I did want to miss that question. Black People Living in stamford connecticut in 1963. It was north stanford so thats it had more land, so there were not, it was just our family. In 63 there may have been more. There may have been two or three. In that section of the town. It was still segregated ourselves in stamford connecticut. What you remember about that segregation being one of the few african americans. I remember in Elementary School children asking me questions. And i remember feeling very insecure. And shy, not being able to speak at all, i wouldnt ask questions. It wouldnt wear o my glasses because i didnt want to be different in any other way. I didnt understand that that was part of my experience there. Being the only black child. Since fifth grade i was the only black child in the school. Why did mom and dad want you to have that. To live there. I dont think they wanted us to have that loophole of isolation or lack of you know they were sending us out there is an experime
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Quorum call a senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. I rise today to recognize. The presiding officer were in a quorum call. Mr. Boozman i ask that it is dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i rise today to recognize a remarkable arkansan at the end of a 38year army career. Lieutenant general andrei pigey who will retire in september is the deputy chief of staff for army logistics. His nearly fourdecade career has taken him literally all over the world but his roots are and always have been in arkansas. The general was born in stamps, arkansas, a small town in Lafayette County with less than 3,000 people. The son of a World War Ii Army veteran, the general didnt have his sights set on a career of military service from a young age. After he graduated from high school, he chose to go to the university of arkansas pine bluff, about two and a half
I will never forget, i was struck by his slogan. He said when i become a mayor, we become mayor. That said this was a collective enterprise, collective work and responsibility, so there are policies being elaborated here last year we were talking about a Marshall Plan, because he called for a Marshall Plan. And we are going to work toward the creation of a Marshall Plan to get massive investment in the cities, because no matter what our mayors do for all the good efforts that are made, unless we get massive resources in our community, we are not going to be able to solve all problems. We must fight for reparations and fight for a Marshall Plan. [applause] the struggle against gentrification is not without controversy. It is complex, it is difficult, so there are voices that may agree and disagree, and that is fine. This agreement as long as it is constructive should be welcomed. It is not always comfortable, but nobody ever said it would be comfortable. There has to be creative tension