60's girl groups

Am watching PBS fundraiser..featuring girl groups of the 60's.       how come so many of the black lead singers have eyes painted with eyeliner and look almost Asian?  Now here's Jackie DeShannon. What the world needs now.     Nothing's change stop much since those days. Yeah, sure segregation was banned, but shit. Just this past prom season, a school in Ga had their first integrated prom.  We can't solve one problem when we go onto the next. Civil rights?  Isn't that for everyone not just one group or another?  It won't be in lifetime, but I can almost see whites fighting for equality.  Back to PBS...skeeter Davis.   Long sleeved shirtwaist dress.  And we thought she was something else.  Why do the birds go on singing?  Stars glow above......it's the end of the world.   High school. The most important part of your life. Hah.  This was a weird time for me. Spent junior year chasing a guy.....finally got him to go out..girls at school said he'd never date anyone, as he was spoken for.   We had a blast dating. Nothing serious, nothing past 1st base.  But I lost my heart.   Stayed friends. He's very happy in his new marriage. Great dancer, the songs from the 60's were good for dancing.
We'd watch American Bandstand, Shindig, and more. Dance and laugh like there was no tomorrow. It was almost illegal, but we watched Soul Train to really learn how to dance. I was friends with lots of folks, but never felt like I really belonged. That it was all an act that people liked me around.  Always on the edge, never in the middle. It's the same now. I wonder what more I should be doing with the people who call me their friend. Am I doing enough? I never write or call. An update now and then but no other contact.  We are all so busy, and I don't want to intrude. Do others feel this way? Am I good enough to be a friend? My heart and ,ind says yes, but do my actions?
If I had to, there are folks I could ask for help. Is that because we are friends?  Most of the folks from school don't know what I've done for the past 40 years. They know my life now, at least what I share.
I'm happy. And in a good place.
I guess I should be dancing in the streets.