PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square14fedilinkarrow-up1365
arrow-up1365image15 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 · 1 month agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squarelololalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 month agothis photo always makes me so sad… make sure to show it to all your white friends.
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month 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!
this photo always makes me so sad… make sure to show it to all your white friends.
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!