4 When schools became integrated
I believe it was the year 1950 when everything changes, my view of black people. It was an ordinary summer day. I had just helped my mom out shopping, on the way home we saw a bunch of people standing in front of a TV shop, my mother took me by the hand and walked over to the group. I grabbed my mother's arm and asked her what happened, she did not say anything she just kept looking. I pushed myself past some people and finally came in front. I looked over and saw that there was a television on, it was news. I could not really hear what was said. I looked behind me and tried to find my mother. When I finally found her, she had a different facial expression. She looked happier before, I do not know what happened. I went to my mother and asked her "mom mom what happened, something wrong?” She looked down at me and smiled wryly, it was not a real smile. I could look at her that she was worried. Without saying anything, my mom took me by the hand and we went home. I could not help but think of my mother's worrying face. Now it was evening my father had just returned. During dinner, there was silence. I looked over at my father over to my mother, they both had the same facial expressions, and the same facial expression as my mother had had earlier in the day. But none of them said anything. After dinner, my mother said that I have to bathe and go to bed. After a while I could hear some sounds. I went out of my bed and to the door, I opened the door and saw my mother and father. They stood and talked. I could not really hear anything but I heard mother say "what should we do, our little Anna to school tomorrow," and my mother started to cry. Dad took an arm around mother and comforted her. He said it would be all right. I lay back in bed I could not think about anything other than my parents, "What might have happened since they were so