Because he is older than i. And he says it is true. My grandfather had 500 invested in the stock market. And of course he lost it. This is when people were jumping out the window and so forth. And my grandparents were teachers. I think he taught languages and music. I dont know what my grandmother taught. But they moved from virginia to philadelphia. And that started the family, split the family, because my grandparents could get a job. They said they didnt hire black teachers in philly. They had black children going to integrated schools, but no black teachers. So, my grandmother took in washing an washing, and my grandfather refused to do that type work. And the family actually split. They were together physically but not together. The older kids went to college in the family, and they were teachers. The two oldest ones. The youngest kid was sent to school by the middle children who are did not go to children. They had to work to help pay. So, here we go about the color line thing. I
She talked about the Culture Shock she experienced as a californian attending school in virginia. Civil rightsof a history project initiated by congress in 2009, conducted by this missoni and museum of africanamerican history and culture, the american full life , andr Folk Life Center the university of North Carolina chapel hill. i will go back to my grandparents, if i may, because in a way, it was a civil rightstype activity. My grandfather these are stories that were told to me, and i asked my cousin about it because he is older than i, and he says it is true. My grandfather had 500 invested in the stock market, and of course, he lost it. This is when people were jumping out the window and so forth. My grandparents were teachers. I think he taught languages and music, and i dont know what my grandmother taught, but they moved from virginia to philadelphia. That started the family split the family because my grandparents couldnt get a job. They said they did not hire black teachers in
Teachers. I think he taught languages and music, and i dont know what my grandmother taught. But they moved from virginia to philadelphia, and that started the family split the family. Because my grandparents couldnt get a job. They said they didnt hire black teachers in philly. They had black children going to integrated schools but no black teachers. So, my grandmother took in washing, and my grandfather refused to do that type work. And the family actually split. They were together physically but not together. The older kids went to college in the family, and they were teachers, the two oldest ones. The youngest kid was sent to school by the middle children, who did not go to college. They had to work to help pay. So, that again, here we go about the color line thing, yeah. I was born in d. C. My mother was born in virginia. My dad was born in maryland. And when i was three oh, my parents divorced when i was a baby, and my dad took the boy, and my mother took the girl and remarried,
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