Black kids in Atlanta got put on lockdown so they couldn’t leave school during the #NationalWalkoutDay and what did they do? THEY KNEELED. They were barred from the same sort of freedom to exercise their rights that students in other places across the country have and they FOUND A WAY. Black Youth are always finding a way.
I had to excuse myself and go shed a few tears because 1) I’m proud of all the kids across the country but 2) the fact that an APS school PUT THE SCHOOL ON LOCKDOWN so those kids couldn’t PROTEST FOR THEIR LIVES breaks my heart and 3) the fact that they rose above it and the symbolism of kneeling comes back into play?
Instant tears.
Ok, but you missed the most amazing part. It wasn’t just any school. It was Booker T Washington High School in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther King Jr’s alma mater.
I have to imagine that he would have been proud of the children living his legacy. And very ashamed of the school.
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