Norfolk 17

February 02, 1959

Standing Tall Amid the Glares by Paul Schutzer Lewis Cousins, age 15, the only African American student in the newly desegregated Maury High School, standing alone. 1959, Norfolk, VA. Cousins was the only black student to attend Maury High School in 1959 at 15 years old. He graduated in 1962. The other members of the Norfolk 17 referred to Louis as “the professor” because of his intelligence. As witnessed in a much-publicized photograph*, he too was ostracized.