The 39 Network
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Who will be the new winner of the The 39 Trophy?
Will North Carolina repeat as the champion or will Texas or Georgia move to the top spot. Will Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas, Tennesse, South Carolina, and Mississippi increase their point total?
It is up to the young people in each state to vote for their future. You can make the change by voting, go forward not backward. Your rights are at stake.
The purpose of “The 39 Network” is to mobilize young people to take a more engaged and proactive course in their future. This will be achieved by focusing on young people of the past and their courageous fight against segregation and Jim Crowe Laws. The hope of “The 39 Network” is that the young people of today will see and understand the courage past young people showed to correct the ills of society. History is unfortunately repeating itself when it comes to past ills of American society. The lack of historical knowledge will only allow these ills of the past to gain a strong foothold again in American society. We see today how Republican lead states are banning the teaching of African American history, banning Diversity Programs, banning books, and limiting women’s reproduction rights. These same states are using the tatics of Nazism and Fascism to take control of American society. These actions will affect all Americans, but most of all young people. Young people have a full life ahead of them that must reflect their valves and notthe values of those who want to hang on to the past.
Young people of today are benefiting from the work of young people of the past. The young people of today can VOTE, you just have to choose to do so. The Repulican Party in The 39 Network focus states are working hard to make voting harder for young people, especially African Americans. You must exercise your Voting Right to save your future.
VOTE in all elections - Local, State, and National
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Woolworth Counter Sit in -
February 1, 1960
North Carolina A&T students, David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Exell Blair, and Joseph McNeal stage a sit in protest at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were peacefully protesting the segregation policy that did not allows African Americans to be served food at the lunch counter. The four seated themselves at the lunch counter and attempted to be served food. The waitress told them they did not serve African Americans. The four students refused to move from their seats at the lunch counter and were then advised by the store manager to leave the store or the police would be called. The police were called, but did nothing as the students were sitting quietly and were peaceful. The next day more students showed up for the Greensboro protest. This peaceful lunch counter protest was the catalyst that started student protests that spread across North Carolina and other states that had segregation policies. These four young people were freshmen at North Carolina A&T. They were young even for college students.
North Carolina A&T students, David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Exell Blair, and Joseph McNeal stage a sit in protest at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were peacefully protesting the segregation policy that did not allows African Americans to be served food at the lunch counter. The four seated themselves at the lunch counter and attempted to be served food. The waitress told them they did not serve African Americans. The four students refused to move from their seats at the lunch counter and were then advised by the store manager to leave the store or the police would be called. The police were called, but did nothing as the students were sitting quietly and were peaceful. The next day more students showed up for the Greensboro protest. This peaceful lunch counter protest was the catalyst that started student protests that spread across North Carolina and other states that had segregation policies. These four young people were freshmen at North Carolina A&T. They were young even for college students.
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The Little Rock Nine
September 4, 1957 The city of Little Rock, Arkansas had refused to integrate its whites only public high school in defiance of Federal Law. The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the 1954 case Brown Verses the Board of Education had ruled that separate but equal in education was unconstitutional. The city of Little Rock lack of change and the federal government’s lack of intervention had kept the segregation policy in place. On September 4th nine African American high school students set out to enter Little Rock Central High School as students. The nine students were Thelma Mothershed, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, Melba Pattillo, Terrance Robers, Carlotta Walls, Daisy Bates and Ernest Green. When the students arrived at Central High School, they were met by and angry white mob and the Arkansas National Guard. The Arkansas National Guard denied the student entry into the school and the white mob attacked and chased the students. The students even after the horrific events of September 4th returned to Central High School and on September 23rd to again try to gain entry as students. This time the student made it inside the school even with another angry white mob outside Central High School. The angry white mob started a riot outside the Central High School and the students had to be evacuated. This second attack on the students finally prompted federal action against the State of Arkansas. On September 25th the students were able to enter the Central High School under the escort and protection of the 101 Airborne Division. This action was ordered by President Dwight Eisenhower. Their enrollment in Central High School was necessary, but the nine paid a high price due to constant physical, verbal, and mental abuse from white students. The Governor of Arkansas to avoid integrating Little Rock High School closed them all for the 1958 school year. The federal government then intervened and ordered all Little Rock high schools to reopen.
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Freedom Riders
May 14, 1961
A group of 13 peaceful protesters departed Washington; DC on a Greyhound bus bound for New Orleans to protest segregation in transportation industry. This group called themselves, the Freedom Riders and they were planning to protest segregation in transportation along the route. The group encountered their first violent incident at the bus station in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Freedom Riders, John Lewis and Albert Bigelow, were attacked when they attempted to enter a whites only waiting area. When the riders reached Atlanta, Georgia they decided to split up and travel on two buses. Both buses left Atlanta traveling to different destinations in Alabama. The Greyhound bus was traveling to Anniston, Alabama while the second bus a Trailways was traveling to Birmingham, Alabama. The bus traveling to Anniston, Alabama was attached by a white mob as it entered Anniston. The bus was bombed and set on fire. The Freedom Riders escaped the burning bus only to be attacked by the white mob. The second bus a Trailways that was attacked by another angry white mob carrying metal pipes and other weapons. The police were aware of the coming attacks but did nothing to prevent the violence against the riders. These attacks caused the Freedom Riders to have to cease the rides as bus drivers refused to drive the buses. The Freedom Rides were able to restart on May 20, 1961 lead by Diane Nash and nine other riders. The new group of Freedom Riders left Birmingham, Alabama with a police escort. The police escort did not enter Montogomery, Alabama with the bus. The riders were once again attacked by a white mob and again the local police offer no protection to the Freedom Riders.
The Freedom Riders were Ralph Abernathy, Catherine Burks, Stockley Carmichael, Benjamin Cox, Glenda Gaither, James Farmer, Rabbi Israel Dresner, Willaim Harbour, Genevieve Hughes, Pauline Knight, Bernard Lafeyette Jr., James Lawson, Frederick Leonard, John Lewis, Ivor ”Jerry” Moore, Mae Moultrie, John Trumpauer, Ernest “Rip” Patton Jr., James Peck, Joseph Perkins, Charles Person, Hank Thomas, C.T. Vivian, Jim Zwerg, Diane Nash, Walter Bergman Frances Berman, Albert Bigelow, Jimmy McDonald, Ed Blankenheim.
The Freedom Riders were Ralph Abernathy, Catherine Burks, Stockley Carmichael, Benjamin Cox, Glenda Gaither, James Farmer, Rabbi Israel Dresner, Willaim Harbour, Genevieve Hughes, Pauline Knight, Bernard Lafeyette Jr., James Lawson, Frederick Leonard, John Lewis, Ivor ”Jerry” Moore, Mae Moultrie, John Trumpauer, Ernest “Rip” Patton Jr., James Peck, Joseph Perkins, Charles Person, Hank Thomas, C.T. Vivian, Jim Zwerg, Diane Nash, Walter Bergman Frances Berman, Albert Bigelow, Jimmy McDonald, Ed Blankenheim.