Good News In History, August 21
Good News In History, August 21 86 years ago today, civil rights protestors quietly entered the library in Alexandria, VA to stage a sit-in. One young black man, well-dressed and polite, entered and requested a library card. When he was declined, he picked up a book, sat down, and began to read just 2 minutes before another young African American repeated the same act. This continued until five young men were silently reading at tables, and the flustered library staff called the police. READ all the other details of this lesser-known moment in the Civil Rights Movement… (1939) The Alexandria library protestors led away by the police – public domain (Copy) It was organized by Samuel Wilbert Tucker, a Bar-certified Virginia attorney. He tried for several years to establish equal access to community resources, but the white community, including the Alexandria Library Board, remained unswayed. It was his plan to stage the sit-in, and his brother William was one of the sit-in protestors who sa…
