4. Jeremy Simms was a young white boy who was born in Spokane County, Mississippi in 1921. He lived on a farm with a cotton field. He lived with his mother, father, his older sister Lillian Jean, and his 2 older brothers Melvin and R.W. He went to school in Jefferson Davis school district. It’s an all white school district and they are right next to an all black school district.
5. When Jeremy Simms was young, he used to play a lot on his farm. He lived next to a black family called the Logans. The kids’ names are Stacey, Cassie, Christopher John and Little Man. They used to all play together. They played tag all summer. Since the Logans were neighbors they used to play with each other all the time because they didn’t know any thing about racism and their parents didn’t tell them about any thing because they were too young. They didn’t know any thing about racism until school because they noticed that they went to different schools. Jeremy went to an all white school and the Logans went to an all black school. Since he was in an all white school he heard people talk bad about black people. That did not stop him from being friends with the Logans. He ignored his classmates.
6. He had a racist family. His family treated black people like they were animals. One time he walked the Logans to school and his family members caught him with them. After that they beat him up. He was the only one in his family that wasn’t racist. He wanted to help blacks get their equal rights. He wanted everybody to be the same and for no one to have a problem with black people and white people being together. Jeremy Simms is so nice to black people that for Christmas he gave Stacy a whistle.
7. On the other hand, his brothers were very racist and mean. They got this black boy named T.J in very big trouble. It all started when T.J. wanted a really cool gun at this shop. When T.J, Melvin and R.W. got there the store was closed. So then they tried to sneak in. So when they got in the store Mr. Granger (the person that owned the store) came down stairs because he heard something. Then when the kids saw him they knocked him out. Then when his wife came, she fell down the stairs and she got knocked out too. After that the kids went outside and T.J. said that he was going to tell, R.W. and Melvin beat him. After that, when he got home, that night men came and beat him up because the Simms brothers told on him and said that he did it all. He went to jail for assaulting a white man. After all those incidences he decided that he wanted to fight for equal rights for black people.
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9. Jeremy Simms tree houseThis is where he spent time when he did not want to spend time with his family. This is where he saw the fire at the Logan’s farm.
10. Left: John Michaels, Steven Black, Chris James, Jackson Granger, Mike Andrews, Jake Collins, Jeremy Simms, Larry Tucker, Jamie Brown, James White
11. Jefferson Davis High School Class of 1938 Jeremy Simms Lucy Tucker Mary Wallace James White
12. The End Jeremy Simms Early Life Thanks for watching my slide show. By Dexter Ward
