now, jerome smith was speaking intelligently. he was getting to the heart of the matter, which is that segregation and all people systems, in fact, depend upon the consent of the people. it might not be that blacks voted for segregation. they did not. they did not vote for anything, most of them. it might not be even that a lot of white people voted for segregation. half the country was kind of aloof from the whole issue. but by going along with a system that allows it to happen, you are giving tacit consent. and what jerome smith was telling robert kennedy was, i am withdrawing my consent. this is very much along with bayard rustin. let me tell you about someone else and acted with extreme intelligence. a young girl named barbara john who lived in a town called farm bill, virginia. it was in the county called prince edward county. in the years following the brown versus board of education decision all of the south organized massive resistance to integration of public schools, and no one was more massive or resistant than the sta