"May this Juneteenth bring you joy and reflection"
As someone that grew up in the Mississippi Delta (born 1950) I have vivid memories of the Jim Crow South. Never went to public school with a person of color, separate water fountains, the people of color lived literally "across the tracks". I saw KKK cross-burnings, I went to a MLK,Jr. speech on our town square, we had riots, , my HS was burned down, and all that went along with the civil rights movement.
We had a black "maid" that basically raised me and my brother and sisters...Estelle...I loved her. She was such a wonderful person.
All of this changed my life forever...for anyone that didn't experience the reality of the Civil Rights movement, you really have no idea how nasty people can be.
These are some photos from those days in my hometown in 1966. (MLK and Joan Baez)
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The North to me at a young age as well.
Was old enough to follow some of the Civil Rights movement more around ?'66. But earlier events were close enough to be mentioned.
A great fictional TV show about The South and racism was "I'll Fly Away".
Ty for your personal history, the photos.
Here's to a better USA with full equality for all.
