Angelito goes back to school tomorrow! Mercy and I are super happy with the Fletcher Maynard community that we belong to. One of the many reasons were grateful is the diversity of the student population. Its because of this that we should never forget where we were as a nation. ******************************************* September 2, 1966 - Grenada, Mississippi: This was supposed to be the first day of school, and the first day in an integrated school for 450 Negro children. But at the last minute the school board postpones it for 10 days because of paper work. Nevertheless, the white high school plays its first football game. Some of the Negro kids who had registered to go to that school try to attend the game. They are beaten up and their car windows are smashed with baseball bats. During the next 10 days before school opens, the white power structure wages a fierce campaign to convince Negro parents not to send their children to the white schools. Threatened by loss of jobs and evictions by white landlords, and fearing for the safety of their children, around 200 of the 450 kids who had registered for the white schools are withdrawn and re-registered at the Negro schools. Meanwhile, the number of whites showing up at the square to harass and attack the night marches steadily increases as the first day of school draws nearer. Violence against those active in the Movement also increases.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:16:44 +0000
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