Small Ohio Town: Color Didn’t Matter

Debbie Spragg Brisentine
Plain City, OH

I was born in 1954, lived in Mt. Pleasant Ohio, pop. approx. 500. Attended school from 1959-1972. Had both white and black friends but, to me, they were all just friends – no difference! I never knew anything about racial issues until maybe 1969, 1970. It was an idyllic childhood…


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