Memphis Garrison Helped Open Doors for Blacks: ; Commentary
Charleston Gazette › February 10, 2004
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In the roaring days of the Appalachian coalfields and the era of racial segregation, an African-American woman braved it all in Southern West Virginia.
Yet, it sounded as if for a laugh when Memphis Tennessee Garrison looked back on the era and said: "They used to keep us off the ball field, but now they can't have a game without us."See the full content of this document
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Memphis Garrison Helped Open Doors for Blacks: ; Commentary
She helped open the gate at the ball field, so to speak, and at other public places shut to black Americans in West Virginia and elsewhere.
Garr...See the full content of this document
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