'We Were Representing Our Whole Race': A Mom Passes On Her Civil Rights Story
Charisse Spencer grew up in the country's largest black suburb during the 1960s. She tells her son about being one of the first African-Americans to integrate an all-white school in Virginia.
Charisse Spencer, 64, grew up in southeast Virginia during the 1960s civil rights movement.
Back then, the area of Portsmouth, Va., where her family lived — Cavalier Manor — was one of the largest black suburbs in the country.
"I could stand in my backyard and
