
Out of Yazoo City
Willie describes the events of her growing up with various family members and being a firsthand eyewitness of segregation in the South during the 1950s, as she recalls. Living with her grandparents in Yazoo City, Mississippi, is the basis of the early times from five to twelve years of age.
After her grandfather died, it became a new experience for both her and her grandmother. They were uprooted f...
Willie describes the events of her growing up with various family members and being a firsthand eyewitness of segregation in the South during the 1950s, as she recalls. Living with her grandparents in Yazoo City, Mississippi, is the basis of the early times from five to twelve years of age.
After her grandfather died, it became a new experience for both her and her grandmother. They were uprooted f...