How do we deal with a president who promises to exact retribution against anyone who disagrees with him? We can all learn from the Norfolk 17, who today, 1959 defied their governor's threat of withdrawing all funding and closing any school who tries to integrate. Their solidarity, persistence, courage and focus should be inspiration to us all in the good fight against Trump's threats.
Great bit of history! Never heard of them and that in itself is indicative of the ahistorical way we live our lives today.
So in a way they were ahead of folks like John Lewis etc? Interesting.
It would be interesting to get their present day reaction to the kind of resegregation we are experiencing in public schools today. One step forward, two steps backwards, I guess.
But then, given the way the pro-Palestinian students/protesters were treated both on campuses and elsewhere, it's gonna be interesting to see how folks are treated in our current climate.