Revolutionary

I cannot begin to explain how profound the impact of the Civil Rights movement was on people in this country. There I was, not quite sixteen, watching it on television and reading about it in newspapers and magazines and knowing we were in the middle of history.
Was this discussed at school? Not to my recollection. I doubt my parents talked about it either, at least not in front of me. But in your bones, you just knew what was right and what was about to change.

On that first day, Feb. 1, the four men stayed at the lunch counter until closing. The next day, they came back with 15 other students. By the third day, 300 joined in; later, 1,000.
The sit-ins spread to lunch counters across the country — and changed history.