Oh really. Not denying it was difficult but you really should check your history. Just from Washington DC, Dunbar High School est. 1870 was a magnet school for Blacks before there were magnet schools. Do a search to find just a smattering of it's distinguished grads. Spingarn is another onein DC
George Washington Carver was born a slave yet educated himself.
Your benign racism is showing...are you now or have you ever been a Democrat?
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Benign racism. Because I acknowledge that a black man kicked out of his house at the age of 13 would struggle in the 1940’s.
Ok then.