In a young seamstress was thrilled to get admitted to one of New York City rsquo s most renowned fashion design schools But when Ann Cone later Ann Lowe arrived from Florida to register for classes the school director told her she wasn rsquo t welcome ldquo To be blunt Mrs Cone we didn rsquo t know that you were a Negro rdquo he said Refusing to leave she whispered a prayer Please let me stay here Please let me stay here Seeing her persistence the director let Ann stay but segregated her from the whites-only classroom whose back door [... more]