Comments on: TESTIFY!!

By: Richard Younge

Richard Younge — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:58:09 +0000

Michael,
Small world, isn’t it! Are you Ron’s son or David’s?
I was doing a Google search on Black students in my class at Cornell in the early ’40s and this turned up….surprise! I don’t remember the visit to Dr. Galvin’s home which you Grandpa remembered; it must have made more of an impression on him than on me. He was one of my best and oldest friends and I was
best man at his and Esther’s wedding. His death last fall was a deep deep sadness.
I’m in Facebook, by the way. Stop by some time and say hello.

By: Marnee

Marnee — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:50:15 +0000

All white Jewish boys want to sing gospel deep down in their pale colorless souls — I envy you the chance!

By: Grandpa

Grandpa — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:56:14 +0000

When I was about 20, in the Navy V-12 program at Cornell, My close buddy and fellow Boys High graduate, Richard Younge, and I frequently walked around the streers of Ithaca on Friday evenings for want of anything better to do. One such evening, Richard suggested that I might enjoy visiting the home of a prominent African American doctor who had befriended him. As we entered, we observed a number of other young men, there. Richard told me that these were members of an African-American fraternity that held their meetings in the doctor’s house. While Richard was not a member of this fraternity, he too was an African American, and hence was more or less acceptable. Since I was not, I felt all their eyes looking at me either in curiosity or hostility. I don’t remember if we ate the tea and pastry that our hostess offered us or if we just beat a hasty retreat.

By: Grandma E

Grandma E — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:25:34 +0000

Michael,
Sorry you missed the trip to Bethany Beach, but this was certainly a more unusual adventure than that weekend with the cousins would have been!
Your story is very well written, and I laughed out loud at some of the descriptions. Can you make use of any of the music you heard/participated in?
I gather you’re feeling better by now, and hope your tire is, too.
Love, Grandma E