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Author of Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. Guggenheim, National Book Award 5 Under 35, PEN, NEA, @NewYorker @NYTMag @WME @VanderbiltU #1619Project #BreonnaTaylor
Jan 4, 2024 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Just a reminder that it wasn’t THAT long ago (within my parents’ lifetimes) that many US universities desegregated. It’s wild (but not surprising) to see the lengths that universities and society went (and still go) to resisting integration.

When some *people* talk about returning to the past—or some
bygone era of supposed meritocracy, this is what they mean…

complex.com/pop-culture/a/…Image Some highlights:

Year: 1956
School: University of Alabama
First Black Student: Autherine J. Lucy

“After Autherine J. Lucy was admitted to the University of Alabama in 1957, an angry, violent mob of students and community members formed on campus to welcome her. Protesters hurled rocks and eggs at Lucy as she walked to her first classes, prompting local authorities to intervene…”