Question. How many black people were living in stanford, connecticut in 1963. It was north stanford, so thats where it had more land. So it was our family. In 63 there may have been more, two or three in that section of town, but pretty much segregated ourselves in stanford, connecticut. What do you remember about that segregation. About being one of the few africanamericans. I remember in elementary school, children asking me if i bathed and you know, and me feeling very insecure, very shy, not didnt speak at all. I wouldnt ask questions, i wouldnt wear my glasses because i didnt want to be different in any other way and i didnt understand that that was part of my experience there, being the only black child in the fifth grade. So, until fifth grade i was the only black child in the school. Why did mom and dad want you to have that, want you to live there . I dont think they wanted us to have that level of isolation nor lack of, you know, overly they werent sitting us out there as an
Right there, thats the motel where doctor king was staying. The one up there by my finger mark. Right and my dad in patterson went down the next day bring money for the children who had been jailed during the marches. And they went to the site and also stated that motel so. Where it had beenbombed. Martin luther king, a ie friend of the family . What they did, as a family, is we started doing jazz concerts and our first concert was also to raise money, it was in june and then we went up, at the house, at our house, yes and my brothers and i sold hotdogs and sodas and we turned in 1000 after our first gas sponsor and we had a second one after the march in washington and we had gone to the market as a family. That was our first time as a family actually participating in the Larger Movement. And it was just an amazing experience because this is what we were asking for. We would ask dad can we go with you to birmingham and he said no, ill figure this out and he figured it out by bringing u