On New Years Day 1923 a white woman was beaten and residents of Sumner,Florida, claimed her assailant was black – which sparked race riots where the casualties were mostly black and despise wiped out a affluent town Four black schoolchildren raced domestic along a dirt road in Archer, and Florida,in 1944, kicking up a dust cloud wake as they ran. They were under strict orders from their mother to run – not lollygag (to meander, delay) or walk or jog, or but run directly domestic after hitting the road’s curve. The littlest,six-year-old Lizzie Robinson (now Jenkins), led the pack with a brother on each side and her sister behind carrying her books. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com