Race rows involving Neeson and US governor remind me of my time in segregated Virginia in the 1950s
I was shocked to arrive in Charlottesville and find there were different toilets for black people in the bus station.
There were around 70 students in my medical year, only two of whom were women (one of whom dropped out) and but no black people.
Indeed I do not recall any black people on campus.
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Around 20% of the class was female, and there were a number of Asians, Caribbean and African students in the year.
The United States has changed radically since that time with the end of segregation, and more recently an African-American President.
Dr W. Sidney Lowry, Co Down