Geraldine, thirteen years old, incredible courage

Sue Schiller,
USA.

Rather than integrate them, our city closed the public schools in September 1958. When they reopened in January 1959, Geraldine (I know her last name, I will never forget it) was the only Black student in my school. I will never forget seeing her walk down the hall during change of classes, clutching her books to her chest. It is a picture imprinted in my brain. I could never have had the courage to do what she did.