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7 July 2019/ Segregation in America

Growing up at a golden moment

Growing up at a golden moment
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Louis Venters

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A mother’s eyes on the prize
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A mother’s eyes on the prize

My first black teacher was in second-grade – and both my grandmothers tried to get me transferred out of that class. My mother told them to go to hell.

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