Carolina. My mom and dad met while they were students at Friendship Junior College in iraq hill, South Carolina. After they both graduated from friendship, they moved permanently to great falls. Initially, they were both school teachers. You could be a schoolteacher at that time with just a Junior College education. My dad did not stay in teaching, because he discovered that what was listed on his contract as his per month payment was not the same as he was receiving. This was at a time when the boards of education for all composed of waste men, and so at the end of the year my father approached a person who was a scientist voucher for a payment. He said i noticed that there is a discrepancy here. It was a five dollar difference between what he was supposed to be paid and what he was receiving. For questioning the five dollar differential, which the School Board Member was pocketing, my father was terminated as a teacher. My mother continued to be a teacher. In fact, my first seven yea
2009. Conducted by Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture. The American Folk Life Center at the library of congress and the Southern Oral History Program at the university of North Carolina chapel hill. My parents were walter b. Ghaiaither and fannie b. Little gaither. Gray fall was my fathers home. My mother, fannie mae, was originally from anderson, South Carolina. And my mom and dad met while they were students at Friendship Junior College in rock hill, South Carolina. After they both graduated from friendship, they of course moved permanent ly to great falls. And initially, they were both school teachers. You could be a schoolteacher at that time with just a Junior College education. My dad did not stay in teaching. Because he discovered that what was listen on his contract as his per month payment for teaching was not the same as he was receiving. And this was at a time when the board of education were all composed of white men. So at the end of the yea
University of North Carolina. Parents were my parents walther b gaither and fanny little gaither. Uh, great falls was my fathers home. My mother, fannie mae, was originally from anderson, South Carolina and my mom and dad met while they were students at friendship. College in rock hill, South Carolina. After they both graduated from friendship they moved permanently to great falls. Initially they were both schoolteachers. You could be a schoolteacher at that time with just a Junior College education. My dad did not stay in teaching because he discovered that what was listed on his contract as is per month payment for teaching was not the same as he this was thatand a time when the boards of education were all composed of white men. And so at the end of the year, my father approached the person who signed his voucher for, uh, payment and said, i noticed that there is a discrepancy here. Differenceve dollars between what he was supposed to be paid and what he was receiving. For questioni
Reporter later in the morning about 2,000 people gathered at the Fruitvale Bart station, many of them parents with their children. Why do you think its important for people to come out here today . Its important because young black men my age and older are getting killed and its not fair. Its empowerment to our youth. They need to understand the legacy thats been handed down to them. People like Martin Luther king made great sacrifices for the opportunities we have today. Sometimes that gets lost. Reporter Kerry Johnston also brought her Young Children with their homemade signs. What does your sign say . Black lives matter. Im trying to introduce them to some of the subjects that theyve been hearing a little bit about in the news. Reporter a large group of peaceful demonstrators marched more than two miles from Fruitvale Bart to the coliseum station. Except for those facilitating the march, police kept a low profile, with officers standing a few blocks away from the march. In oakland,
Kryptnight. And fighting back on the war on coal. Ladies and gentlemen, governor Mike Huckabee. applause thank you, thank you very much. applause weve got a great audience here tonight and we want to say welcome, welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. So someone just kidnapped one of your children and another child shot at and another blown up by a suicide bomber. What is your reaction . I mean, your gut level reaction . The calm down and be relaxed and restrained in your response or get a cup of coffee or pastry . Of course not. You would charge hell with a water pistol to a venge your children. Why are israelis asked to do what no american would do in the threat of the children. The this is a disporportionate response. It means that israel is more successful in protecting itself from a nilation than those attacking hear. The iron dome saved countless jewish civilians and instead of congratulated with them many in the media say they ought to restrain themselve