Reply #39: In the 60s [View All]

[NOLALady]

we sat in at the five and dimes practically every day on our way from school.

We marched in front of City Hall demanding the right to vote. We were arrested on the second day. This was one of the proudest moments of my life. We didn't get records because they made all the kids over 17 leave when they learned we would be arrested that day. We stayed at the Juvenile Hall until the local leaders bailed us out.
This happened a few months after the water hose and dog attack on the kids in Birmingham. I was terrified, but I refused to leave. I kept imagining how it would feel if I was attacked by dogs.

Of course I protested the Vietnam War just as I've protested this ill begotten mess.