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The Little Rock Nine, Black students in a newly desegregated school, are escorted under guard of the US Army to protect them from angry white crowds, Arkansas, USA, 1957 (lemmy.world)
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[–] PugJesus 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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Only two racists were wounded over the course of the escort, one by buttstock, one by bayonet, but that was enough to ward them from further attempts. While only white soldiers were deployed in the escort to minimize pretenses for racist agitation, these men were from a unit integrated with significant numbers of Black soldiers, whom they lived and trained with day-to-day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing! I really appreciate your daily posts on lemmy and educating me! :)

While only white soldiers were deployed in the escort to minimize pretenses for racist agitation, these men were from a unit integrated with significant numbers of Black soldiers, whom they lived and trained with day-to-day.

That's really interesting!

[–] PugJesus 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks for sharing! I really appreciate your daily posts on lemmy and educating me! :)

Always happy to share a little historical trivia! 🙏

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I still remember a report I did on ruby bridges in school