Nancy Bachana,
Katonah, NY
As a white girl in the 70s and 80s South, older Black men stepped out of my way on downtown sidewalks. I didn’t understand that Jim Crow only ended in 1964, and they feared being killed because of me.
The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
Nancy Bachana,
Katonah, NY
As a white girl in the 70s and 80s South, older Black men stepped out of my way on downtown sidewalks. I didn’t understand that Jim Crow only ended in 1964, and they feared being killed because of me.