Bellona Times
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 1 Aug
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On one such occasion one of the black boys turned suddenly on his tormentors and hurled a slate.
It struck one of the white boys in the mouth, cutting a slight gash in his lip.
At sight of the blood the boy who had thrown the slate ran, and his companions quickly followed.
We ran after them, pelting them with stones, until they separated in several directions.
i was very much wrought up over the affair and went home and told my mother how one of the niggers had struck a boy with a slate i shall never forget how she turned on me don't you ever use that word again she said and don't you ever bother the colored children at school you ought to be ashamed of yourself
i did hang my head in shame but not because she had convinced me that i had done wrong but because i was hurt by the first sharp word she had ever given me my school days ran along very pleasantly i stood well in my studies not always so well with regard to my behavior
I was never guilty of any serious misconduct, but my love of fun sometimes got me into trouble.
I remember, however, that my sense of humor was so sly that most of the trouble usually fell on the head of the other fellow.
My ability to play on the piano at school exercises was looked upon as little short of marvelous in a boy of my age.
I was not chummy with many of my mates, but on the whole was about as popular as it is good for a boy to be.
one day near the end of my second term at school the principal came into her room and after talking to the teacher for some reason said i wish all of the white scholars to stand for a moment i rose with the others the teacher looked at me and calling my name said you sit down for the present and rise with the others
I did not quite understand her, and questioned, "'Ma'am?'
She repeated with a softer tone in her voice, "'You sit down now, and rise with the others.'
I sat down dazed.
I saw and heard nothing.
When the others were asked to rise, I did not know it.
When school was dismissed, I went out in a kind of stupor.
A few of the white boys jeered at me, saying, "'Oh, you're a nigger, too!'
I heard some black children say, We knew he was colored.
Shiny said to them, Come along, don't tease him, and thereby won my undying gratitude.
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