Struggling to Learn: An Intimate History of School Desegregation in South Carolina

The battle for equality in education during the civil rights era came at a cost to Black Americans on the frontlines. In 1964 when fourteen—year—old June Manning Thomas walked into Orangeburg High School as one of thirteen Black students selected to integrate the all—White school, her classmates mocked, shunned, and yelled racial epithets at her. The trauma she experienced made her wonder if the slow—moving ...