Race War In High School by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Format: epub

124 RACE WAR IN HIGH SCHOOL and throughout the day more black students were dragged into the encounter. At the beginning of each class period hordes of youngsters rushed up to room 248 and occupied it, preventing it from being used by the regularly scheduled classes. There would be no instruction in room 248 until the flag question was resolved, they decreed. By the end of the day the issue was a schoolwide affair with curious students congregating around (he room to get a glimpse at the intrigue that was unfolding there. Two days of conflict, confined until then toa single room, had gone unsettled and no one seemed to have a solution to the impasse. Unfortunately, Selub was at a meeting at board headquarters the day the incident began to escalate. The school day ended with a meeting between King, Lubetsky, Mary Cohen, and one of the leading provocateurs of the flag incident. The militant leader was appealed to by the educators, advised that this was not a battle worth fighting, and urged to drop the occupation of the classroom. But there was no turning back for the militants. By 9:00 A.M. the next day they had occupied room 248 again, more than seventy students crammed into a room that seats forty-two. The students of all three black studies sections had banded together, pulling in others of similar persuasion. This was to be the day of decision! How far could they go, and what would the principal do? They didn't have to wait long for their answer. While the militants were reoccupying room 248, Selub was meeting with King, Lubetsky, Cohen, and Todaro to map their own strategy and decide how best to approach the tense situation. When word of the occupation reached them, Selub decided to take a rather firm position compared to what his reaction had been in previous confrontations with militants. He rejected Lubetsky’s proposal to allow both flags to fly side by side, and entered room 248, the gladiator walking into the lion’s den. The mood was hostile. King and Lubetsky stood off to the side as the principal went before the group searching for a compromise they could buy. But the militants weren't looking for a solution. For them it was either total victory or confrontation! The more Selub groped for a way out, the more intolerant the militants became

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