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Everyone stared. The year was 1960 and as two new students walked in to the lunchroom; it grew quiet. A fifteen minute lunch period in a busy high school was always moving, loud and busy, but at this moment, stunned silence lay heavy in the large room.
A small town in New England, with not a white majority student population, but entirely white. When the twin brown skinned girls came into the crowded room, they sat in the corner by themselves. A hush came over all and I cannot imagine the trepidation the two young women felt–I’m sure it was similar to a fish out of water.
I often think back to that day and wonder where they are today.
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The Bag Lady 
I wonder! Well written.
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