Carolina. My mom and dad met while they were students at Friendship Junior College in iraq hill, South Carolina. After they both graduated from friendship, they moved permanently to great falls. Initially, they were both school teachers. You could be a schoolteacher at that time with just a Junior College education. My dad did not stay in teaching, because he discovered that what was listed on his contract as his per month payment was not the same as he was receiving. This was at a time when the boards of education for all composed of waste men, and so at the end of the year my father approached a person who was a scientist voucher for a payment. He said i noticed that there is a discrepancy here. It was a five dollar difference between what he was supposed to be paid and what he was receiving. For questioning the five dollar differential, which the School Board Member was pocketing, my father was terminated as a teacher. My mother continued to be a teacher. In fact, my first seven yea
2009. Conducted by Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture. The American Folk Life Center at the library of congress and the Southern Oral History Program at the university of North Carolina chapel hill. My parents were walter b. Ghaiaither and fannie b. Little gaither. Gray fall was my fathers home. My mother, fannie mae, was originally from anderson, South Carolina. And my mom and dad met while they were students at Friendship Junior College in rock hill, South Carolina. After they both graduated from friendship, they of course moved permanent ly to great falls. And initially, they were both school teachers. You could be a schoolteacher at that time with just a Junior College education. My dad did not stay in teaching. Because he discovered that what was listen on his contract as his per month payment for teaching was not the same as he was receiving. And this was at a time when the board of education were all composed of white men. So at the end of the yea
University of North Carolina. Parents were my parents walther b gaither and fanny little gaither. Uh, great falls was my fathers home. My mother, fannie mae, was originally from anderson, South Carolina and my mom and dad met while they were students at friendship. College in rock hill, South Carolina. After they both graduated from friendship they moved permanently to great falls. Initially they were both schoolteachers. You could be a schoolteacher at that time with just a Junior College education. My dad did not stay in teaching because he discovered that what was listed on his contract as is per month payment for teaching was not the same as he this was thatand a time when the boards of education were all composed of white men. And so at the end of the year, my father approached the person who signed his voucher for, uh, payment and said, i noticed that there is a discrepancy here. Differenceve dollars between what he was supposed to be paid and what he was receiving. For questioni
Worldwide since recordkeeping began over 130 years ago. We will speak with a scientist who has exposed how Global Warming has worsened the California Drought. Into conflict minerals. A federal pills court rules corporations dont need to state whether they use materials from the wartorn democratic public of congo. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In news from greece, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced his resignation on thursday, paving the way for new elections. The move came after tsipras lost the support of many members of his own syriza party who opposed his backing of the demands of International Creditors for yet more austerity and economic reform in exchange for a new 96 billion bailout. Tspiras, who is expected to win in the snap elections, said the vote will give the greek people a chance to have a say on the new bailout. I would like to summit the governments resignation and i would like
Children of puerto rico deserve nothing less. Amy in july was hot. It was the hottest month worldwide since recordkeeping began over 130 years ago. We will speak with a scientist who has exposed how Global Warming has worsened the California Drought. Into conflict minerals. A federal pills court rules corporations dont need to state whether they use materials from the wartorn democratic public of congo. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In news from greece, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced his resignation on thursday, paving the way for new elections. The move came after tsipras lost the support of many members of his own syriza party who opposed his backing of the demands of International Creditors for yet more austerity and economic reform in exchange for a new 96 billion bailout. Tspiras, who is expected to win in the snap elections, said the vote will give the greek people a chance to have a