""Blacks and whites are a family in the south," he said. "Whites have always been proud to see black people advance. It is now time for people to know our honorable heritage."
For the vast majority, this is true. There are some bad eggs...
I would venture to say that most of the children of the intergration era escaped what we read in the news. When the black kids first came to my school, these were kids we already knew because we were a community. What went on in some parts of the south did not go on in *most* of the south.
As a life long southerner, I know blacks that would help me any time of the night or day, just as I would help them. I also know white people I wouldn't trust with my daughter or my dog. HK is right. It's about character, not color.