The Williamsburg Bray School, now part of Colonial Williamsburg, taught free and enslaved Black children for several years in the 1760s.

The racial connotation of the brawl transformed the folding chair into a symbol of Black resistance, with people online calling it the “star” of the Montgomery fight.

It figured prominently in viral footage of a brawl, where it was used as a blunt instrument. So why is the humble folding chair now turning up on T-shirts, earrings and at least one tattoo?

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