here and it is now time to continue to move forward with my project on student movements.

Thanks to my journalism professor Mrs. Serbino Sandifer-Walker, my website and blog will be featured on the National Association of Black Journalist Digital media blog. I will have to give a brief synopsis of how I went about constucting my project and how I used digital media to tell my story.

With the anniversary of the TSU 13 first sit-in approaching, I will be working with Mrs. Walker to help tell the story of these courageous people. By learning about what the students of this movement had to endure, the students of today should appreciate the rights that we have in society.

Please continue to check back for updates on this moving topic.

After presenting my project today, I feel that the future of my career as a journalist will be a great one. I would like to personally thank my journalism professor Mrs. Serbino Sandifer-Walker for believing in me and entrusting me with this subject. If it was not for her pushing me to be the best, this project would have not been a success.

I will continue to cover this story next semester by working with Mrs. Walker to commerate the 50th anniversary of the TSU 13 on March 4. I'm going to make sure to keep the quality of the story very high and I'm going to continue to work hard on this project.

Enjoy your break and I will be back in 2010!

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Here are 3 of the 4 men that participated in the Greensboro sit-in, the first major sit-in of the 1960s. Take a listen to here what these legendary men thought about that memorable day.

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My collage on student movements throughout the years.

Now that I have completed my African American Literature paper, it time to buckle down to start writing my story for this project.

Honestly, I am super nervous about my story because my Professor, Mrs. Walker, has so much pride in my writing. She considers me a very strong writer and wants my skills to be pushed to the next level. I know I can do it, but with all this pressure put on me, I am scared to fail.

This Student Movement project, I feel, is going to be the start of my journalism career. Even at a young age, I knew that I wanted a career that involved me writing all the time. Now as a sophomore in college, I can actually see that light at the end of the road!

I want to write this story from a student looking at the movements throughout the years. I want to explain how these movements affect the students of today and show that if was not for these fearless people, our rights as students would be very limited.

I want to begin with the most influential student movement of this century: the 1960's civil rights sit-ins. Beginning with the first one in Greensboro, NC, I then want to take a trip throughout that movement and show the courage these student had at this time.

Many do not know that Texas Southern University played a part in the civil rights movement. Houston was also segregated at the time and 13 students from this university sought out to make a change. I want to highlight the TSU 13 in my story and show my fellow TSU students that we too can make a change.

Showing how these movements paved the way for other major student movements, I am going to talk about major student led protest such as the Vietnam War and Tienanmen Square. Moving on to today, I'm will show how students made 2008 election of Barack Obama as President a huge success and how the protest against the tuition raise at UC Berkeley are very important. We, as students, need to see that these movements are still effective today.

This writing process for this story is going to test my skills, but I feel it will benefit me in such a positive way.

My journey throughout this project has been an interesting one. I was assigned this topic about a month ago by my Journalism professor, Mrs. Sandifer-Walker. Reluctant about it at first, I did not see myself enjoying working on it at all. Confused, I went to discuss my topic with Professor Walker. During our discussion, Professor Walker talked about how much this movement affected her and why students today should pay homage to these courageous people. If it were not for these fearless young men and women, we would not be the country we are today.

With a new found determination, I began to develop my student movement story. Through the website Vuvox.com, I created a photo collage depicted the the student movement throughout the years, starting with the 1960s sit-ins. I then travel to the 1970s, displaying student protest against the Vietnam War. Moving on to the 1980s, I show the Tienanmen Square protest and then the 1990s protest against the Gulf War. Ending with the movements of today, I show the students for Barack Obama movement and the current UC Berkeley protest against the tuition raise. After finishing my collage, I noticed that the sit ins of the 60's played a major role in the student movements of today. I also created A Look on Student Movement blog to show my progess with this project.

This project has truly opened my eyes to the whole world of student movements. I wish my classmates will take a note from these history makers and take the time to recognize them in their entirety.

With the help of VUVOX.COM, I have created a collage showcasing student movements, starting with the Civil Rights sit-ins of the 1960's.

Some of the sit ins I focus on include the Greensboro 4, TSU 13, and many more that occurred in the south during that time period.

With the 50th anniversary of the Greensboro and TSU sit-ins coming up next year, I also show how these movements help aid other student movements throughout the years.

Student led protest such as the Vietnam War and Tienanmen Square are just some of the many student movements that occurred after the sit-ins of the 60s.

If it were not for these courageous students of that movement, we would not be the country we are today.

We should thank these leaders for their dedication, sacrifices, and determination to the movement and follow in their foot steps.