Letter from Virginia Durr in Montgomery, Alabama, to Robins.
In the letter Durr discusses the attack on the Freedom Riders at the Montgomery Greyhound station and the local reaction to the incident: "It was simply shocking to see the indifference and the actual approval of such brutal violence and I am afraid that on the morning of Saturday, May 20th, a...
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| Summary: | In the letter Durr discusses the attack on the Freedom Riders at the Montgomery Greyhound station and the local reaction to the incident: "It was simply shocking to see the indifference and the actual approval of such brutal violence and I am afraid that on the morning of Saturday, May 20th, a lot of my former hope for the Southern people disappeared. They have been conditioned so long that I do not see how they will change unless they are made to. After they are made to, they accept it very well. Yesterday I saw this same bus station where all of the violence took place was integrated and all the signs were down, so the Freedom Riders did win their point. But how to change their minds as well as their actions is the point and I confess I don't know how to do it." |
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