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The Plight of the Lower Falls
The lower falls was not a wealthy neighborhood. Many of the adults were unemployed or relied on peace work. Harriet Carson walked through Balamurfi, banging together the lids of pots. Laula remembers we linked arms and sang. We shall overcome someday. The women started to gather in groups of two and four and ten and twenty until they numbered in the thousands. Some people still had their rollers in their hair and their scarves over their head.