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So integrator our neighborhood and our school. Host i did want to ask that question. How much black people were living in stamford, connecticut, in 1963 . Guest it was north stanford so thats, morland and so it was our family. 63 there may have been more. There may have been two or three who lived up in that section of town. Still very much segregated in stamford, connecticut,. Host what do you remember about that segregation, possibly one of the few africanamericans . Guest i remember in Elementary School children ask d me if i made the and me feeling very insecure, very shy, didnt speak at all. I wouldnt ask questions. I wouldnt wear my glasses because i did want to be different in any other way. I didnt understand that was part of my experience there being the only black child in the fifth grade. So fifth grade is only black child in school. Host why did mom and dad want you to have that, or want you to live there . Guest i dont think the water as to that level of isolation nor lack
Question. How many black people were living in stanford, connecticut in 1963. It was north stanford, so thats where it had more land. So it was our family. In 63 there may have been more, two or three in that section of town, but pretty much segregated ourselves in stanford, connecticut. What do you remember about that segregation. About being one of the few africanamericans. I remember in elementary school, children asking me if i bathed and you know, and me feeling very insecure, very shy, not didnt speak at all. I wouldnt ask questions, i wouldnt wear my glasses because i didnt want to be different in any other way and i didnt understand that that was part of my experience there, being the only black child in the fifth grade. So, until fifth grade i was the only black child in the school. Why did mom and dad want you to have that, want you to live there . I dont think they wanted us to have that level of isolation nor lack of, you know, overly they werent sitting us out there as an
good morning to you on saturda april the 8th, i m velshi. it is been a short week in american politics. former president donald trum appeared for arraignment i manhattan, criminal cour political tensions are on th front. his extremist ideology wil carry on whether or not he succeeds in getting back to th white house. on tuesday, we saw trump i unfamiliar territory inside courtroom waiting for the judg to give him the criminal charges division filed against him. former president already twice impeached and still currentl facing eleni of other criminal and civil complaints, he pleaded not guilty to the 34 felony accounts of falsifyin business records in relation t the hush money payments made t stormy daniels with whom h allegedly had an affair. trump continues to lie those allegations. he s also reported to making dozens of social media pos criticizing the manhatta district attorney, alvin brang the judge assigned to his case and even their family member who have nothing to do
through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe. with the brother of george floyd and the mother of breonna taylor in attendance, tyre nichols, yet another young, black life snuffed out by the brutality of police is mourned in memphis. and later, congresswoman omar joins me as republicans continue their revenge tour. plotting to deny her a seat on the foreign affairs committee. we begin tonight on the first day of black history month, while it s still legal, presumably even in florida. in memphis, tyre nichols was eulogized today by reverend al sharpton, vice president kamala harris, ben crump, and tyree s family in an emotional and powerful ceremony in the city that was once the site of the final speech of reverend dr. martin luther king jr. on the night before his assassination in april, 1968. looking at the balcony where martin luther king shed his blood, for city workers, for black city workers, to be able