Beverly Cooper:  

School I remember going to Corsicana High for the first time in 9th grade. It was a struggle being the only black person in most of my classes. I loved Geometry and other maths, but I didn't always get a fair deal. I also loved choir and Mr. Haedge until I found out he was messing around with the girls in my class. High school was fun and challenging for me. I enjoyed Chemistry with "old smorange head" (don't remember his real name) and I adored English with Ms. Slater. Ms. Slater was fantastic and I think she was the reason I excelled in college literature. When Corsicana High intergrated and there was a big "walk out", I remember being in the middle of it and on the front page of the newspaper in a red shirt and rolled-up jeans. I never really had a problem with the white kids I went to school with. I think they had a problem with me and somethings really were unfair. B...Expand for more