Finding Freedom
By Edith, April 6, 2019 — I’m from Copenhagen, Denmark and during World War II, I went through some of the worst times of my life. Germany invaded my home country of Denmark and we were all suffering there. On … Continued
By Edith, April 6, 2019 — I’m from Copenhagen, Denmark and during World War II, I went through some of the worst times of my life. Germany invaded my home country of Denmark and we were all suffering there. On … Continued
By Norman Cain, February 18, 2019 — When I was 13 years old in 1955, an amazing thing happened. The news media was a buzzed with the unheralded news regarding Negroes (that was what black folk were called then) who … Continued
By Lucille Wilson, January 31, 2019 — One of the best days of my time was when I gave birth to Rodney. He was something and I just knew it because he caused me complications so bad that they had … Continued
By Angela Wright, December 4, 2018 — Yesterday I came across a book on my bookshelf. I don’t know who it belongs to. It could have been my daughter’s, son’s, or my husband’s. As I scanned through the book, I found … Continued
By Frances Bryce, January 11, 2018 — [I remember] living in the south during times when segregation was a way of life, in the small town where I was born, as well as others in both the north and the … Continued
By Eileen, July 11, 2017 — In the spring of first grade I was out playing on the playground. On the horizon, grey angry clouds came rolling in. It looked like wool unrolling. It came so fast that everyone ran into … Continued
By Rev. Tom White, August 9, 2017 — From my earliest years, I was taught that there are differences in people; some people were “different.” Sometimes we were the different ones. Let me say that I did not learn prejudices … Continued
By Frances Bryce, July 24, 2014 — In 1965, I was living in Phila, Pa and went to visit my father who lived in a small town in South Carolina. I accompanied my father for his annual checkup to his doctor’s … Continued
By Frederick Kuzmin, August 2, 2017 — This is back in my military time, I was on the flight line for the Queen of England, the first time that she ever came into the states. She was walking down the stairs … Continued