Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White

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DARKROOM The University of Alabama Press • Tuscaloosa, Alabama DARKROOM a memoir in black and white LiLa Quintero Weaver Copyright © 2012 by Lila Quintero Weaver the university of alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeface: Franklin Gothic and Blambot ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Weaver, Lila Quintero. Darkroom : a memoir in black and white / Lila Quintero Weaver. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-8173-5714-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-81738619 -1 (electronic) 1. Weaver, Lila Quintero. 2. Alabama—Social conditions— 20th century. 3. Civil rights movements—Alabama—History— 20th century. 4. Alabama—Race relations—History—20th century. 5. Argentine Americans—Alabama—Biography. 6. Alabama—Biography. I. Title. CT275.W3497A3 2012 976.1092—dc23 [B] 2011036117 Author ’s No te The views expressed in this book are not necessarily shared by my siblings or other persons that witnessed or experienced the events recounted. in memory of Mama & Daddy, whose gifts are without number. To Paul, who keeps on giving, and to Jude, Benjamin, & Caitlin, who’ve inherited these collective treasures. I love you all. ...