Youth is brave, but youth is cruel. Last week, two dozen young Negroes of Gary, Ind., were mortified by 1,357 young whites of Gary, Ind., probably more painfully than any adult Negro ever lynched by rabid adult whites.
The thing began when the pupils of Emerson High School returned to their classes and found the 24 Negroes enrolled in their midst. Emerson High School is in the "nice" residential section of Gary. It has never before had more than four or five Negro pupils. But during the summer, Gary's school districts were redefined....
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
