T is for Townspeople

This photo dates to Saturday, April 30th, when a group gathered in front of Scuppernong Books downtown on South Elm Street to protest North Carolina's HB2, the bill (often referred to as the bathroom bill) that is now law.* As we were preparing this week's "T" for ABC Wednesday, we kept coming back to this photo because it shows residents of Greensboro coming together and exercising their right to freedom of expression. They were assembling peacefully, playing and singing great music in the hopes of bringing about change.  

Even though there were no trombones in front of Scuppernong, the lively scene leaves us whistling 76 Trombones and thinking about the transformative power of townspeople playing music. So, for our A-Z Urban Finds Series, "T" is for "townspeople." See more ABC Wednesday choices for "T" around the world, here.

 *read more here and here.

Comments

[William Kendall]

Good of them to protest that particular brand of nonsense.

[Melody Steenkamp]

think that was nice?!

Have a nice abcwednes-day / – week
♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc-w-team)
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[Janis Dority]

Hooray for the Townspeople and their common sense in protesting this!
A fine array of people they appear to be as well too bad the state legislature could not have as much sense.

[Roger Green]

Wow. My sister lives in Charlotte, so I feel sorry for you and her dealing with this silliness. A friend of mine has a 10 y.o. daughter who was visiting relatives in FL, and she was barred from the girls' bathroom because she looked too much like a boy!

ROG, ABCW

[Reader Wil]

One of my daughters was only 6 years old and looked a bit like a boy. We were at a campside and she wanted to go to the bathroom, but was sent back. So she came to me crying telling me that a woman had told her that she had to go to the gents.I was angry of course.
Well I hope that this nonsense will soon be over. Good luck townspeople!
Wil, ABCW Team