[applause] mayor coleman let me just say one quick thing about thurgood, how important he was to our country, for africanamericans, for those who wanted to go to law school africanamericans who wanted to go to law school, i was a part of that generation who looked up to him, believed in him, who was inspired by him. That i too someday could go to law school and i could someday become a lawyer. There is a whole generation of people just like me who have gone on to do that because of the bravery and the courage of Thurgood Marshall. So tonight, we are here gathered here this evening and i have view this really has the intersection of history and the future. What to i mean by that . The intersection of history and the future . Well, we are in Lincoln Theater. In this theater, this was the only place where black folks could come and get entertained in a theater because they couldnt go downtown. They would come right here. And this theater was nearly demolished. A wrecking ball almost tore
How important he was to our country, for africanamericans, for those who wanted to go to law school africanamericans who wanted to go to law school, i was a part of that generation who looked up to him, believed in him, who was inspired by him. That i too someday could go to law school and i could someday become a lawyer. There is a whole generation of people just like me who have gone on to do that because of the bravery and the courage of Thurgood Marshall. So tonight, we are here gathered here this evening and i have view this really has the intersection of history and the future. What to i mean by that . The intersection of history and the future . Well, we are in Lincoln Theater. In this theater, this was the only place where black folks could come and get entertained in a theater because they couldnt go downtown. They would come right here. And this theater was nearly demolished. Almost tore it down. And we saved it, renovated it and it is now one of the jewels of the city of col
Could probably identify which one was urschel by emptying their wallets. So they stopped the car, get the wallet, take all of the money and give him ten bucks to get back to town and they take off. They take him out to a farm owned in west county texas just outside of dallas on by catherine kelleys fatherinlaw my guy known around town is bob. Its sort of a sad, broken down farm with a few animals where he lives with his wife and son and sons wife. So they stick urschel and they blindfold him, they use they keep him blindfolded for the entire ride. And for the next eight days he is basically blind and deaf and chained to a high chair actually or bed frame at various times of the day. But nevertheless, he is the kind of guy who does not part with his money very willingly. So, urschel, who grew up on a farm, in the midwest, realizes of course he is on a farm, begins counting the number of different animals, finds out how many there are, how many milking cows there are, all kinds of inform
Tonight we are here, gathered here this evening and i view this really as the intersection of history and the future. What do i mean by that . The intersection of history and the future . We are in Lincoln Theater in this theater. This was the only place where black folks could calm and be entertained in the theater because they couldnt go downtown. They would come right here. This theater was nearly demolished by a wrecking bull, almost torn down but we saved it renovated it and its now one of the jewels of the city of columbus. History tonight. [applause] and the intersection of our future of arts and culture in the black community, the rehabilitation that rejuvenation, the recreation of this Lincoln District in the process. History in the future, the intersection. Wil haygood who was raised in columbus, went to east high school, played basketball. Everything he learned in life he learned it here in the city of columbus. [applause] his values, his skill, his inspiration and in fact h
Thing about thurgood and how important he was to the country for africanamericans, for those who wanted to go to law school. I was a part of that generation who looked up to and believed in him and was inspired by him that ii to someday could go to law school and become a lawyer. And there is a whole generation of people just like me who have gone on to do that because of the bravery and the courage of Thurgood Marshall. So tonight we are here together this evening. I view this as the intersection of history and the future. What do i mean by that . Intersection of history and future . Well, we are in Lincoln Theater. In this theater this was the only place where black folks could come and be entertained in a theaterthe theater because they could not go downtown. They come right here. In this theater, it was nearly demolished. We saved it, renovated it, and it is now one of the jewels of the city of columbus. History. [applause] in the intersection of arts and culture the rehabilitation