”In August 1956, while at a civil rights training center with Rosa Parks, a bomb exploded in their front yard. Five months later, another bomb hit their house, shattering windows, this time while they were asleep inside with their newborn son, David.” nytimes.com/2020/12/19/us/…
“There are nice fuzzy liberals, and then there are the Graetzes,” said @JeanneTheoharis, a professor of political science and author of ‘The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.’ ”It’s not a one-off resolve. To do what they did requires doing it every day.” nytimes.com/2020/12/19/us/…
”The Graetzes returned to Montgomery several times, often with their children — they ultimately had seven — including for the last leg of the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 in support of the Voting Rights Act.” nytimes.com/2020/12/19/us/…
”Their first arrest — but not their last — was in 2000, when they blocked a parking garage as part of a protest for LGBTQ rights in Cleveland; they were later arrested after taking part in similar protests in Washington and Indianapolis.” nytimes.com/2020/12/19/us/…
As a White student in Ohio, Rev Graetz joined the NAACP. In Alabama, ”I couldn’t get my hair cut by a black barber. I couldn’t eat a meal at a black restaurant. Anything that would have dealt with relationships across racial lines was absolutely forbidden” nytimes.com/2018/08/17/us/…
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