Cynthia Cahoon
Moyock, NC
In 1970, I was a junior in high school and new to that school. As a member of the drama team, I made friends with Julia and Carlton and friends ere few and far between when you’re new. Since I had a car, after school and before drama practice, I would drive my friends to the nearest store for snacks. Somehow my parents found out my friends were black. I was threatened with the loss of car privileges if I ever let a black person in my car again. “What would people think?” I cried for hours. How could I tell some of the best friends I had made in my new environment that I could not be friends with them, only because of their skin color? It was a life- changing moment for me.
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