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-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoI’m so impressed by the strength of character she has to go up against the world like this… A 15 year old girl? What a remarkable person. I don’t find the picture sad, on the contrary, it’s goddamn inspiring!
I’m so impressed by the strength of character she has to go up against the world like this… A 15 year old girl? What a remarkable person.
I don’t find the picture sad, on the contrary, it’s goddamn inspiring!