to ben ruby would go out in the marches and things, her mother would tell them not to go out. their mothers name was mama cat. mama cat was amazing. she would tell them not to go out. she said a soonish you would leave to go to work ruby would go. not only would ruby go, but she would take her younger brother and sister. the is another story of how youth were very much a part of the civil rights movement. this photo we are looking at now took place on franklin street. it was a group of students doing a sit in. i remember when i was doing a workshop, and this particular photograph was on a powerpoint presentation and we were talking to a group of fourth graders. they did not know what a sit in was and what was happening. but as we were showing this, one of the students that's up and says, that's my grandmother. we are all like, where? he points to the young lady sitting right next to the police officer. we were all amazed. he was so proud that day. the teacher was proud, we were all proud. i always thought about his grandmother and what she was doing there at that moment. i alw