PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago15 year-old Dorothy Counts, the only Black student in her newly desegregated school, is harassed by white students. Family friend Dr. Edwin Tompkins accompanies her. North Carolina, USA, 1957lemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1377arrow-down14
arrow-up1373arrow-down1image15 year-old Dorothy Counts, the only Black student in her newly desegregated school, is harassed by white students. Family friend Dr. Edwin Tompkins accompanies her. North Carolina, USA, 1957lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareSplashJackson@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoDid they really need to change their family name to Counts just to prove she belonged in school, though?
Did they really need to change their family name to Counts just to prove she belonged in school, though?