![]() ![]() ![]() Winnie Schreiber, who is white, said her parents were afraid of the sudden radical change happening with schools and wanted to send her off to a private school. Wyche, who is white, said she had the support of a progressive family that was excited she was getting the opportunity to be on the leading edge of the biggest social change that the country had undergone since the end of the Civil War. Still, many students were excited to broaden their horizons. Washington the next day and it always happened at lunchtime,” McCray remembers. “Every time the Blacks got beat down at Escambia High School, I knew that the whites were going to get it at Booker T. There were racial tensions throughout the county that sometimes erupted into fist fights among students. Even then, there was a clear divide among the school's eight cheerleaders - four Black and four white. where she was finally able to experience her dream. “I went to Workman (Middle School) and at Workman there were only five Blacks in the school and I used to sit and watch the cheerleaders and knowing that I couldn't even try to become a cheerleader,” McCray said. ![]() The freshman class coming into Washington after the court ruling had a variety of hopes, fears and ambitions starting the school year.Ĭheryl McCray, who is Black, dreamed of being a cheerleader, but it hadn't been possible at her prior school. Learn more: How African-Americans shaped Panhandle politics | John Appleyard Pensacola sit-ins: Celebrating change spurred by sit-in, 55 years later ![]()
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