changes fairly quickly in the south. can you reflect on that and what you have seen? i grew up in archery. we had about 200 african-american neighbors. we were the only white family that lived there. all my play mate the people in the field i fought and wrestled were african-american boys. so i was immersed in a plaque culture you might say throughout my young life. and i didn t really realize the distinctions between black and white people t. local church was an ame church the as the one in charleston t. richest tlushl person i met was an african-american episcopal bishop william dexter johnson. he rode in a big cadillac, a chauffer. he was photographed in front of the eiffel to youner paris. to me he was the epitome of success.
tragedy. it s incredible. those families you reflect them 90 years of collective wisdom in this book. you ve seen so much of the 20th century, now the 21st century, a young .in the depression world war ii where you served the civil rights movement on and on and on to become the president of the united states it seems the first african-american elected president i know this is a big question with a long answer, dramatic on your 90 years, how is the united states doing right now? where are we? well we re in an inevitable relative decline in role influence. not because of any fault of ours, it s inevitable. i think the combination of china and india and brazil and south africa and others has an increase in economic and cultural influence will replace a lot of the power and feelings that the united states has enjoyed in the past.