“We'd dropped him off into the lion's den of the school where he would be the only black child.”

Photo by Andy Benson

One Step Forward and Two Steps Back

Betty Reid Soskin, a Black woman, and her family try to adjust when move to an all-white neighborhood in the 1960s.

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Mar 09, 2021

New York City, New York

Apr 18, 2018

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Betty's home

Betty and her family

Betty in 1957