Father was an educator and when i was born, he was president of ford Valley State College in southern georgia. My mother had been a classroom teacher and then went back to that and stopped again over the course of my early life. But they were the prime influences as parents are with all children. They set very high standards for their children but had a soft hand. It wasnt that you must do this but we expect you to do this. And my father, who had spent a great deal of his career researching the development of leadership figures, had always argued that, if you had an advantage over the massive black people, if you had an education, if you had a good job, then you had some responsibility to use that education and that position to help those less fortunate than you. And so my older sister and my younger brother and i all absorbed these messages from our parents. And never in a hectoring way. But always, this is your responsibility and youve got to do it. And i hope the three of us took th
And then beyond that, there are themes that emerge about the importance of National Causes that catalyze people to see themselves as leaders. Catalysts like the brown decision itself, which black leaders were so heavily involved. And then of course the Civil Rights Movement that generated grassroots leaders who came about and then became leaders for the rest of their lives. So the book has those major themes and i think thats exactly what emerges from the interviews and thats why i wrote the book, to call attention to these themes. But you can also just go to the website and find what you want in these interviews. Phyllis leffler, thank you very much. Its a pleasure. Id like to begin by asking you to recollect as best you can what you think of as being the most important early influences on your own life. My father wasrse an educator and when i was born, he was president of ford Valley State College in southern georgia. Had been a classroom teacher and then went back to that and stoppe
It will warm up gasia and dave. Its pretty muggy out there as well. A lot of moisture in the air but its mainly low clouds and high clouds and temperatures starting off warm. The ocean temps came up so coast and bay are about 60 degrees here on the lows. Morning fog, high clouds, near normal to above normal. They will go above for everybody tomorrow. Its a dry pal tern maybe middle of next week. House of yen, good morning. Its 61 and muggy. I would agree there is a lot of moisture in the air. We will get a nice sunrise out of this. 60, 62, 63, 64 on the water temps which is why most of the lows are about 6062 around the coast and bay. Low clouds around the bay. Napa airport at 49 yet 61 oakland. Sfo and san jose and livermore 61. Look at that. That is something we would look for as we head toward october, november, december. Its taking aim at the Pacific Northwest and not us. Morning fog well get higher clouds out of it. Mostly sunny and nice. Temperatures 70s and 80s be for some. A lo
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Inadequate response by the university president. Members of the Football Team refused to take the field. By sunday, a campus sitin had grown in size. The graduate student groups planned walkouts. Politicians even started to weigh in as well. Im resigning as vitapresident of the university of missouri system. The motivation in making this decision comes from love. Maniu. Columbia where i grew up. Christa once again, the president has stepped down that university. We will stay on top of the story and bring you the latest. Jadiann also at noon state Police Responding to an accident on 495. This is in mansfield. This is at exit 12. You can see there that car completely flipped over on top of itself. We have seen someone taken away on a stretcher. The crew is on the way. We will have more information as soon as it becomes available to us. Christa students are back in class after a scare at the boston arts academy. Firefighters say students were exposed to hydrochloric acid. Jadiann crews re