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I was among the few students from Rappahannock County who chose to attend Manassas High School. Most families couldn’t afford to pay the meager fee of $9 per month.
It was difficult for my father to pay this fee, as he was only receiving $50 per month in cash payments as a tenant farmer.
Franklin could not afford to attend school in Manassas as he was raised by his grandmother who had little income. Most AfroAmerican families in the county had meager incomes during those immediate post-depression days.
In the early 1940s during World War II, I worked in Washington, D.C. during the summer months and Franklin came to the city about the same time to live permanently. He and I were still close friends and roomed together.
We worked together at various restaurants as dishwashers and /or busboys. The work was hard and the pay was minimal. We normally worked 10 hours per day, six days per week.
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