Alberita Johnson Talks About Racial Violence & Segregation

Update: 2017-07-13

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Alberita Johnson grew up in Queens, New York where she was bussed to white schools and says she experienced racial violence in the 1970’s. At the Story Corps mobile booth in Fort Myers, Johnson speaks with her friend Genelle Grant about that time, as well as what it was like moving to a still segregated Fort Myers in 2002.

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Alberita Johnson Talks About Racial Violence & Segregation

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Alberita Johnson Talks About Racial Violence & Segregation

Alberita Johnson Talks About Racial Violence & Segregation