The Passion of a Black Journalist
By - Kokayi Nosakhere On September 23, 1957, 6’3, a very dark complexioned citizen of the United States of America was assaulted by several members of a protest mob outside the Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. His name was Lucious Alexander Wilson. He was born towards the end of the seventh generation of Black People, in March 1909, and was a self-described newspaper man. The reason he was in Little Rock was to cover a dynamic and active story. Thanks to the efforts of Attorney Thurgood Marshall, on May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court decided the controversial case, Brown vs Board of Kansas. In what was considered a miracle at the time, nine European American men were convinced that segregation was bad for the mental health of American children. The decision integrated the classroom, and, in doing so, sparked tremendous outrage. Southern European Americans were furious at what they considered to be an act of betrayal from the federal government. The Negroes, as Black people wer...