Felecia Gaston takes students on a walk through history â history she knew nothing about until she started asking people questions.'When I asked them, 'How'd you get here?' They'd start sharing their story. These are untold stories,' Gaston said.Asking those questions is how she came to know stories of Black families who had packed up and started over. Gaston displays the suitcase from a friend's family and other artifacts she's collected over 30 years.
She founded the nonprofit 34 years ago to give kids opportunities she was denied growing up Black in the segregated South. In fact, segregation is a recurring theme on her Marin City tour.It drove the Black migration West during World War II, and workers served the country building ships at the Marinship Corporation.'The Blacks were like, 'We got a one-way ticket; we're making a new life for ourselves and our families.