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Robin Young and Tonia Reaves
From the Collection: Pain and Promise: Remembering the Fight for School IntegrationIn this recording, Tonia Reaves is interviewed by her daughter-in-law Robin Young about her childhood in a diverse school community. Tonia reveals how this integrated upbringing influenced her understanding of the world for both better and worse. Robin discusses how her schools were mostly homogenous until high school. Both remember certain instances where they felt singled out by white teachers for unequal punishment.