Are you familiar with Massive Resistance? No, it's not an anti-Trump movement. It was a school segregation effort. #CharlottesvilleKKK
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
After Brown v. Board of Ed., Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia led an effort to resist the Supreme Court's decision: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_resistance …
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Federal Courts had ordered schools in several municipalities, including the City of Charlottesville, to integrate.
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City and state officials attempted all sorts of fuckery to avoid this, like delaying the start of school.
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The schools were forcibly closed for a while in 1958, but reopened in February 1959.
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In the late Summer of 1959, 12 students known as the Charlottesville Twelve would finally attend an integrated school.
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Racism is a deep-seated part of Virginia's recent history. This happened in parents' lifetimes. We cannot ignore this.
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As a community we must face our shameful past. We cannot ignore it. We cannot pretend like we are above it or past it. #CharlottesvilleKKK
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
Let's not forget that Governor who closed the schools was a Democrat! And let's not forget the close history of Democrats and the KKK.
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