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Growing up Black in the '50s and 60's in rural Virginia

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19 Apr 201523 Sep 2021 S.Brown

Try Your Best to Stay Alive!

  • Piney Ridge School
  • Me talking on the hall telephone
  • Big brother and younger siblings
  • Relaxing in the yard
  • Skyline Drive
  • Separate was rarely equal, if ever.
  • A day at Skyline Drive
  • Dad
  • Dad was still building our new house
  • Mike and Sam
  • Me and Mom
  • Dad and "the 3 oldest children" as we were collectively called
  • Marcia
  • Bajean, Me and "Baby Ray"
  • Photo op
  • Shoveling out after a blizzard
  • Home from college
  • Sandra "Sam" dressed for an outing to Glen Echo
  • Soaring over man-made obstacles
  • Sisters and cousins equal family fun
  • Dad, me, Marcia and Barbara
  • Barb and Ray
  • The new house gets a new room
  • Barbara "Bajean"
  • Calvin, Michael and Marcia get some sun
  • Mom
  • Playing outside with Spot
  • Gran, featured in two stories
  • Me, Barbara ad Ray
  • Marcia and Mom
  • My stories make "Colored" life look easy, it was not
  • Mom at 13yo
  • Class of 1900 Remigton school
  • @1925 Piney Ridge - Rosenwald school

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  • Gibson Family of Remington, VA. Land Acquisitions
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  • Back in the Day in Fauquier County, Virginia - 1978
  • The Whole Town’s Laughing At Me
  • Separate But Equal
  • Thinking About Mama
  • Works of Fiction
  • Fantasy: Next Time I'll Know
  • Historic Schools of Fauquier County, Virginia

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  • Gibson Family of Remington, VA. Land Acquisitions
    The information below was acquired from the Fauquier County Library by Michael E. Brown Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9… Read more: Gibson Family of Remington, VA. Land Acquisitions
  • Back in the Day in Fauquier County, Virginia – 1978
    The year was around 1978 and as you can already guess, “those were the good old days”. Everything was simpler then, everything was fun. We enjoyed being around friends and family. We… Read more: Back in the Day in Fauquier County, Virginia – 1978
  • The Whole Town’s Laughing At Me
      Every time I hear that song by Teddy Pendergrass, “The Whole Town’s Laughing at Me”, it takes me back to 1975 and the weekend a Navy buddy invited me to go… Read more: The Whole Town’s Laughing At Me
  • Separate But Equal
    Lewis Mountain Negro Picnic area had closed by the time our family started enjoying Skyline Drive. When we were growing up, our dad really enjoyed taking Sunday drives through the country. We’d… Read more: Separate But Equal
  • Thinking About Mama
    Earlene Brown holding her daughter Marcia…     It’s two o’clock on Sunday afternoon and I’m sitting in my living room watching an old Western on TV. I leaned back in my… Read more: Thinking About Mama
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