White privilege is cheerleaders who flip
Margee Herring, Wilmington, NC. Cheerleaders are predominantly white girls and boys. Why? Because their parents could afford gymnastics lessons. It’s just one of the many...
I didn’t know they were different.
Tina S. Walther, Milan, MI. My mother was pregnant with me when she moved from upstate NY to the south in 1962. While the weather...
Half black, nobody knows or cares
Peter Nanula, Newport Coast, CA. I look white and was raised in mostly white areas, so no one knows I am half-black. Because they don’t...
Integrate. Know me; don’t fear me.
Laurie Johns Tuscaloosa, AL I am white. I attended integrated public schools in Montgomery, Alabama from 1st through 12th grade graduating from Sidney Lanier High...
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...
Read Ralph Bunche’s comments about race
Richard C Evansville, IN Dr. Ralph Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his UN activities after world war II. He had remarkable people...
