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By Laten Bechtel
Gone are the “for colored” signs in Staunton and Augusta County. Gone are the segregated schools, the “colored” balcony at the Strand Theater, and the segregated city parks. But for local African Americans alive today who were forced to live as second-class citizens during that time, memories of the racial discrimination they endured, along with the opportunities and challenges that came with the end of Jim Crow, remain vivid. This book contains thirty interviews with local African Americans who take us into the last days of segregation and the early days of desegregation in Staunton and Augusta County. The stories reveal the strength of human character and courage in the face of adversity.
