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Northerners Experience Jim Crow  Jim Crow in the North  I grew
up in the fifties, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  Black people
lived on the north side of town and white people lived on the
south side of town. We all went to the same high school simply
because there was only one high school in the town.  There was a
swim team, a cheerleading team and other various extracurricular
activities offered at the school. However, looking at my high
school yearbook today, not one Black person is represented in
these activities.  I was enrolled in what was termed a
"commercial" course, not the college prep courses that were
offered. The commercial courses consisted of typing, filing,
some bookkeeping, and office procedures. One day, as I sat at my
desk trying to get the concept of debits and credits, the t