Description In Betty Reid Soskin\'s 96 years of living, she has been a witness to a grand sweep of American history.
From her great-grandmother, who had been enslaved until she was in.
When she was born in 1921, the lynching of African-Americans was a national disgrace, minstrel shows were the most popular American form of entertainment, women were looked at suspiciously by many for exercising their right to vote, and most African-Americans in the Deep South could not vote at all.
Description In Betty Reid Soskin\'s 96 years of living, she has been a witness to a grand sweep of American history