Will Racism Ever Stop

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Will racism ever stop?
Clifton Davis was a thirteen year old boy he lived in a ghetto neighborhood. His mother worked night shift at a hospital and his stepfather worked driving a coal truck. When he was in eighth grade he had a graduation party. They were going to go to Washington DC, a tour of the capital and the Glen Echo amusement park in Maryland.But he soon realized that he would o be left behind because they didn't have enough money to send him to the amusement park. But he wouldn't give up after a little while of being sad he went and tried to fund for himself. So he sold candy,mowed lawns ,and delivered newspapers and three days before the deadline he had just made enough to go. So when they got to Washington

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