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The little girl who kept the bus from moving.A JIM CROW story
Episode 286
Published 1 year, 5 months ago
Description
For any 8 year old, the world can be a big and scary place. For an 8 year old Black Girl growing up in the Jim Crow South during the 1950s, the world can be terrifying. In today's episode, I will share my mother's story of how her inadvertent decision to sit in the front of the bus in 1954 as an 8 year old girl resulted in the bus not moving and the lasting impact this incident had on her life.
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