kingmothApr 23
Stefan Bohacek

On this day, 75 years ago, 16-year-old Barbara Rose Johns organized a 450-student strike that "helped lead to the Supreme Court’s decision outlawing segregated schools".

https://theconversation.com/75-years-after-she-led-a-student-strike-that-helped-end-school-segregation-barbara-rose-johns-now-stands-in-the-us-capitol-where-robert-e-lee-once-did-273531

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education

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75 years after she led a student strike that helped end school segregation, Barbara Rose Johns now stands in the US Capitol where Robert E. Lee once did

In December 2025, the statue of Barbara Rose Johns replaced that of Robert E. Lee as one of the two Virginians displayed in the U.S. Capitol. Here’s why.

The Conversation
Apr 23 at 12:37pmWeb
Show threadRob van Kan🔻Apr 23
@stefan if I'd been her son I'd request removal of the statue because standing there in the present political climate is an insult to her memory.
Show threadStefan BohacekApr 23

@edgeofeurope Hm, not sure I'd feel the same way.

Seems like we need a reminder of her fight and what she has achieved?

Show threadRob van Kan🔻Apr 23
@stefan It's like those Civil Rights struggle movies. With that gum chewing Southern Drawl talking sheriff who is also in the Klan, busting tail lights with his night stick.
An important bit of history for sure, but those movies served more to make white people feel good that they solved the whole sordid situation than anything else.
A statue right there, right now, to make the present crop of racist politicians and their voters feel good about themselves?
Show threadStefan BohacekApr 23

@edgeofeurope I see where you're coming from, we'll just have to disagree, I'm afraid.

Removing the statue feels like capitulation.