Price Road : Let's Talk about It

In 1943 Ed O?Reilly became the mail carrier on Price Road in Leaksville, NC. (Route #1 as it was known for postal addresses). Price Road was primarily a Colored community. Because of his interaction with the people on his route, Ed went through a personal growth in his understanding of America?s Black / White relationship. Ed had always accepted life as a White person who lived in the Jim Crow South. He saw racial abuse throughout his community and America without seeing; therefore, Ed, like many other White people similar to him, did not feel any compunction that would require him to do anything. Ed began a metamorphosis in his thinking; then, he made a conscious effort to make sure that his children learned the life lessons he only came to grasp because of his job ? Through the lessons he learned from the ?old folks,? the ?church ladies, ?and other residents of Price Road Ed discovered: the world of racial understanding opens through the door of communication; we need to talk about IT ? Let?s talk about it!