True Love: High School Sweethearts Split Apart by Racism Reunite 43 Years Later

True Love: High School Sweethearts Split Apart by Racism Reunite 43 Years Later
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An interracial high school couple broke up because of social pressure during the late 60s. Now, having finally reunited with his sweetheart after 43 years apart, this man knew for sure he wasn’t going to walk away again.

On that day when Howard Foster, of Columbus, Ohio, saw his once-high-school-sweetheart, Myra Clark, again at Sharon Woods park, he knew he wasn’t going to make the mistake of letting her go again.

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