Students yell curses outside of Tuskegee High School after it had been integrated, Montgomery, Alabama, September 10, 1963

You can almost hear the scene before you see it. The humid Alabama air, thick with heat and tension, carries the sound of voices that are equal parts anger and fear. Outside Tuskegee High School, a crowd of teenagersโkids, reallyโare screaming curses at other kids. But these aren’t the kind of taunts you hear at football games or after-school scraps.










