This is how it all began… 

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One Sunday in early 2016 I was sorting through boxes in the garage. I found a box marked "high school stuff." 

It held things that only I would consider treasures. It also held a copy of my high school newspaper, The King's Page. It had this headline, "King is host to Kaukauna". It was one of only a couple issues of the The King’s Page that I kept. I worked on The King’s Page for a little while when I was in high school, so I guess I saved it as much for my little story, as the headline story about the exchange. But, I loved learning about history and something told me to save this newspaper.  Something told me that this was history…  When I looked at the date, I realized this happened 50 years ago! 

 

I’ve been a journalist most of my adult life, so I know a good story when I see one. Black kids living with White kids. White kids living with Black families...In 1966! Big city kids in a small town... small-town White kids in Black neighborhoods… I had many questions.

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What was their experience? 

Who are they? 

Where are they now? 

What kind of impact did this exchange have on them? 

What do they remember 50 years later?

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I saved this copy of my high school newspaper for 50 years … and I said to myself, it’s time to tell the story of this hidden history. 

This is a good story… and I’m going to tell it.