DeVore attended segregated schools until she was nine, and then moved to Winston-Salem to live with her mother's brother, John.
də vˈoːɹ ɐtˈɛndᵻd sˈɛɡɹɪɡˌeɪɾᵻd skˈuːlz ʌntˈɪl ʃiː wʌz nˈaɪn, ænd ðˈɛn mˈuːvd tə wˈɪnstənsˈeɪləm tə lˈɪv wɪð hɜː mˈʌðɚz bɹˈʌðɚ, dʒˈɑːn.