Oh, Lord, don’t let ‘em shoot us! Oh, Lord, don’t let ‘em stab us! Oh, Lord, don’t let ‘em tar and feath­er us! Oh, Lord, no more swastikas! Oh, Lord, no more Ku Klux Klan! —Charles Min­gus, “Fables of Faubus” In 1957, Arkansas Gov­er­nor Orval Faubus decid­ed that integration—mandated three years ear­li­er by Brown v. … Con­tin­ue read­ing How Jazz Helped Fuel the 1960s Civ­il Rights Move­ment