katy couric bit on first school integration and angry whites looks and sounds like tea party

[2Design]

nothing has changed

[Curmudgeoness]

1. And it never will change. Too bad. That was a nice story

even if the reason for the story was horrid. I loved that these children who were put through so much at such a young age turned out so well.

[2Design]

2. I like the parents who crossed the hate line although eventually they all left the schools

some schools in other cities like Norfolk, Va just shut down

[Curmudgeoness]

3. That took more courage than we can imagine today.

This was part of a fundamental change in the way this country treated all minorities. I have to give kudos to the preacher who started it all. A strong man. I am the same age as these ladies, and since there were racial mixes already in our school in our small town, I would not have understood what the big deal was.

[Emillereid]

4. Yes -- they manifest as the KKK, Birchers, white supremacists, militias,

or just your everyday garden variety red-necks. Since the sixties they've pretty much been at the fringe -- but it's really scary now that we have them as sitting congressmen and senators.