Ginny and Gordon, An Unlikely Love Story

The Ginny and Gordon love story was an unlikely one for many reasons: He was rich and she was poor, he suffered neglect and she was healthy and wise, her mother was sensitive and caring and his mother was young and pretentious. Early on, Gordon had no school at all, but Ginny thrived in a backwards country school and she was able to share what she was learning with Gordon. Gordon was white and Ginny was colored. In the midst of the Civil Rights movement, their relationship had been guarded ...