When Momma tells Dad that the people in Birmingham are friendlier than they are in Flint, Dad laughs and says, “Oh yeah, they’re a laugh a minute down there. Let’s see, where was that ‘Coloreds Only’ bathroom downtown?” What does he mean?
Some people in Birmingham are not so nice. There are places that separate blacks and whites, and as a black woman, Momma would have been treated badly by some f