Struggling to Learn
Thomas, June M![Struggling to Learn](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/366/36631366/CHSBZCOP0336631366.jpg)
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 progress was worth the emotional sac...