Role of Young People in the Civil Rights Movement
Judy Tarver was involved in the segregation of Birmingham as a child. In her own words, here is her testimonial:
“I didn’t know when I left home for school that day that I was going to participate . . . We left school after lunch . . . I was seventeen . . . I was fortunate. I was there just one night . . . I was glad to get out. My parents didn’t know when I left home that Friday that I was going to participate. Once we were arrested, we couldn’t call our parents . . . When I got out, they said that they didn’t want to tell me to go, but they were glad that I went. They were proud of me.”