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Originally Posted by BenG
I remember the local theater had a side door for black people. They had to sit up in the balcony.
I remember public water fountains marked "White" and "Colored".
Our schools weren't fully integrated until I was in high school. For 2 or 3 years before that there was a voluntary integration but I only remember there being one boy in our class.
I remember, before public housing, our church bus going to the black section of town to pick up people for Sunday school and seeing the ground through the planks in the floor in some of the houses.
And I remember the black girl in my high school algebra class who went on to win a Pulitzer Prize at the New York Times.
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What is her name? You have me curious especially since there are several different catagories.
