Gyo Fujikawa was born on this day, November 4, in 1908.
When she chose to depict non-white children, her publisher pushed back. They feared a backlash from racists.
Fujikawa held firm; and her books went on to become best-sellers.
when i was 3 or 4 i got separated from my family at an amusement park and a man found me and helped reunite me with them. however, he was an elvis impersonator and did not break character the entire time and i’ve been terrified of elvis ever since