Just as a Reminder: I’m in the First Generation to Have Never Known Legalized Segregation.

A reminder that Jim Crow wasn’t that long ago.

Photo by Beth Tate on Unsplash

I was born in a post-Civil Rights-era in South Alabama. My parents were born in segregated hospitals. Even though I’ve known this fact all my life, it still blows my mind. Because I grew up believing I could achieve anything and be…