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SouthernGirl2

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10. Thank you so much, Sheshe2

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 11, 2014, 01:12 AM

Feb 2014

You made me cry. I'm sitting here with tears roping under my chin. The 60's were a brutal time for African Americans. But brave college kids stood up and were willing to die for change. I cannot stop my tears. John Lewis & the Freedom Riders took the brunt of Jim Crow so my mother no longer had to sit in the “colored” waiting room with a sick child in her lap while whites were seen first. They are my heroes.

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True hero's of the time. William769 Feb 2014 #1

Thanks William! sheshe2 Feb 2014 #3

Never to be forgotten. malthaussen Feb 2014 #2

It is the history of all of us, we lived through it too. sheshe2 Feb 2014 #4

Thank you so much, Sheshe2 SouthernGirl2 Feb 2014 #10

They are your hero's, and indeed they should be. sheshe2 Feb 2014 #11

TYSM! SouthernGirl2 Feb 2014 #15

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A great group of people...true American heros. nt kelliekat44 Feb 2014 #6

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Thank you Cha. sheshe2 Feb 2014 #9

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