Abbey Lincoln Smithsonian Interview Block 29 (Q11787)

I was born the year after the Depression. My father had two cars and he had a house that he built with his hands. But I remember when I was like 10 and we were in the country and we were really in trouble, the whole community was. We were going to a one-room schoolhouse and Calvin Center, Michigan, was the name of the community, and Mr. Roosevelt was here and he told us that we wouldn't starve ...