and that took an enormous amount of effort. and it allowed people to keep their dignity. in the white world, if they were insulted, no one would call them by miss or mister, they would call them offensive names. you come back home within the veil and you could be and you c officer in a fraternity, sorority, in your church. you could achieve and acquire dignity through these social networks and social organizations. so this is an extraordinary story. i m just curious, we all for people who do extraordinary things, we read history and we look and we see that people who accomplish extraordinary things all stand on the shoulders of giants. who were some of the giants that these african american leaders were standing on? who were the people that really shaped and guided this movement at the beginning? well, you know, a lot of the