Family History: Back in the Day, by Chris

About things in the past, my grandmother said that when she lived on a farm, there were always black people working in fields.  Some of them owned their own farms.  The African American people went to different schools separate from the white people.  If a black person went in a store, they would have to wait until the white people were served.  Black and white people had there own churches. 

When the black people worked on the farms, some of them were treated well, some were not.  Some of the black people worked in homes as servants.  My great, great grandpa had a black woman that stayed in the house as a servant.  Most of the black servants were real good cooks and, did a lot of baby sitting.  Most older black people were called “aunt” and “uncle” by the white children.  My grandmother lived next door to a black family; they were good neighbors and helped each of the white people in the community.  The black family had some deaths and the white people would go to the funerals and carry food to help the people.  My grandmother said it’s good the white and black people get along today.