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"You had segregation everywhere... they just didn't have the signs"

Alabama Public Radio | By Brittany Young
Published April 17, 2018 at 1:56 PM CDT
StoryCorps

Chandra Brown led her parents John Spears and Charleen Brown to StoryCorps so they could talk about their earliest experiences with segregation. Chandra’s father discusses how segregation wasn’t only prevalent in the south, while her mother speaks on her experiences with prejudices in college and offers some parting wisdom on living a fulfilled life...
 
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Arts & Life Mobilestorycorpsalabama public radioThe Poarch Band of Creek IndiansChandra BrownCharleen BrownJohn Spearssegregationprejudices in collegeLos AngelesWatts riotsliving a fulfilled life
Brittany Young
Brittany Young is Alabama Public Radio's Program Director and Content Manager. Brittany began her public radio journey in the spring of 2015 as a news intern for APR while in graduate school at The University of Alabama.
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