“My mom liked to say that Elsie was part of our family. My parents treated her better than other families who expected their housekeepers to eat separately. Mom bought Elsie birthday and Christmas presents, sent her home with vegetables from… — Kristen Green Copy Share Image
“I grew up thinking of her as our Elsie, not as someone else's mother. She was the black woman who had cleaned my parents'… — Kristen Green Copy Share Image
“Many Southern communities developed two school systems: an underfunded public system mostly attended by black students, and private schools set up for white children. Within a decade, these segregation academies would be an accepted part of the Southern landscape. By 1969, three hundred thousand students were enrolled in all-white schools across eleven Southern states. And twenty years after Brown, in… — Kristen Green Copy Share
“Many white children in this city never set foot in a public school. They follow in the footsteps of their parents and grandparents, attending… — Kristen Green Copy Share Image
“My mom liked to say that Elsie was part of our family. My parents treated her better than other families who expected their housekeepers… — Kristen Green Copy Share Image
“Farmville is still the quiet community where I spent long summer afternoons floating in my parents' pool. On the surface, it is a perfectly… — Kristen Green Copy Share Image
“The country was becoming increasingly disgusted by Prince Edward, which was making national headlines for its still-closed schools. Dr. Robert L. Green and a… — Kristen Green Copy Share Image
