My March 19 Woman In History. She drank from the Water Fountain Downtown Ocala the square. She was told “she could not drink from the white water fountain, she had to drink from the colored water fountain” by her mother. Her reply to her mother, “I do not want colored water, I want white water and she drank from the white water.” When she was harassed, they let my grandmom and mom go after mom said it again to the white police officer. True story told us years ago.
