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image captionMargaret Austin was the first to receive the vaccine at Robertson House, Stevenage
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Margaret Austin has left her house for the first time in six months.
After receiving an invitation letter on Saturday, the 86-year-old was first in the queue at Robertson House in Stevenage on Monday morning.
united states. she joins us now along with activist gerald rose. i thank you so much for being here. you re going to make me cry because you re tearing up. sorry, you re getting me emotional now. i remember when this happened and we reached out to you and wanted to talk about this story, and you weren t talking, and we can totally understand why. it s just horrible, especially when i sit here with parents like you and see what your parents went through and learn soy much about your son. in this message to the president, you actually say as you address him, a year has passed since jaheem s suicide and i haven t gotten any justice. mr. obama, i really don t know what to do. i cried so much and i feel like a failure to my son. why do you feel like a failure? because i just keep seeking the justice, and these people don t want to accept responsibility that my son was getting bullied in school.
she said she got to go home and feed her kids. so i guess she doesn t care. gerald, you got involved. you are founder and ceo of new order national human rights organization. that s a long title there. got it all out, though. tell me what you re doing here in atlanta and what you hope to do more across the country with your organization as you have gotting to know this family and the story around jaheem. seek justice. this situation happened last year. my job is it to mobilize, get unity, bring this case back up and get justice for this mom. i had an opportunity to meet with the young girl and when i met with her, she s a very, very smart young lady, and you can tell she s going through something now. you re talking about the daughter? she had a diary that said, i miss my brother, please get justice for my brother. that s why i m here. i m here to reopen the case, take it to a national movement