Childhood Playmates Reconnect, Rekindle Friendship That Transcends Race and Distance
As part of our Missed Connections series, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro reunites Sharony Green and Beth Hegab, former childhood friends who drifted apart, according to Green, in part because of race.
There are times when we can connect with someone, and then never see them again—a missed connection. We've been trying to help some of you connect with people you've been trying to find.
In the 1970s, two little girls met at an elementary school in Miami, Fla., and became close friends. One was black, and one was white.
Dr. Sharony Green is now an assistant professor of history at
