In 1961, a violent white mob threatened one of the first Black students to integrate the University of Georgia. Kenneth Dious was there. open.spotify.com/show/7CMYeevC4…
When news spread that a mob had formed, Kenneth Dious and three fellow high school classmates rushed to the scene, ready to fight if needed. Kenneth reflected, “Are we going to be brave enough to go in with that huge crowd?” 📷: @jaspercolt 
The crowd was a mix of KKK members, fellow students and bystanders - about 2,000 people in total. They threw rocks at the dormitory and chanted “Two! Four! Six! Eight! We ain’t going to integrate!” 📷: @AP
Today, @universityofga's student body is mostly white. Roughly 5% of the faculty is Black. “I am a little disappointed in the sense [that] the enrollment of Black students has gone down tremendously,” Kenneth Dious said.
He’s telling his story 60 years later on the first episode of the Seven Days of 1961 podcast. Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/show/7CMYeevC4… or Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sev….
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