Thankful for parents who hated racism
Stephen Still, Birmingham, MI I’m from a small town in the state of Washington, didn’t see a black person until I was 10 years old,...
1961 Oregon to Louisiana-shocked at racism
Judi Williams, Davis, CA White/colored signs everywhere was so shocking! Am I still in the United States?
Are You the Three Wise Men?
Donna Reiss, Brownstown Twp , MI. Its Christmas time in Detroit, 1961. I was 3 years old and in the bank line with my Mom....
Fear that racism will never end
Joan Pleune New York City, NY Brooklyn I was a 1961 freedom rider. When I look at Brooklyn today through a lens of race, life...
Dad said, “You were here first.”
Joan Fumetti Windsor Heights, IA Traveling from our white Iowa world through the South in 1961 we stopped at a roadside food establishment. Dad went...
