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Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, arrested for anti-segregation protests, Mississippi, USA, 1961 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland (born September 14, 1941) is an American civil rights activist who was active in the 1960s. She was one of the Freedom Riders who was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961, and was confined for two months in the Maximum Security Unit of the Mississippi State Penitentiary (known as "Parchman Farm"). The following year she was the first white student to enroll at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, and served as the local secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 38 points 3 months ago

Badass gal. All hail. ✊

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

1961 was 64 years ago

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wait, was she protesting anti-segregation? Or protesting segregation?

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Protesting segregation

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Now that's what's up

[–] frizzo@piefed.social 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

If only this America still existed.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

She does?

I mean, she's still alive XD

[–] frizzo@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Edited for you sir, the dyslexia and spell assist has gotten one once again.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

That makes sense!

Although I don't think I'd prefer the America of 1961 to today

I feel like we've come a long way in regard to civil rights since then, even with recent backsliding XD

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

She is but she recently got into fox news and supports trump now lol

[–] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 8 points 3 months ago

Thanks!

There’s a doc about this woman I have to figure out how watch. 

[–] No1@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

She certainly looks like what I think of when somebody says "dangerous subversive criminal"

Or looks like a Swiftie.

Also a "dangerous subversive criminal" if given access to the playlist or bluetooth speaker.

[–] degen@midwest.social 5 points 3 months ago

According to the quote posted above, she could also be a "Fuck you, we're being nice today" type of person.

But let's be honest, I know at least I have some gender bias here... Really she's just one more complex person like the rest of us, which is actually kind of hope inspiring?

[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago

M eye double es, eye double es, eye pee pee eye. Ya’ll been making a great comeback in education since 2025… 16th in the nation. Good job. Don’t go back to your uneducated racist bullshit anytime soon. Please and thank you.

[–] DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Legend