Protests are rare in East Texas, which has a long history of whites murdering black people who speak out against discrimination. But now, thousands of people across the region are protesting. 'That's what this fight is about...fighting through the fear.'
Local residents take part in a candle light vigil to honor George Floyd in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston.Local residents take part in a candle light vigil to honor George Floyd in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston.The civil rights movement largely passed East Texas by in the 1950s and '60s. Today, more than a half century later, there remains little tradition of protest in the region — part of plantation country during slavery — and scant experience with organizing.
Signs of this new energy have been steadily growing in East Texas since video emerged showing a white Minneapolis police officer kneeling on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes on May 25, leading to his death at the age of 46. "I'm very excited to be here today, I'm also a little worried," she says."But that's what this fight is about, fighting through the pain, fighting through the fear. Because I'm done being scared, I'm doing seeing my brothers and sisters being scared."
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