Two men jumped in front of the newsmen and spread out their arms. Get out of here! Go home, you son of a bitch nigger. Within moments, he could feel the angry presence of white men gathering behind him and gaining ground. As Wilson and the other newsmen walked, he could see they were approaching a crowd of white people that numbered in the hundreds and was growing, it seemed, with each step forward. He kept his coat fastened at the middle button and wore a tan, wide-brimmed hat. Wilson was dressed smartly, but not flamboyantly, in a dark, crisp suit. His shoulders were somewhat sloped and he carried himself slightly bent forward, in the manner not of a black man trying to make himself less intimidating to a white world, but of a tall man trying to negotiate a world of shorter people. He carried himself with dignity but without a hint of haughtiness.
His height, 6-foot-4, and darkness made it impossible for him to enter the scene unnoticed. Wilson parked the car and led the way as the four newsmen started walking toward the school. He was accompanied by Jimmy Hicks, editor of the Amsterdam News of New York City, Moses Newson, formerly of the Tri-State Defender and now on his first assignment for the Baltimore Afro-American, and Earl Davy, a commercial photographer carrying a Graflex camera who was taking pictures that day for the local black newspaper, L.C. Wilson, the most honored of the black journalists on the story and, at age 49, the senior member of the group, was behind the wheel. Alex Wilson, the editor and general manager of the Tri-State Defender of Memphis, Tennessee-the newspaper that was the southern outpost of the Chicago Defender, one of the foremost black newspapers in the United States. Their leader was the tall, dark-skinned and serious L. Black students on their way to the school in a station wagon were heading into an unpredictable mob scene.Īt the same time, in a separate car, intent on witnessing and covering the moment firsthand, were four seasoned black newsmen. The white crowds stayed, however, leaving the school’s grounds and perimeter beyond the control of authorities. The National Guard, following a federal court edict, had withdrawn. 23, the integration stalemate broke and the story changed. Video: Interview with Professor Hank Klibanoff In a 2000 article, Emory University professor Hank Klibanoff wrote about the events of that day:
Newspaper editor Alex Wilson is attacked by white mob in Alex Wilson, being attacked by a white mob in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he'd been sent to cover the events surrounding the desegregation of Central High School. The photo was taken by Will Counts, a photographer for the Arkansas Democrat newspaper in Little Rock.Ĭounts' photograph shows African-American Memphis newsman L. The video above shows Donald Trump supporters attacking a Black Lives Matter protester at a rally this past weekend in Birmingham, Alabama.while Trump eggs them on from the podium: "Get him the hell out of here."Īs I watched the video, I immediately recalled a famous news photo taken on September 23, 1957.
A black protester at Trump's rally today in Alabama was shoved, tackled, punched & kicked: /cTRDMtjuBl
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