Little Rock Nine's 50th Anniversary brought back memories

It gave me great pleasure to see my old classmates on T. V. after all these years. They are still going strong. When the schools closed, my friends and I said we were going to get jobs.

Some of them couldn't find jobs. I went to work at the Marion Hotel, Operating the elevator. I worked there over a year, then I was pondering the idea of becoming a WAC and going into nursing.

My family was afraid of homosexuality being rampant, and wouldn't let me go. I didn't even know what that was. A year later, I came to California where I completed my education. But I still felt a strong tie to Dunbar and Horace Mann and attended the reunions.