On Feb. 22 at Shiloh Baptist Church in Greensboro, Fred McKoy celebrated his 99th birthday with his friends and family. McKoy has lived a quite remarkable life as a World War II veteran, brick mason, teacher, landlord and the devoted patriarch of the McKoy family. “I went to school at A&T, she went to school at Winston-Salem State University, and we met riding the bus going down east,” he recalled. I wasn’t afraid, I did have feelings for my kids, but I took care of that with my shotgun.”“Gillespie school was the first school to integrate in Greensboro,” McKoy explained. “For me, he is not just a Greensboro icon; he is an American icon.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 26, 2020 00:00 UTC