Michelle Singletary - My grandmother's grandparents were slaves. My grandmother Big Mama would te

My grandmother's grandparents were slaves. My grandmother Big Mama would tell me about the stories she heard as a child growing up in the shadows of a North Carolina plantation. It's only been in my lifetime that blacks have had the right to vote, live in certain areas or hold certain jobs. It is with this black history that I write about the financial challenges African-Americans still have.

- Michelle Singletary

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topic: Jobs, Children, Growing Up, Plantations, Children Growing Up, Big Mama, Growing Children