He was standing in front of the building (for clarity's sake: the ex-South Boston High School) with tears in his eyes.
His story was that when he was 10-years old, (39 years ago) his sister attended Southie. Did I mention that this currently 49-year old was Black?
Apparently, his older brother and his friends had to fight there way into the school to rescue the sister and then fight their way out.
Larry had come to the top of Telegraph Hill, where the physical building is still located, and was staring in awe. It was a testament to the power of history. We talked briefly (mostly him, with me affirming), about how things are different now; how the school is diverse, and peacefully so. How most people in America seem to have accepted the fact that people can have different colored skin and still be human. (Although there are always those few assholes that will use any excuse to hate.) And we (he) concluded that slowly, but surely, America is becoming a better nation, a nation we might claim with true pride.
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