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Vermont was the first state to give
succour to any race or status under their constitution of 1777. Louisiana
the second.
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From: shempmcgurk
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 7:32 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Funniest all-time FFL
posting > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> > wrote: > > Judy Stein explains that the best way for parents to teach their > > children the evils of bigotry is to participate in the bigotry > > yourself which will provide your children with an example of how bad > > it is. > > > > > > Name a restaurant along that car drive that both races could have eaten > at without making headlines... I'm no historian -- and I am too young to have been in the South in the '50s to know from personal experience -- but I remember seeing a Discovery or PBS show on segregation several years ago that suggested that it wasn't all that cut and dry as our stereotype of it makes it out to be. There were towns in the south that were fully integrated and lunch counters where all could eat without discrimination...that's why the ones that WERE segregated had signs saying "no colored's" or something to that effect...if they were ALL segregated, there wouldn't be a need for signs... So maybe 10% or 50% or 90% of all restaurants along that highway were integrated. Does anyone with any expertise or authority on the matter have an idea? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'
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