@streethymns: After praying to “god” and singing songs of worship and liberation all while invoking constitutional “rights”, many whites in Augusta Georgia took to the streets in 1970 to protest integration. For years black students nationwide were zoned away from nearby white schools and forced to walk long distances or ride buses across town to attend segregated, underfunded Black schools, even when a closer school sat just blocks from home. Many whites were outraged following federal desegregation orders after Brown v. Board of Education, officials introduced a “1 mile or less” rule. If a Black student lived within one mile of a previously all-white school, they could attend that closer school instead of being sent miles away. The backlash was immediate. White parents organized protests and boycotts. Some withdrew their children from public schools altogether. Private academies saw enrollment surge. Public meetings turned heated. What was described as protecting “neighborhood schools” was, at its core, resistance to integration and equal access. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #happyblackhistorymonth #fyp #Georgia

Ashley A :

Mind you, all we did was be black. 😩

Jules :

This yall grandmas. Not GREAT GRANDMA. Yall still see these family members almost everyday.

Crystal :

I want y’all to pay attention to how they were using religion to justify this behavior back then too

Katelyn :

Mind you this is the generation that holds seats in congress btw

hbicy :

Mind you these women are in their 60-70’s TODAY

chaipowder :

And Ruby Bridges is turning 72 this year btw. Donal Trump is turning 80.

chanelgarret :

TikTok, do your job and find out who Barbara IS 👀🧐

Sunshine 🌞 :

And now a bunch of black CNAs and RNs taking great care of em in nursing homes 😭

PrettyAsh31 :

They hated us soooo bad!! Like we ain’t even do nothing .

Rachel Moananu :

Freedom from what exactly!!?

Oliver :

I would love to see a “Where are they now”

Cowboy_up_dp :

They wanted freedom from what 🤔

Chris :

This where trump is trying to take America back to.

aj2371 :

You can’t tell me today’s conservatives are not saying the same thing

Travis E. 😩🆘🇺🇸 :

“Deliver us from evil” and it just black people trying to get an education 😔😔😔

Javier Martinez :

Mind you, most of these people still alive and vote. 🤨

Keiarahhhh :

you can literally see the hate in there eyes.

kevingarcia032718 :

Their kids now are the Trump supporters.

NycoleUnfiltered :

She was very contradicting

Angel :

I’m glad all of these videos are in color. I hate how they put them in black & white to make it seem like it was so long ago. Literally these are y’all’s grandparents

f5i5v5e5 :

These people would be trump supporters today

TraderJay502 :

Kahdija Myers :

Can we recognize that this was ONLY 50 years ago?

Kat 😼 :

You can NEVER convince me to trust them