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May 2007 marked the 85th anniversary of the death of a Texas town. Few will notice, though the descendants of those who lived it, remember their frightened whispers, "If we speak the name 'Quakertown' too loudly - it might happen again."

Established in 1870, the African American settlement of Quakertown, sat right in the middle of the white college town of Denton, Texas . . . As early as 1914, prominent whites began suggestive whispers to end Quakertown's existence for the beautification of the city of Denton. . . The Jim Crow laws strangled the voting black voice, as all were reminded often of the ease in which one might hang . . . . (read the whole story)

Copyright of story, WHISPERS, owned by author, LA Pritchett. Permission to reprint WHISPERS, in part or whole, online or in print must be granted by author in writing. Just ask. She might say, "Yes!"

WHISPERS is the winner of Associated Content's "Black History Month Challenge 2007 Non-Fiction Award"