just by comparison, the january 6th commission has been mentioned just 78 times. so you can see where their priorities are. scaring white people while ignoring accountability for attempted coup. but, hey, tomato, tomato, right? seriously though, if a book detailing the hourers of slavery is so offensive, wait until folks learn about the real thing, which they most certainly would not have done if they read some of the official virginia state approved textbooks back when glenn youngkin was a kid. because according to an essay in washington monthly magazine, some of those books said, quote, the colony was determined to preserve the racial purity of the whites, which was the foundation on which virginia s handling of the racial issue rests. not only that, the textbook asserted that, quote, the death of the negro race owes to virginia and the south has never been less recognized than it is today. now, that s racial indoctrination. muscle memory of the desegregation efforts that put those t
simply because he s black. that wasn t enough to stop him from going on to loyola university, having a long, distinguished career in medicine. and dr. marion hood joins me now. doctor, thank you so much. this is a nassfascinating story. i m honored your here. the short rejection letter you received in 1959, it reads in part, i am sorry, i must write you that we are not authorized to consider for admission to a member of the negro race. wow. what did you think when you received that letter 62 years ago? it was not a surprise. i did not expect to get into emory university. i was doing this for like a protest, sort of like the kneeling of the football player. it was to let them know that i thought what they were doing was wrong. and it all started with a
school. if you notice, the letter said we received your letter, and we have to let you know we are not permitted to admit members of the negro race. but it was a letter i wrote to him as a classmate in the year of 1959 from clark college, and requested him to help me get into medical school. yeah. it says acknowledgement is made of your letter of july 30th. then at the end, it says, i m sorry the thing that i read. then it says, p.s., i am returning herewith your $5 application fee. so at least they gave you your money back. let s talk about the school that you went on to attend and graduate. you attended loyola university. you became a respected gynecologist and obstetrician. you delivered more than you said at least 7,000 babies,
professor of emory received an honorary degree from clark college, which is now crockett university in 1959, that was the year i graduated. and i sat and watched that and wondered why a professor from emory could get a degree from my college when i could not even go over to his college. and so i wrote the letter to a classmate of mine, asking him to help me get into emory medical sc school. if you notice, the letter says we received your letter and we have to let you know we are not permitted to admit members of negro race. it was a letter i wrote to him as a classmate from the year