gnarleynai: Whites attack anyone attempting to integrate one of St. Augustine’s “white only” beaches. “I remember the wade-ins because the bump hasn’t gone off my jaw yet. They started yelling obscenities at us, but we went on — myself and a group of teen-age girls. We were afraid, but we felt we just had to go on.“ — Dorothy Cotton, SCLC. High-res

gnarleynai:

Whites attack anyone attempting to integrate one of St. Augustine’s “white only” beaches.

“I remember the wade-ins because the bump hasn’t gone off my jaw yet. They started yelling obscenities at us, but we went on — myself and a group of teen-age girls. We were afraid, but we felt we just had to go on.“ — Dorothy Cotton, SCLC.

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