Comments on: 1967 Editorial Condemns Segregation at the Wren’s Nest, Praises Uncle Remus

By: claudia eisenburg

claudia eisenburg — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:37:58 +0000

Having grown up in the backyard of Wren’s Nest participated in the annual May Festival from the age of 5 (there is stone in Mr. Harris backyard that bears my name with a year I can’t remember. Both my Grandmother and Mother were members of Joel Chandler Harris Memorial Assoc.

I will say on behalf of the Joel Chandler Harris Memorial Assoc they agreed to intergation long before “Piedmont Driving Club” Cherokee Town Club” Capital City Club and many of the
churchs that line Peachtree St.

Segration was a sin and today American still bears the scars from Segration.

Am I proud of the stand Joel Chandler Harris Memorial Assoc took in 1967 “Absoultely Not!”

I do believe if all the little old women who met once a month in Mr. Harris home were here today they would agree.
The Wren’s should be open to all children !

With a grateful heart
Claudia B. Eisenburg

By: David

David — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:27:32 +0000

Excellent column-the writing style reminded me of Leonard Pitts Jr.

By: Lain

Lain — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:34:32 +0000

Laura, I have not read those, but I will add them to my list!

Laurie, I know, right?

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:56:13 +0000

Wow. Great article, Lain! It is really right on point for the message y’all have been trying to spread about The Nest.

By: Laura McCarty

Laura McCarty — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:21:46 +0000

Wow, Lane, you’ve been reading some good stuff this week. Where is the Gladwell essay found? It sounds quite interesting. Also the Kruse book is on my “to read” list.

Have you read Matthew Lassiter’s Silent Majority? Or Jason Sokol’s There Goes My Everything? These are 2 more good books with unique takes on civil rights and the rise of conservatism.

And thanks for sharing the Cleghorne article. Very interesting perspective he was sharing there.

I met him once up at a teacher workshop at the U of Maryland. He was the former journalism dean there and he spoke to us on the press and the civil rights movement. I was amazed at the perspective the journalists of that era had taken. I found out that he grew up in Summerville GA and was a childhood friend of the father of one of my best friends. One of those “small world” moments.

Thanks again for sharing the article.

Laura