We had quite an inspirational guest for our school assembly this week. It was Freedom Rider, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland. She participated in the 1963 sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Jackson and was immortalized in the, now-famous, photograph below.
Joan is in the center and Anne Moody (Coming of Age in Mississippi - a book I highly recommend) is on the right.The events recorded in that photo are hard for me to comprehend. I just can't imagine people treating other people so badly while spectators (some of them police) looked on. I'm so thankful for people like Joan Trumpauer Mulholland who are brave enough to stand up for what is right.
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What an amazing woman in a horrible time! It is appalling how human beings treated each other in this country during those evil days. Those of us who love equality and civility are indebted to Joan and those like her. Thanks for blogging about this, Laura. We should never forget, and we should continue to fight injustice.
-Rhonda
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