Tuesday, December 14, 2010

The Children Will Go to School Because the School is Warm...

The weatherman predicted freezing temperatures for the region, a swath of land in the impoverished black-belt. My friend teaches in a consolidated school for the region. He said to me, "We will have a full house tomorrow; the school is warm; and the students will get something to eat."

Lucille

A Speech Delivered by  The  Daughter of A Tenant Farmer In Her High School Junior Year,  1927 Her Family Worked the Land Near Millport Alaba...