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Growing Up in Alabama

Clip: 11/17/1991 | 10mVideo has Closed Captions

Her family were never racist, but like everyone else in Alabama, employed black women...

Her family were never racist, but like everyone else in Alabama, employed black women to help with the house. McNaron loved these women dearly as they came into her life. Once in college, she saw first hand what it was like during desegregation. But McNaron noticed it wasn't only a racial issue, it was a sexist issue.

11/17/1991

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