Originally Posted by crs82

I've read so much about this event and it still angers me that the Federal government used that little girl as a guinea pig and that her parents used her as well. Did they mean well? Maybe. Maybe they were after a little bit of vengeance toward the people that brought them Jim Crow. Was it worth it? Maybe. Could it have been done differently and better? Most likely.
I don't give a crap that she had tons of protection. This was no the job for a six year-old. Why weren't high schoolers used, instead? Better yet, why didn't the school board send white teachers to teach at the "black" schools to ease into integration? If they refused, as they did at Frantz Elementary, to teach black students...fire them. This whole story makes my blood boil.
Rant over.
Powerful picture. One of my favorite from Rockwell.