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Black History Month special: Attorney Reginald McDaniel Share Updated: 1:36 PM CST Feb 13, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Share Updated: 1:36 PM CST Feb 13, 2021
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Show Transcript MAE OPHELIA TUCKER DATE. GUY: THERE IS A SAYING, YOU HAVE TO BE TWICE AS GOOD OF THEM TO GET HALF OF WHAT THEY GOT. A LOCAL LAWYER KNOWS THAT FIRSTHAND. XAVIER HARRIS SPOKE TO THE ATTORNEY WHO FIGHT FOR EQUALITY EVEN WHILE DEALING WITH DISCRIMINATION HIMSELF. XAVIER: ATTORNEY REGINALD MCDANIEL HAS PRACTICED LAW IN BIRMINGHAM FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. COMING UP IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA, I DID NOT SEE ANY BLACK LAWYERS. THE ONLY ONE I KNEW ABOUT WAS PROBABLY SOME CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYERS LIKE THURGOOD MARSHALL. XAVIER FIGHTING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IS WHAT PUSHED HIM INTO LAW. I SAW A LOT OF MY HOMETOWN DEAL WITH DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE, POLICE BRUTALITY. THOSE IMAGES WERE SEARED IN MY BRAIN COMING UP AS A YOUNG MAN. XAVIER: GETTING INTO Y’ALL SCHOOL LA