Documentary Story Tells of Children Who Led 'Sit-In' For State Civil Rights Movement - BY TIM JOHNSON

FEBRUARY 2015

Tim Johnson

Cascadia Weekly - Bellingham

" ... CW: It’s a remarkable story, given the angry events unfolding in other parts of the country, in states right next door to Oklahoma."

"JC: 'Yes, the police worked with the youth leaders as well as the community to make sure these events were safe. Even during one event, where customers had to step over the kids to get inside, where they had done something illegal and got arrested, police tried to work with all sides. In other instances, where a white adult spit on or poured coffee of the kids, both were arrested. In this way, the police stayed neutral, and the press stayed neutral. In other places in the South, the police and press agitated conditions.' ..."

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