Spoke that day, im the only one still around. Congratulations. Whats that . Congratulations. Thank you very much. It was a great moment in american life. You were his friend . Yeah. I got to know dr. King. I met him in 1958 when i was 18. But i first heard of him when i was 15 years old in the 10th grade. We worked together. We marched together. We got arrested together in selma, alabama. Have you ever heard this story before . Yes, i have. You have . I watched it on tv. You did . So you know about the sitins . The freedom ride . Yeah. People marching for the right to vote . You know, i was on the march from selma to montgomery. I was beaten. On march 7th, 1965, a group of us, about 600 people, black and white, many young people, some people who had just left church, decided to march from selma to montgomery, about 50 miles away, because people of color, black people in alabama, couldnt register to vote simply because of the color of their skin. And we decided to march across the alaba
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And out of the ten people that spoke that day, im the only one still around. Congratulations. Whats that . Congratulations. Thank you very much. It was a great moment in american life. You were his friend . Yeah. I got to know dr. King. I met him in 1958 when i was 18. But i first heard of him when i was 15 years old in the 10th grade. We worked together. We marched together. We got arrested together in selma, alabama. Have you ever heard this story before . Yes, i have. You have . I watched it on tv. You did . So you know about the sitins . The freedom ride . Yeah. People marching for the right to vote . You know, i was on the march from selma to montgomery. I was beaten. On march 7th, 1965, a group of us, about 600 people, black and white, many young people, some people who had just left church, decided to march from selma to montgomery, about 50 miles away, because people of color, black people in alabama, couldnt register to vote simply because of the color of their skin. And we de
Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations Whose Mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The bernard and audre rapoport foundation. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Anne gumowitz. The betsy and jesse fink foundation. The hkh foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. For each of us, there are days that are turning points. A day that changes our personal life, or a day that changes the nation. Sometimes, very rarely, its one and the same day. Just such a day happened to me on wednesday, august 28th, 1963. I was 29 years old, the Deputy Director of the peace corps, with offices one block from the white hous
Tavitha Sanders Wooten is a Generation X girl who was born alongside her twin brother on April 27 in a small rural community (Falcon), Buckner Arkansas. Tavitha attended Stamps High School, now consolidated and known as Lafayette County High School. Tavitha graduated Summa Cum Laude and Salutatorian in the 1985 Stamps Yellow Jacket class. In August 1985, Tavitha attended Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, AR. With a major in mathematics and a minor in computer science, she earned her Bachelor of Education in 1989. Tavitha s first paid teaching position was at Lewisville High School, followed by three years as a math teacher at Stamps High School. Tavitha s love for working with children allowed her to return to Southern Arkansas University and earn a Master of Education in K-12 Counseling. In 1994 (to date), Tavitha began her career journey as a counselor in the Camden Fairview School District. Tavitha is married to Benjamin Wooten, owner of Wooten Electric, and is the proud mothe