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stopwastingmymoney

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21. What a wonderful story, thank you for sharing that
Sat Jun 29, 2019, 01:45 PM
Jun 2019

I’m so proud of young Ruby

I might be inspired to a bit of writing, which is not easy for me to do well and I wonder what you might think of it Sheshe?

Two years ago on vacation with a group of old and new friends, I found myself in conversation with three liberal white women in their sixties who had been raised in the south. They were telling me about this very topic.

Now understand, I know my history but...I’m 48, born and raised in Northern California. To my own memory, there were always black kids in school and it wasn’t a big deal.

I had no idea how recent that history really was and their stories shocked me.

I have to think more about what they actually said but there’s a lesson in here 😊

This needs to be on the Greatest page..... dixiegrrrrl Jun 2019 #1
Love the child and the teacher. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #4
How could anyone have hated that adorable little girl? struggle4progress Jun 2019 #2
Thankfully. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #9
Thank you for this reminder, she mcar Jun 2019 #3
My mom has been going through some old pictures. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #6
For the record Niagara Jun 2019 #39
Lol...if I have time to scan it and upload I will :) sheshe2 Jun 2019 #41
There's no time rush on that photo Niagara Jun 2019 #42
Thank the Goddess that you made a few more posts! sheshe2 Jun 2019 #43
It definately is not my favorite number Niagara Jun 2019 #44
KnR Niagara Jun 2019 #5
I love this picture. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #7
You're welcome and thank you, Sheshe Niagara Jun 2019 #11
Thank you, I will see what else I can find, Niagara. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #12
Pretty little girl grew up to be a beautiful woman! mcar Jun 2019 #17
Yes she did! Niagara Jun 2019 #38
I am sure everyone knows this but, that is a Norman Rockwell painting Perseus Jun 2019 #8
That book sounds interesting Merlot Jun 2019 #27
Thanks so much for posting this! Stonepounder Jun 2019 #10
Such a brave little child, as were her parents. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #13
Me too - the tears of happiness and sorrow. Let's hope we can someday soon have more erronis Jun 2019 #18
This. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #14
Thank you for this post. smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #29
Thanks so much for reading, smirkymonkey. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 Jun 2019 #14
One of the most signigicant pieces of American illustration...period pecosbob Jun 2019 #16
Where is the painting hanging? stopwastingmymoney Jun 2019 #20
It was in the Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Mass. pecosbob Jun 2019 #23
Brave little girl lillypaddle Jun 2019 #19
What a wonderful story, thank you for sharing that stopwastingmymoney Jun 2019 #21
Wow. panader0 Jun 2019 #22
You are welcome, pander0. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #25
K & R SunSeeker Jun 2019 #24
👀 gotta read this whole thing later. underpants Jun 2019 #26
... sheshe2 Jun 2019 #28
This is not only very important malaise Jun 2019 #30
What a great post, glad to see CBN wrote such a great story about her grantcart Jun 2019 #32
Thanks, grantcart. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 Jun 2019 #37
When I taught elem. school my class read her book, "Through My Eyes" DesertRat Jun 2019 #33
Those books are very fine ideas for my great niece and nephew. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #34
You're most welcome! DesertRat Jun 2019 #35
This is a great idea Niagara Jun 2019 #40
Perfect! DesertRat Jun 2019 #45
Incredible read underpants Jun 2019 #46
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