Optional@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 4 months ago“Black People Were Just Less Smart Back Then” -Grandmalemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1569arrow-down128file-text
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minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoWere any of these kids found and interviewed later on in life?
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·4 months agoThe kids getting abused, yeah. https://www.crmvet.org/nars/greensit.htm https://www.npr.org/2018/01/12/577343980/the-civil-rights-activist-whose-name-youve-probably-never-heard https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/lessons-worth-learning-moment-greensboro-four-sat-down-lunch-counter-180974087/ The kids doing the abusing - strangely, no. No one’s interviewed them so far as a quick search could tell. Interestingly, the waitress not pictured here was interviewed for StoryCorps. https://storycorps.org/stories/woolworths-lunch-counter-waitress/ That was in Jackson, MS, as opposed to the Greensboro one.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoWow, interesting! Thanks for the reading material.
Were any of these kids found and interviewed later on in life?
The kids getting abused, yeah.
https://www.crmvet.org/nars/greensit.htm
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/12/577343980/the-civil-rights-activist-whose-name-youve-probably-never-heard
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/lessons-worth-learning-moment-greensboro-four-sat-down-lunch-counter-180974087/
The kids doing the abusing - strangely, no. No one’s interviewed them so far as a quick search could tell.
Interestingly, the waitress not pictured here was interviewed for StoryCorps. https://storycorps.org/stories/woolworths-lunch-counter-waitress/
That was in Jackson, MS, as opposed to the Greensboro one.
Wow, interesting! Thanks for the reading material.