Going to Middlebrook Farms every tuesday, I hear countless amounts of stories about traveling around the world, starting families, wars and even people surviving the Haulacost from all the lovely residents. Today, for the first time since I've been going to Middlebrook Farms (over a year) I heard a woman talk about segregation.
Lily told Liz and I all about her life and everything about her family. She was talking about how she was a school Librarian in Cleveland when the segregation laws were enforced. She was the only white faculty member in the entire school at one point. "I walked up to a table in the cafeteria one day where all African American teachers were sitting and I said, 'I'm going to desegregate this table!' and I sat down." Her boldness and strength for what she believes in is an inspiration.
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