He was killed cutting logs in the woods. So that first five were very young and my dad ernest jones married my mama and has five more children, but my dad raised all ten of us because they was very, very young when their dad got killed. Basically they were very disciplined, had a seventh grade education. Mom had a seventh grade education but very bright, very brilliant people and one of the ambitions they had, they gave us as we were little kids, he two goals for us, he wanted all of us to be educated and he wanted to see all ten of us in heaven, so he wanted us to be committed to church, hard work and school, so i had the pleasure of going to school all the way through elementary, all the way through high school and i never missed a day. He was mean and tough on us going to school, so we had to get up 4 00 in the morning, milk the cows, feed the pigs and do all of this walk one mile from the house to the dirt road where the bus came by and gets the bus at 6 45. You to do that and appl
My grandfather had 500 invested in the stock market. He lost it. This is when people were jumping out the window and so forth. And my grandparents were teachers. I think he taught languages in music. I dont know what my grandmother taught. But they moved from virginia to philadelphia. And that started the family, split the family because my grandparents couldnt get a job. They said they didnt hire black teachers in philly. They had black children going to integrated schools, but no black teachers. So my grandparent took in washing and my grandfather refused to do that type of work. And the family split. The older kids went to college in the family. And they were teachers. The youngest kid was sent to school by the middle children, who did not go to college. They had to work to help pay. So that again, we go about the color line thing. I was born in d. C. My mother was born in virginia. And when i was 3, my parents divorced when i was a baby. And my dad took the boy. My mother took the
Because he is older than i. And he says it is true. My grandfather had 500 invested in the stock market. And of course he lost it. This is when people were jumping out the window and so forth. And my grandparents were teachers. I think he taught languages and music. I dont know what my grandmother taught. But they moved from virginia to philadelphia. And that started the family, split the family, because my grandparents could get a job. They said they didnt hire black teachers in philly. They had black children going to integrated schools, but no black teachers. So, my grandmother took in washing an washing, and my grandfather refused to do that type work. And the family actually split. They were together physically but not together. The older kids went to college in the family, and they were teachers. The two oldest ones. The youngest kid was sent to school by the middle children who are did not go to children. They had to work to help pay. So, here we go about the color line thing. I
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law. Civil unrest of Racial Discrimination continued across the country. The beatles came to the u. S. And tensions between the u. S. And North Vietnam escalated. This was the backdrop for the Political Conventions that year and for speeches made by president ial nominees Linden Johnson and Barry Goldwater. At the time of the Democratic National convention, Lyndon Baines johnson had been president less than a year after the assassination of president john f. Kennedy. On before, Lyndon Johnson was a teacher at a small segregated mexicanamerican school where the poverty he saw influenced his policy throughout his political career. While a u. S. Congressman he was named Lieutenant Commander of the Naval Reserve and through this after pearl harbor called to active duty. Later, Lyndon Johnson won his Senate Primary by 87 votes but went on to hold numerous positions in the senate including majority leader. After 12 years in the senate he became t
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