Mama, I Just Didn't Know
Vaughn, Eleanor Simmons
It is the 1960s, and Eleanor just doesn't know. She does not think it is a big deal to sit at the counter at Woolworth's and eat lunch. But her mother knows otherwise. She knows that until recently, black customers were not allowed to sit at the counter like the white customers were. Eleanor's mother is her hero. She works hard to help put food on the table, takes her children to church, and opens her heart and home to everyone. As her mother ...