After reading these several pages, the procession of opening the Free school is tough. During previous morning, a bomb had exploded nearby the school which caused a lot of black children injured. After the bombing, there is a riots breaking out in Birmingham. Besides that, the Free School organizer, Sullivan, received threatening letters and calls. These things terrified Prince Edward parents and they worried about their children's safety in the Free School. However, with Sullivan's effort, some white parents assented to sent their kids to the Free school. For example,
Gordon Moss was the first parent to enroll his son, Dickie. He hoped that it would encourage other withe parents to sent their kids to the school. I think Moss's action is a good opening for the desegregation.
Yea, its crazy how many white kids were against the end of segregation that some would actually do stuff like set bombs off and hurt black kids and even the things they would say to them.
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