expression was serious, but her eyes were full of determination.
Sarah recognized her immediately.
It was her mother.
Emily turned the photograph toward the principal.
“Grandma told me that when she was seventeen, she joined a peaceful protest after a group of local teenagers were refused service at a restaurant because of their race. She sat with other people outside the building, even when they were told to leave.”
Sarah stared at the photograph.
Her mother had never shown her that picture.
“She told me that people laughed at them,” Emily continued. “Some people called them troublemakers. Others told them to go home and stop causing problems. But they stayed because they believed everyone deserved to be treated equally.”
Sarah felt tears gathering in her eyes.
“Why didn’t you tell me about this?”
“Because I wanted to bring it home and show you after school. I didn’t know Mr. Reynolds
