Why Black People Were Treated

When you were little, did you understand why black people weren’t treated fairly?

When I was a young child I couldn’t understand why black people weren’t treated fairly. When I got older and I seen why black people weren’t being treated fairly I didn’t feel good about it.

How do you feel about the way black Americans used to be treated?

I would always feel bad about how we were treated. I always believed that we should of been treated the same as white, like going to the same school, or have the same drinking fountain, I think we should of been equal to the whites.

Were you allowed to learn to read when you were little?

I was able to learn and read because I was born after slavery and my mother was a teacher, so she thought me