History — and the heroes behind it — often hide in plain sight.
“Walking in that white school for the first time you know… it was a scary moment,” recalls Billy Baylor of Crowley. “Yes, it was a very scary moment.”
It was a moment Baylor never forgot.
A brave first step
It was 1965, and he and his siblings — Alton, Linda and Jackie — were stepping bravely into the buzzsaw of change and hate. The Baylors were the first Black family to integrate Crowley schools…