Dorothy Counts Scoggins

In September 1957, Dorothy Counts Scoggins made a walk into Harding High School in Charlotte, NC that would forever change public schooling and racial segregation. Scoggins was one of four African-American students to be admitted into an all-white school as a result of the Pearsall Plan. Dorothy's walk from her father's car to the front door of the high school would only take a few minutes, but the effects of her actions are still being felt today.   In today's episode of Maybe I'm Amazed, host Dr. James Howell speaks with Dorothy about that fateful day in 1957. Dorothy not only talks about that moment and the days leading up to it, but she also tells the story of how she ended up befriending one of the white boys who tormented her that day, and how through forgiveness she was able to forge a lifelong relationship with that student, even being present with him on his deathbed.   Read Charlotte Magazine's 2017 profile of Dorothy Counts Scoggins here.