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    After 60 Years, Girl's Experience At Whites-Only Gas Station Still Hurts

    An African-American woman remembers growing up in segregated Virginia in the 1950s, and being in the car when her father tried to get gas from a whites-only truck stop.
    by Kerrie Hillman Aug 18, 2017 2 minutes
    Francine Anderson grew up in a small town in Virginia in the 1950s. She says that when she was 5 years old, she first realized that the color of her skin could put her in danger.

    Editor's Note: This story contains a quote where a racial slur is used.

    Francine Anderson grew up in a small town in Virginia in the 1950s. As a young black girl, she knew all too well about racism in the Jim Crow South — but it wasn't until one night, driving back home from her grandmother's house, that she truly understood the

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