Clarence Henderson told Brevard Academy students last week America is “the greatest country in the world,” but “you have to see what’s inside” a person rather than judge someone on skin color alone.
Henderson took part in the 1960 sit-ins at the then whites-only Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, that lasted for 176 days before Woolworth’s desegregated the counter later that year. Henderson’s visit to the academy coincided with Black History Month and the soft spoken 83-year-old Army veteran told upper grade students he was excited to “see the future leaders of America” but he cautioned them it was important to know history and to understand how it works, particularly when it comes to civil rights.
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