Estelle 'Mother' Winslow: Laura, when I was about your age, I LOVED to read, just like you. But our little town only had ONE library, and it was for whites only.Laura Lee Winslow: You couldn't check out a book?Estelle 'Mother' Winslow: I couldn't even go in. And even then I knew it wasn't right. So one day I decided to do something about it. So I walked in the library, sugar, I couldn't believe my eyes, there were THOUSANDS of books just sitting there waiting to be read.Laura Lee Winslow: Did they let you take one?Estelle 'Mother' Winslow: The librarian, a white man that I'd known all my life, pushed me out into the street and told me never to come back.Laura Lee Winslow: Did you cry?Estelle 'Mother' Winslow: All the way home, and the next day I cried all the way back to the library.Laura Lee Winslow: You went back?Estelle 'Mother' Winslow: Every day for 6 months. People stopped and starred, called me names, and some even spit at me.Laura Lee Winslow: Weren't you scared?Estelle 'Mother' Winslow: Was I ever! And sometimes I was sorry I ever started the whole thing, but I didn't quit. Finally, one rainy day, I walked in dripping wet, and that same man that pushed me out, shook his head and gave me a library card. And from that day on, EVERYBODY could use that library.
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