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Related: About this forumFlashback: In 1971, the KKK tarred and feathered Willow Run High School's principal
Flashback: In 1971, the KKK tarred and feathered Willow Run High School's principalJudith Fruitig
Special to the Free Press
This story ran in the Free Press on April 3, 1971.
For a while Thursday night, the principal of Willow Run High School thought he was going to be burned to death.
He had been stopped on a dark, lonely road by a group of black-hooded men.
They pulled him out of his car and knocked him to the ground. He could see a five-gallon bucket and thought it was filled with gasoline.
....(snip)....
Ambushed on lovers lane
Dr. Brownlee, who is white, has been principal of Willow Run High School near Ypsilanti since last September. Twice this year, the school has closed after racial battles between students, and bad feelings exist throughout the blue-collar community. ................(more)
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/10/22/willow-run-high-school-principal-kkk/71218981007/
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Flashback: In 1971, the KKK tarred and feathered Willow Run High School's principal (Original Post)
marmar
Oct 2023
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DownriverDem
(6,275 posts)1. Wow
I never heard of this. So sad.
czarjak
(11,532 posts)2. 1971- Forced bussing caused a riot following a shooting in Lubbock.
Goo times. Good thing racism is dead now though. Right, John Roberts?
Easterncedar
(2,488 posts)3. Thanks for this
We need to remember.
My father fought to desegregate our city schools in western NY. I was bussed beginning in 1966 to what was an all black school, for 5th and 6th grades, in a voluntary program of desegregation.