08/10/19 02:14:20
AT the Lincoln Memorial, together we had read the famous words from Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg.
"...this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom..." The next monrning, a teacher said, "Clifton, could I see you for a moment?" Frank turned pale.
One of our water balloons had hit a lady and her dog the night before.
"Clifton." the teacher began, "do you know about the Mason-Dixon line?" "No," I said, wondering what this had to do with dropping water balloons.
"Before the Clivil War," the teacher explained, "the Meason-Dixon line was the line between Pennsylvania and Maryland - the line between the free and slave states.
Today, the Mason-Dixson line is a kind of invisible border between the North and the South. When you cross that invisible line into Maryland, things change.
We are going to Glen Echo Park... It's in Maryland, and black people can't go in." "You mean I can't go to the park," I asked, "because I'm black?" She nodded slowly.
"I7m sorry, Clifton," she said, taking my hand. プロビジョンⅠ レッスン7-2 和訳お願いします