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11 Did you find a new family in the North?

I did. I had not been told that I would be living with a white family. I met Doctor and Mrs. George McCabe, who would become my forever parents, and their children. It was a healing experience. I lived in a family with four brothers and sisters, all of them white. And I saw that there was nothing to be frightened of. I saw that white people are just that--they are people who happen to be a little white. And that was wonderful. To this day, the McCabes are in my life.
Melba Beals

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