Hello, everyone. We are in a new administration, which means we at Civics 101 are not getting a whole heck of a lot of sleep.

So I'll make this quick. It is our winter fundraiser. We have one item on offer this year. And it's my favorite so far.

It is a large, robust, beautiful black Civics 101 coffee mug that says,

Democracy is my cup of tea.

Because it sure is mine, even if this cup will probably only hold coffee.

The mug will be yours for a one-time $60 gift or $5 a month.

Click the link in the show notes to check it out.

We are so grateful for your support.

Like, really, really.

Santa, you saw this in, it was it fourth grade?

Third or fourth, yeah.

I know you were eight, but can you describe what you saw?

Yeah, this is footage from a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, in I think the early

60s.

Students were marching to protest segregation in their city.

They were marching peacefully.

A thousand kids walking from a church, holding hands, singing. The police told them

to disperse, the kids did not, and the police sprayed the children with fire hoses. They set

dogs on them. What had seen that so young do to you?

It made me sick. I think I was just sitting there slack-jod.

I was watching something where there was no political middle.

This is, you know, right and wrong, right in front of your eyes.

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