 And because she was so light skinned, there was a way that oftentimes she was rejected by African-Americans, but also rejected by white people. Right. So she wasn't light enough to be white, but she wasn't dark enough to be black. And here you are, this beautiful black woman from a small town in southern Illinois. You fall in love with the Chicago city slicker. You leave your family. You move to the south side of Chicago and your husband leaves you with five kids. Right.