We Shall Overcome…Someday by Carroll Makemson
When I visited my grandmother in Virginia in the 1950s as a child, the back of the bus was off-limits, the “Girls” restroom at the zoo was not for white girls nor was my favorite seat at the movie theater. My family explained that it was a “race thing.” That was perplexing to me because, […]
We Shall Overcome…Someday by Carroll Makemson
When I visited my grandmother in Virginia in the 1950s as a child, the back of the bus was off-limits, the “Girls” restroom at the zoo was not for white girls nor was my favorite seat at the movie theater. My family explained that it was a “race thing.” That was perplexing to me because, […]