As I listened to the terrible situations Mrs. Sybil Hampton went through my biggest question was if she had forgiven the people who mistreated her. the reply she gave me really made me think about myself and the grudges hold against the people who upset me. Mrs. Hampton woke up every morning knowing she wasn't going to be spoken to and thats he wasn't wanted. She never let that hold her back, she kept going for three years straight without a single person talking to her. She was the first African American to graduate from Central High School completing all three years. She answered my question by saying "I never once didn't forgive the people for the things they have done to me." For her to be able to still be smile and help people shows that she used her experience at Central High as growth and not something to hold her back. I'm thankful that she took time out of her day to ell us her story with gusto and hope that today's youth might change.
-ERW
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