Feb. 12, 2024

Exploring Black History: When I Met Dr. Martin Luther King!

Exploring Black History: When I Met Dr. Martin Luther King!

In this captivating episode, we take you on a journey through the life of a distinguished leader. Exploring their unique challenges in the realms of business, law, and medicine, this narrative is imbued with enlightening lessons, personal encounters,...

In this captivating episode, we take you on a journey through the life of a distinguished leader. Exploring their unique challenges in the realms of business, law, and medicine, this narrative is imbued with enlightening lessons, personal encounters, and pivotal events that shaped their life.

Starting from humble beginnings at Yale University School of Medicine, our host ascends to becoming a renowned author, medical practitioner, and podcast host. You are invited to witness a life marked by unyielding dedication, resilience, and a deep sense of service to others.

This episode delves into the importance of personal beliefs in everyday life. Reflecting on the power of service to others, the potency of knowledge, and the potential of each individual to positively impact society, it is a testament to the possibility that lies within us all.

The anecdote about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forms a key highlight, offering insightful reflections on historical events that have shaped present society. Quoting figures like Martin Luther King Jr., this episode draws profound parallels between renowned leaders and his own personal path.

His narrative details the adversities he overcame as an African-American in the US, and emphasizes on the importance of seizing opportunities and leveraging academic pursuit, reinforcing the theme of persistent growth and development.

A striking feature of this episode is the analysis of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its significant role in American history, emphasizing the necessity for exercising voting rights and the pivotal function of education in bringing about change.

Listen as Charles Kelsey narrates his extraordinary life filled with trials and triumphs, and offers a refreshing perspective on leadership, resilience, and unwavering commitment to service.

The concluding call to action encourages each listener to reflect on their role in forging a legacy of leadership and positive change, reminding them that everybody carries the potential for greatness within themselves.

Chapters

00:00 - Confusion about the Studio

00:48 - Planning for Development and Market Sensitivity

04:30 - A Confusing Introduction and Background Discussion

09:35 - Confusion and Hair Fixation

12:19 - Introducing Dr. William T. Chata and the J.

12:57 - The Gathering of the Foes

14:33 - Introduction and relevance to Black History Month

17:07 - Outline of the presentation and focus on Martin Luther King Jr.

19:40 - Personal background and influential figures in the speaker’s life

24:12 - The Formation of Fraternities and Subordinates in Colleges

27:18 - The Civil Rights Movement and the March on Washington

30:27 - The Importance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

33:00 - Joining a Fraternity and Spring Break Plans

35:36 - Early Arrival at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta

37:02 - Raphael Warnock: African-American Senator from Georgia

40:12 - Meeting Martin Luther King: Unforgettable Smile

40:35 - Returning to Campus and the Year 1968 Begins

41:56 - Chaos and Riots on Campus

45:02 - Assuring Safety and Withdrawal of National Guard

49:11 - Embracing Diversity: A Predominantly Black Male Class Experience

52:01 - Barack Obama’s Journey to the Presidency

55:50 - A Great Day in Sam’s Place

Transcript
100:00:00,017 --> 00:00:04,617I was at a real studio, so I don't know if you can see it.200:00:05,737 --> 00:00:11,117I see it. Yeah, I don't know why. I don't think you can see it. I don't know.300:00:11,917 --> 00:00:14,457I was literally driving by, like, something.400:00:15,937 --> 00:00:16,777What is it?500:00:18,557 --> 00:00:22,177What is it? What is it? What was it? What is it?600:00:23,277 --> 00:00:26,737What is it? What is it? What?700:00:30,137 --> 00:00:35,137It's on our first day of the holiday, so we'll do it. We are getting to it.800:00:35,437 --> 00:00:37,097I'm going to get you out of here.900:00:37,857 --> 00:00:39,637Okay. First of all, get you out of here.1000:00:48,457 --> 00:00:54,197See, now you're going to start ruining things, now, Jesse. They're going to pull me out.1100:00:56,217 --> 00:00:59,777When you... So I'm like, what are you doing? I'm telling you,1200:00:59,777 --> 00:01:04,797we're going to develop our own pretty hard. So we get settled. Yeah.1300:01:07,577 --> 00:01:11,297And I'm very sensitive to the market. That's right, that's right,1400:01:11,317 --> 00:01:12,657that's right, that's right.1500:01:14,417 --> 00:01:18,157Which wasn't a decent story. And that's the whole thing.1600:01:18,457 --> 00:01:21,917You know, when you're not a federal government, no, we're not,1700:01:22,037 --> 00:01:25,877you know, you know, you're just a ballpark. and I just sat there and they named1800:01:25,877 --> 00:01:29,637me and we just said about $20 and $80 a pound.1900:01:29,877 --> 00:01:33,917This is how long the world, I just got a client, you know, or New West,2000:01:33,957 --> 00:01:37,357I don't know, worse. So we meet you there, you know, a lot of trouble.2100:01:37,797 --> 00:01:41,037So I was like, oh, we're going to let you grab a chair real soon.2200:01:41,217 --> 00:01:44,057So I was pretty, you know, I got permission, if you want to say.2300:01:44,437 --> 00:01:45,877We didn't make me out of court.2400:01:46,657 --> 00:01:50,877This is a revival film. I don't like the idea of going on and on,2500:01:50,877 --> 00:01:52,737but I don't want to stay out of it.2600:01:54,697 --> 00:01:58,897That's very nice. I think what I think is, you know, how God would say that2700:01:58,897 --> 00:02:06,657if she's new, that she will cause it, you know, with the main ball system. Also, I didn't know.2800:02:07,277 --> 00:02:10,597I'm sorry. But, you know, John was even doing his songs.2900:02:11,417 --> 00:02:14,877And so I asked, I said, would you want to just talk about this?3000:02:14,897 --> 00:02:17,437Sure, sure. This is the result. We started.3100:02:19,097 --> 00:02:22,957Yes. the answer and he's3200:02:22,957 --> 00:02:25,917so i had to do it and we we3300:02:25,917 --> 00:02:29,717had a we ended up at two sessions because3400:02:29,717 --> 00:02:33,517usually we don't like her we don't like about bird mill it's something so we're3500:02:33,517 --> 00:02:38,417very medicine we just made it a science session and if you know what it's just3600:02:38,417 --> 00:02:43,937so not out of there thank you so much this is an attorney long dealer it's a3700:02:43,937 --> 00:02:46,817lot of knowledge yes he does So I didn't go early.3800:02:47,437 --> 00:02:50,137I said, where's the kids? I don't want it.3900:02:50,917 --> 00:02:55,137That's what I'm saying. And that's that's the thing. How we turn it to the law.4000:02:56,573 --> 00:03:01,873Okay, they lack of re-administration, but you want to have people on that industry4100:03:01,873 --> 00:03:06,333that was here and told us to do a lot of work.4200:03:07,353 --> 00:03:12,233Once you had a gentleman there, I mean, you want the extra mile.4300:03:12,573 --> 00:03:15,253You're just not content with just this.4400:03:15,653 --> 00:03:18,473You know what I'm saying? You do what you can. They don't need their need.4500:03:18,753 --> 00:03:21,953I mean, you're not going to expose them to St. Charles for a while,4600:03:22,013 --> 00:03:27,453especially with women in the ministry. She didn't think that's how the price4700:03:27,453 --> 00:03:28,853never from something there is.4800:03:29,333 --> 00:03:32,693Oh, well, I don't do it. And what should be and I doesn't know.4900:03:32,833 --> 00:03:35,193And I had you doing it. But I'm wrong.5000:03:35,553 --> 00:03:39,113Yeah. And you know, so there is a lot there's a lot of it.5100:03:39,733 --> 00:03:47,993And what other systems to us for you watching us or something about you wondering5200:03:47,993 --> 00:03:51,093about just the nature of our house.5300:03:51,093 --> 00:03:56,853So yeah so just think about it and what do you want just just call me up it's5400:03:56,853 --> 00:04:07,053all real lessons i got a chance to see y'all should get on even a ministry where to deal with,5500:04:07,813 --> 00:04:13,673children you and y'all thought we should really really are now that's our heart5600:04:13,673 --> 00:04:19,973you know there's actually all this on this you know the thing that's for everybody5700:04:19,973 --> 00:04:24,413about an ASL to show you to anyone how to communicate with them.5800:04:24,613 --> 00:04:27,173It's interesting that you say that. Yeah, right. We already.5900:04:30,493 --> 00:04:36,473This is what I shared and already I can't. It's all the same. Yeah, you are.6000:04:39,010 --> 00:04:42,430I mean, you know, you don't have to start like that.6100:04:42,530 --> 00:04:48,610And I do. So, you know, well, I see you can say that leading to revenue or so large interest.6200:04:49,910 --> 00:04:57,310Well, I think that if it is such, you're not a machine in which you think we're sweet.6300:04:57,490 --> 00:05:00,590I want to say to you, I'm going to say that we're easy.6400:05:00,990 --> 00:05:03,990We said, yeah, by the way, he.6500:05:06,970 --> 00:05:12,150So, uh, uh, during, uh, we've, we've gone on to, uh, I'll, I'll let you see6600:05:12,150 --> 00:05:15,510the podcast with Francis. Podcast with Francis. Right.6700:05:15,770 --> 00:05:19,710Now, this is my, uh, but it's not, uh, it's not the solo.6800:05:20,250 --> 00:05:24,730It's a brilliant double album, but it's a very talented, easy, sense of fiction.6900:05:25,510 --> 00:05:28,790So I will hold on to it for a minute, and I'm going to give you a little bit7000:05:28,790 --> 00:05:31,470of background. Well, well, there's my answer.7100:05:31,630 --> 00:05:38,070Well, see, from my wife, she said, you know, let me teach him.7200:05:38,070 --> 00:05:41,310I still said, God knows, it's not a certain that you're a whole.7300:05:41,390 --> 00:05:43,770So you're all behind me. I said, this is studio.7400:05:43,910 --> 00:05:48,890That's this channel. And why shouldn't we teach them how to be? You know, why?7500:05:49,250 --> 00:05:52,850I can't be a part of what we all do.7600:05:53,390 --> 00:05:57,950That's the key with where they are. Well, I said, you know, every time we leave7700:05:57,950 --> 00:06:01,630making the same saying, well, come over where I am, where I am,7800:06:01,630 --> 00:06:03,870that's how I'm going to work. Can you follow?7900:06:04,090 --> 00:06:07,890Which is a little more you. Okay, so I got to meet you. What do you want?8000:06:08,330 --> 00:06:13,210And then so how often we get our team? But I love the sellers.8100:06:13,310 --> 00:06:14,710Did you tell her about always the man?8200:06:15,350 --> 00:06:17,430Did you tell her about the boys to miss?8300:06:18,290 --> 00:06:21,230Yeah, I just I kind of I kind of gave I kind of gave my love.8400:06:21,450 --> 00:06:24,470Yeah, I told Beth that that's this.8500:06:25,426 --> 00:06:30,206He said, he said, that's it. That's it. And so we said, okay,8600:06:30,306 --> 00:06:33,306well, so we said, I'm hard first.8700:06:33,966 --> 00:06:37,826Because when we began, if you even want to, it's a big sell.8800:06:38,106 --> 00:06:41,566But we, we, we have our own. Well, hello.8900:06:42,606 --> 00:06:44,806That was the first.9000:06:45,886 --> 00:06:48,846In fact, I'm actually searching for that domain.9100:06:50,666 --> 00:06:54,466Well, I look for the J.C. So I need to be very solid. And you know,9200:06:54,566 --> 00:06:58,246I'm the same thing. You know, I didn't bother. I said, we need to.9300:06:59,366 --> 00:07:01,606You probably don't. So what am I doing?9400:07:02,846 --> 00:07:05,946What's your plan? How do you set up? You know, I said, yeah,9500:07:06,026 --> 00:07:10,686he goes out the way he's out so we can do it. So he's. Yeah.9600:07:11,406 --> 00:07:13,446Yeah. Yeah.9700:07:16,286 --> 00:07:22,126Once. Shit. to shit. Just because, to your point, you're supposed to encompass9800:07:22,126 --> 00:07:25,326a work in a line of with-free. Okay.9900:07:25,626 --> 00:07:33,726For the youth. All youth. And I was thinking about this as I was dittling around with it.10000:07:34,006 --> 00:07:40,706To your point of having a special section on the youth, four minutes or so,10100:07:42,266 --> 00:07:45,786to make it available for, you know, forever. Yeah.10200:07:47,366 --> 00:07:50,526It was that sense. But you know what, I don't mean racial. I don't know.10300:07:50,666 --> 00:07:54,046I think you need to brush my teeth. I want that concentration on me. I'm done. Right.10400:07:54,246 --> 00:07:57,906I don't mean you. I'm still in the hours. Oh, it's.10500:07:59,366 --> 00:08:02,206That's. You're saying that it's a scholar. Why would I do that to you?10600:08:02,926 --> 00:08:07,326You know, that's the meaning of it. Listen. I'm not going to. I'm not going to.10700:08:08,637 --> 00:08:12,777I said, oh my goodness, you got in a conversation just like I have,10800:08:13,457 --> 00:08:15,177and it's just being recorded.10900:08:15,497 --> 00:08:20,477Post-production, I'll do the editing or whatever, you know, trim, fade, and on and on.11000:08:20,717 --> 00:08:25,797So what kind of lessons have you learned?11100:08:26,157 --> 00:08:31,397And all of it has been serious. And leaving women's latest show,11200:08:31,497 --> 00:08:34,917whatever, you know, upwards of what they did.11300:08:34,917 --> 00:08:37,897Involved it's to do together11400:08:37,897 --> 00:08:41,217by 25 million church you said11500:08:41,217 --> 00:08:43,997you know what i'll be i don't want to be in church you know i'll go11600:08:43,997 --> 00:08:47,337over you know what would you tell her or me blah blah11700:08:47,337 --> 00:08:50,197blah blah that absolutely doesn't you have that11800:08:50,197 --> 00:08:52,957laws that we don't have and bring this down and say11900:08:52,957 --> 00:08:56,217a casual christian conversation that's it12000:08:56,217 --> 00:08:59,497that's it that's it that's it right there my12100:08:59,497 --> 00:09:03,157father from christian conversation or animal or12200:09:03,157 --> 00:09:07,237warm chatter yeah yeah that's12300:09:07,237 --> 00:09:17,597all wrong they call it warm chatters but you're in the elevator and well did12400:09:17,597 --> 00:09:24,637you know what happened the subtlety were casual working on the wall you know no chair.12500:09:35,257 --> 00:09:39,497I had no idea what I was saying. When Jackson Dax, the art viewer,12600:09:39,697 --> 00:09:44,317was purging words in my story that all the stuff was beautiful, I had no idea.12700:09:45,097 --> 00:09:52,537But it's been a great experience to see what was possible. I didn't know what12800:09:52,537 --> 00:09:58,037I was talking about, you know, and I was talking to you, and I was like, I need to fix my hair.12900:09:58,317 --> 00:10:00,997I said, I don't care if it sticks on, no, no, no.13000:10:01,477 --> 00:10:03,777It's only $300, you know what I mean?13100:10:04,697 --> 00:10:10,197And I was like, shit, you were sitting with me. Nah.13200:10:11,077 --> 00:10:14,517What? I'm fine. Like I said, my husband, I need to go.13300:10:15,893 --> 00:10:19,933Yeah, I remember myself. Why? Well, I was sleeping.13400:10:20,813 --> 00:10:26,673That's right. More than all. Yeah. It's from coming up. One was a beautiful day.13500:10:26,833 --> 00:10:28,913Another day that the Lord had me up.13600:10:29,493 --> 00:10:35,773I am Master of Center of Ceremonies, Jesus.13700:10:37,273 --> 00:10:44,053But the reason that we're here is to hear a person who is uniquely qualified13800:10:44,053 --> 00:10:47,493to present that material. And it's going to be very special today.13900:10:47,853 --> 00:10:53,613Very personal. I've heard a few views on it, and you're going to love things14000:10:53,613 --> 00:10:59,673you did not know about the host, who is actually very uniquely qualified.14100:10:59,973 --> 00:11:04,773He is a graduate of the Yale University School of Medicine.14200:11:05,073 --> 00:11:10,433He's also a graduate of the Western State Law School.14300:11:10,473 --> 00:11:13,293He's a medical doctor, and he's an attorney.14400:11:13,933 --> 00:11:20,153Not Not only that, he's the former hospital surveyor for the Joint Commission.14500:11:21,133 --> 00:11:26,773Excuse me, not convention, commission. I'm thinking of a conversation that we14600:11:26,773 --> 00:11:32,193just had earlier about the Capitol Convention, but he is the former hospital14700:11:32,193 --> 00:11:34,313surveyor for the Joint Commission.14800:11:34,713 --> 00:11:42,193He's also a cheesy transformation officer, a man for the soldiers of the helpful14900:11:42,193 --> 00:11:46,253arms. I mean, if you might have been familiar with the Citro,15000:11:46,353 --> 00:11:49,113what used to be called a Citrus Valley medicine.15100:11:49,993 --> 00:11:53,993I've been, I've had surgery on my knee and I try to see things.15200:11:55,253 --> 00:11:58,973He's also currently the president of Chantan Medical.15300:12:00,053 --> 00:12:04,993He's also currently and still an author of multiple books.15400:12:05,513 --> 00:12:13,773Yes, yes, yes. And he's also currently the podcast host of the Healthy,15500:12:13,893 --> 00:12:15,553Wealthy, and Wise podcast.15600:12:16,173 --> 00:12:19,153I'd like to present to some and introduce to others.15700:12:19,433 --> 00:12:25,933I'll propose Dr. William T. Chata and the J. All right. Thank you.15800:12:27,362 --> 00:12:31,382Robert Andrew Goff, Long Beach, Missouri. Good morning, everyone.15900:12:31,762 --> 00:12:35,322Phil Armaday. Thank you. Have a good trip, and we'll have a prayer.16000:12:35,742 --> 00:12:40,162And our scripture today is going to be taken from Isaiah 24,16100:12:40,902 --> 00:12:45,042verses 14 through 17. It reads this.16200:12:57,362 --> 00:13:02,282Near him. Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me.16300:13:02,642 --> 00:13:07,482Whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sin.16400:13:08,082 --> 00:13:13,602Behold, I have created a smith that loathes holes in the fire,16500:13:13,862 --> 00:13:19,062and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work.16600:13:19,242 --> 00:13:24,682And I have created the wars, the ways that we need to destroy.16700:13:25,762 --> 00:13:28,742No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper.16800:13:29,102 --> 00:13:33,962And every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment, thou shalt stand.16900:13:34,382 --> 00:13:41,582This is the heritage of the servants of the law, and the righteousness is of the Lord.17000:13:42,102 --> 00:13:45,542May God be with us. Father.17100:13:47,542 --> 00:13:51,962I might have to come for three this morning, Father. First, we just on a negative note.17200:13:52,742 --> 00:13:57,102Because my father, look beyond our father and so I meet. You have blessed us17300:13:57,102 --> 00:13:59,542with your marriage, spiritual, physical, mental, and financial.17400:14:00,042 --> 00:14:02,822You have brought us to this point in time in our life, my father.17500:14:03,142 --> 00:14:05,062And we are here only because of you.17600:14:05,682 --> 00:14:08,922So we pray, my father, that you open our hearts and put our minds and our hearts17700:14:08,922 --> 00:14:13,522in being received what you have for us to receive from God's child, our father.17800:14:14,062 --> 00:14:17,542Father, don't let us use the things that we hear and use the things that we17900:14:17,542 --> 00:14:20,782learn by those that you have sent to us to give it to us, my father.18000:14:21,222 --> 00:14:25,142So bless him, my father, and bless his meeting, my father. And let him be all18100:14:25,142 --> 00:14:29,042that you want to be. And your daughter, St. Jesus Christ, holy Christ, amen.18200:14:33,282 --> 00:14:39,282Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to Leadership Masterclass.18300:14:39,482 --> 00:14:44,242I am delighted to be here and delighted to see all of you here and all of you18400:14:44,242 --> 00:14:49,422who are out there on Zoom. We have a very unique and a very,18500:14:49,502 --> 00:14:52,982I believe, interesting topic for you today.18600:14:53,242 --> 00:14:58,742In light of the fact that this is Black History Month, and I call it American18700:14:58,742 --> 00:15:01,642History Month, but we'll make both first,18800:15:02,122 --> 00:15:09,482share a presentation today that's part of my personal story that's also relevant18900:15:09,482 --> 00:15:12,962in my judgment to Black History Month.19000:15:12,962 --> 00:15:19,262And the final one is when I've had Martin Cage and we'll sort of start with that.19100:15:20,935 --> 00:15:28,875I was a scholar many years ago, felt that there should be a special month for19200:15:28,875 --> 00:15:31,595celebrating African-American history and Black history.19300:15:31,875 --> 00:15:36,635And so after many years of politicking and going back and forth,19400:15:36,715 --> 00:15:41,235they didn't even get a long pass through Congress to make this a Black history month.19500:15:42,135 --> 00:15:46,535As always, I like to start off with my beliefs, and we do this with every single19600:15:46,535 --> 00:15:50,575Masterclass. And you may ask yourself, well, why don't you talk about your beliefs?19700:15:51,435 --> 00:15:57,795Beliefs are why they should do things. There's what, there's who, and there's when.19800:15:58,095 --> 00:16:02,435But many times it's important to know why you do things.19900:16:03,175 --> 00:16:09,095These are the whys that I do things. And I started with you suggesting that20000:16:09,095 --> 00:16:16,515at your region, that you have a conversation with the person in the mirror and say, why am I doing this?20100:16:16,515 --> 00:16:19,955So why am I doing why? Well, why am I seeing?20200:16:20,575 --> 00:16:24,235My beliefs are, I believe life is about being of service to others.20300:16:24,375 --> 00:16:28,795I believe it's important that all of us reach out and help other people.20400:16:29,275 --> 00:16:33,495I believe knowledge is power, which is why we're doing these masterclass series.20500:16:33,915 --> 00:16:38,295That the boys will know that the more you'll be able to do and contribute to20600:16:38,295 --> 00:16:41,355others. And I don't think we just can change the world.20700:16:42,135 --> 00:16:47,235If you're sick and tired of being sick and tired, you look at your TV and say,20800:16:47,295 --> 00:16:49,375why in the world does this happen or that happen?20900:16:49,915 --> 00:16:53,095I would suggest to you, change it. Do something.21000:16:53,815 --> 00:16:58,375Figure out what you can do, what are your skill sets, and put them to work.21100:16:58,495 --> 00:17:04,495As always, this is part of our Masterclass series, and I'm very grateful to21200:17:04,495 --> 00:17:06,375you about the House of Doctrine, St.21300:17:06,595 --> 00:17:12,075Stephen's Missionary Baptist Church, in which I have been a member for 46 years.21400:17:12,335 --> 00:17:16,635And to be able to provide his speech, I take these presentations to you.21500:17:16,955 --> 00:17:18,575So we're going to talk about leadership.21600:17:19,295 --> 00:17:23,035We're going to talk about leadership. And honestly, that leadership is going21700:17:23,035 --> 00:17:26,835to be associated with one of the most famous leaders, Martin Luther King Jr.21800:17:28,435 --> 00:17:32,095As always, I like to put up an outline. And the purpose of the outline is to21900:17:32,095 --> 00:17:34,035give you an idea of what I'm going to talk about.22000:17:34,195 --> 00:17:37,535But more importantly, to let you know what I've just about done.22100:17:37,995 --> 00:17:43,015So we're going to talk about my mother a few times, and I mentioned her name before, Amanda.22200:17:43,615 --> 00:17:47,715We're going to talk about my Christian mom. We're going to talk about Black22300:17:47,715 --> 00:17:53,275fathers, because that's a part of our presentation today, part of what we're trying to get across.22400:17:53,555 --> 00:17:58,595We're going to mention the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 1964, arguably,22500:17:58,795 --> 00:18:04,075in my opinion, they seem the most important civil rights act passed by the United22600:18:04,075 --> 00:18:08,535States of America and signed by the President of the United States of America.22700:18:09,055 --> 00:18:13,715And we'll talk about other things about it soon, so you may be familiar with anything.22800:18:14,606 --> 00:18:20,526So, for 11 years now, we've been celebrating Black History Month during the month of February.22900:18:21,026 --> 00:18:24,746Some people join and say, well, why is it celebrated in the shortest month of23000:18:24,746 --> 00:18:25,966the year? I haven't been around.23100:18:26,366 --> 00:18:31,046I don't like it. But I just say, again, look at all the parts that I think it's23200:18:31,046 --> 00:18:31,906good that it's celebrated.23300:18:32,326 --> 00:18:35,046I'm making it a good one. I'm in the 80s of the month.23400:18:35,266 --> 00:18:39,246That's a different issue. And it can go from Frederick Douglass,23500:18:39,346 --> 00:18:45,506who was an abolitionist many, many years ago, who felt very strongly that African-Americans23600:18:45,506 --> 00:18:48,326should be the ultimate scholars.23700:18:49,326 --> 00:18:53,086And some of you may remember that there was a difference in philosophy between23800:18:53,086 --> 00:18:55,546Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass.23900:18:56,626 --> 00:19:02,046Frederick Douglass and Dutton, he either bore each other in Booker T. Washington. But St.24000:19:02,126 --> 00:19:07,066Washington felt that a Negro, and I want to use the term affectionately,24100:19:07,446 --> 00:19:10,606the Negro is just to be satisfied with where we are.24200:19:10,806 --> 00:19:15,866We should be the best at whatever we're doing and should not try to get above,24300:19:16,146 --> 00:19:20,046you know, where, in effect, God has given us.24400:19:20,486 --> 00:19:26,066W.E.T. de Morales felt that we should adopt as a volume as the President of24500:19:26,066 --> 00:19:30,606the United States, etc., etc., that we should always be striving for more.24600:19:30,606 --> 00:19:35,366And so that was a legitimate argument, legitimate discussion within the African-American24700:19:35,366 --> 00:19:39,026community about what should you do and not do.24800:19:40,209 --> 00:19:46,849Roger, what I'm going to take out of this is to talk about our own personal life.24900:19:47,029 --> 00:19:51,209Now, part of my life as an abolitionist before, I did not grow up with a father.25000:19:51,489 --> 00:19:57,669I grew up with a single parent, my mother, who was 17 years old when I was born.25100:19:57,969 --> 00:20:03,389When I was born, she had to drop out of high school because when you're 17 and25200:20:03,389 --> 00:20:07,209you're a girl, you get pregnant, you can't finish high school.25300:20:07,209 --> 00:20:12,149There was no made up there was no remedial anything so imagine if you know a25400:20:12,149 --> 00:20:20,56917 year old girl who gets pregnant as a child by herself and just imagine what that must be like so,25500:20:21,169 --> 00:20:27,169brought up i said did not have a father so why would we make other falls i created25600:20:27,169 --> 00:20:33,229my mind if i had a father what would he be like and how did he act and how did25700:20:33,229 --> 00:20:36,329he treat me that And all of a sudden, the beauty of shit, when you can create it,25800:20:36,449 --> 00:20:39,249then shit can make it better when you want it. So I did that.25900:20:41,269 --> 00:20:46,389And to conclude it, and this is about my time when I was in high school.26000:20:47,369 --> 00:20:53,429I had decided on three things that I had heard about. Some I had met, some I had not.26100:20:53,969 --> 00:20:59,069The first one was White Wolf King. And I'm sure a lot of people my age in the26200:20:59,069 --> 00:21:04,96960s considered him like a father figure here or would like to involve Eli Martin King.26300:21:05,269 --> 00:21:12,009The second was a person named Dr. Isaac Miller. Dr. Miller was a professor of biochemistry.26400:21:12,489 --> 00:21:16,589When I was in high school, I got an opportunity to study at Tennessee State26500:21:16,589 --> 00:21:20,629just in the summer, and that was when I met Dr. Bullard. I was very impressed.26600:21:21,449 --> 00:21:26,189And let me parenthetically say that if you are a student in school,26700:21:26,329 --> 00:21:30,269in junior high or at my school, summer is not vacation time.26800:21:30,789 --> 00:21:35,749Summer is not vacation time. You're supposed to do extra academic work in the summer.26900:21:36,149 --> 00:21:39,089Use the summertime to either catch up or get ahead.27000:21:40,049 --> 00:21:46,529But summer is not alone to be vacation time. And the third person was Dr. John Lewis Powell.27100:21:46,869 --> 00:21:53,249He was a pastor at my church when I graduated my school and joined church in college.27200:21:54,409 --> 00:21:58,509What was very interesting about these three men, And then they didn't know each other was.27300:22:01,067 --> 00:22:05,847I found out that they all belong to an organization called Alpha Phi.27400:22:06,367 --> 00:22:07,847I didn't know what that meant.27500:22:08,487 --> 00:22:12,687And Alpha Phi Alpha is a fraternity. I didn't know what a fraternity was.27600:22:13,147 --> 00:22:17,667One of the people that was most influential in my life, other than my mother27700:22:17,667 --> 00:22:21,547and some of the school teachers, was my social worker.27800:22:21,607 --> 00:22:24,707I was assigned a social worker by the name of Juanita Wall.27900:22:25,167 --> 00:22:29,587And she was like a servant of the Korean. me. And so I would ask her,28000:22:29,607 --> 00:22:30,907I said, what does this mean?28100:22:31,727 --> 00:22:36,827What was also unique about Ms. Walker was she'd gone to college.28200:22:37,207 --> 00:22:44,027Nobody in NASA of operation at home or church or whatever had ever gone to college.28300:22:44,107 --> 00:22:47,387So I never got to talk to college people. I didn't know what that was like.28400:22:47,547 --> 00:22:51,027But she explained to me, she said, well, you know, they're a group of people,28500:22:51,547 --> 00:22:54,507they're men that are called fraternities and women28600:22:54,507 --> 00:22:57,567are called sororities and they're social serving people that28700:22:57,567 --> 00:23:00,887they they help folks and blah blah blah blah blah but what28800:23:00,887 --> 00:23:03,687i started to understand was while i was in high school28900:23:03,687 --> 00:23:10,607these individuals or helping people they would they they would they would give29000:23:10,607 --> 00:23:16,787me $50 dollars they would buy clothes for me and i would say i i don't know29100:23:16,787 --> 00:23:18,727that i i don't understand and29200:23:18,727 --> 00:23:21,647she says well these are just things that they do so i said I said, okay,29300:23:21,807 --> 00:23:24,007all right. I sort of let it go with that.29400:23:24,427 --> 00:23:29,827The other thing that was very unique about these three men was they all had doctor periods.29500:23:30,867 --> 00:23:35,587Now, my mother had already told me at age five or so that she wanted me to be29600:23:35,587 --> 00:23:37,187a doctor. So that was a given.29700:23:37,527 --> 00:23:39,787And that wasn't anything that I really thought about.29800:23:40,547 --> 00:23:43,767So I'm just trying to set this up in terms of where we're going.29900:23:43,767 --> 00:23:51,147So, I have a mother who is my father and then I created fictitious thoughts30000:23:51,147 --> 00:23:53,227for me or dream thoughts for me.30100:23:53,707 --> 00:23:59,647And when I found out, ironically, it was they all belong to the same fraternity.30200:24:00,187 --> 00:24:04,027Didn't know what that meant, but I sort of put that in the back of my head.30300:24:05,146 --> 00:24:10,646This fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha and Fraternity Incorporated, was formed in 1906.30400:24:11,846 --> 00:24:14,786And fraternities and subordinates are only formed in colleges.30500:24:15,166 --> 00:24:19,026Okay. And so I said, 1906?30600:24:19,786 --> 00:24:25,906You mean to tell me there were black men at a college in 1906?30700:24:27,186 --> 00:24:31,626I said, I didn't know that. Because the only black college was in 1906.30800:24:31,626 --> 00:24:39,526And keep in mind, during my early years, we were largely silent from attending30900:24:39,526 --> 00:24:41,466predominantly white schools.31000:24:42,026 --> 00:24:46,986But what it told me was, and this organization was formed in Cornell University,31100:24:47,426 --> 00:24:49,646which is an island school.31200:24:50,246 --> 00:24:54,946So, you know, it was just confusing to me, but I thought it was interesting.31300:24:56,086 --> 00:25:03,486So to make a lot of this sort of make sense, I put in my timeline of high school,31400:25:03,746 --> 00:25:07,766college, medical school, the long of what we're going to talk about,31500:25:07,886 --> 00:25:09,226I mean, civil rights movement.31600:25:09,226 --> 00:25:13,466So one of the ways to look at what we're talking about, this is American history.31700:25:13,866 --> 00:25:17,326This is American history. One of my greatest subjects from high school,31800:25:17,386 --> 00:25:21,246even though I was considering myself a scientist and all my way to medical school,31900:25:21,246 --> 00:25:25,826was I loved American history. I still do. I still do.32000:25:26,246 --> 00:25:28,906I graduated from high school in 1965.32100:25:30,606 --> 00:25:36,646I started Tennessee State University in Nashville in 1965, and I graduated from32200:25:36,646 --> 00:25:38,026Tennessee State in 1969.32300:25:39,226 --> 00:25:45,026I then started Yale Medical School in 69, and I graduated from Yale Medical School in 1907.32400:25:45,526 --> 00:25:50,126So it gives you a time frame in terms of where I was and what I was doing.32500:25:50,326 --> 00:25:56,466And so keep those numbers in mind as we walk through the rest of this presentation this time.32600:25:57,683 --> 00:26:05,083What was going on in the country in the early 60s? So to you who are ginsengs32700:26:05,083 --> 00:26:10,623and Generation Xers, talk to your parents about this because a lot of this will make a lot of sense.32800:26:11,063 --> 00:26:14,443But those of you who have made it home, you know what I'm talking about because32900:26:14,443 --> 00:26:16,963you don't do just as much as I do, okay?33000:26:18,223 --> 00:26:26,963I can remember in 1960, there was a lot of buzz about this new guy who was running for president.33100:26:27,683 --> 00:26:32,623And his name is John Fitzgerald Kennedy. And people were all excited,33200:26:32,683 --> 00:26:36,303at least in the African-American community, where I spent all my time.33300:26:36,483 --> 00:26:41,703And that showed about, oh, he's more liberal, and he believes in equal equality.33400:26:42,303 --> 00:26:47,563And the African-American community was just very, very, very excited.33500:26:48,643 --> 00:26:54,063And the other thing is that John Kennedy, to some extent, was this controversial33600:26:54,063 --> 00:26:59,803in my community. not among African-Americans that much, but among the white33700:26:59,803 --> 00:27:01,683men of Seoul and in Nashville.33800:27:02,023 --> 00:27:05,663I think, believe it or not, it's because their biggest fear was,33900:27:06,003 --> 00:27:07,903oh my God, he was Catholic.34000:27:08,443 --> 00:27:13,763And they said, we have never had a Catholic president in this country. And what does that mean?34100:27:14,083 --> 00:27:17,303Does that mean that the vote was done around the country? Blah, blah, blah.34200:27:17,563 --> 00:27:21,683You know, it's just a lot of sadness. And my heart is that when you are afraid34300:27:21,683 --> 00:27:26,003of something, you think of silly stuff. You know, it's just, it's just normal.34400:27:26,363 --> 00:27:29,723You know, they don't really think of that. Needless to say, John Kennedy was34500:27:29,723 --> 00:27:36,643one of the most famous presidents of the year, and his being Catholic or non-Catholic really didn't matter.34600:27:37,083 --> 00:27:40,463But as you all know, he was assassinated in 1963.34700:27:41,363 --> 00:27:45,423Dallas Saxon's robbing an open limousine.34800:27:46,543 --> 00:27:50,143Also, in the early 60s, there was a person named Benedict Everton,34900:27:50,263 --> 00:27:53,443president of the the National Association of Colored People,35000:27:53,623 --> 00:27:58,263NAACP, in Mississippi, was also assassinated.35100:27:58,923 --> 00:28:07,283And fast forward from 1963, also in 1963, that was when there was the March on Washington.35200:28:07,743 --> 00:28:12,543Remember that. This is the I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King, 1963.35300:28:13,303 --> 00:28:17,763These things are very, very closely related timelines. Right.35400:28:19,072 --> 00:28:25,712One of the things about the Martin Luther King speech was it was done in preparation35500:28:25,712 --> 00:28:30,792to help to get a president at the time, Lyndon Johnson.35600:28:31,012 --> 00:28:34,772And Lyndon Johnson was president because Kennedy had been assassinated.35700:28:34,932 --> 00:28:36,392Lyndon Johnson was vice president.35800:28:36,692 --> 00:28:40,572And so ultimately, automatically, New York had become president.35900:28:40,852 --> 00:28:47,272So this was happening at Sunday. This was in the early 60s, between 60 and 65 that year. year.36000:28:47,452 --> 00:28:50,952I'm in junior high and high school about this time.36100:28:51,212 --> 00:28:54,472When Warnie the Kitty gave his speech, as I have a dream speech,36200:28:54,832 --> 00:29:02,912they stopped class in my house to all of them, and they huddled us all in the36300:29:02,912 --> 00:29:06,732car, turned to watch this dick black and white glow. That's just a little white.36400:29:08,732 --> 00:29:13,192They were not there with the rabbit beer. Some of them, be baby boomers.36500:29:13,212 --> 00:29:14,512You know what I'm talking about.36600:29:14,852 --> 00:29:17,572You Jetsons, you ought to clue what I'm talking about here.36700:29:18,432 --> 00:29:24,392But that's a daughter in Paris of reverence. And we watched the series and we36800:29:24,392 --> 00:29:31,012were all just so impressed and elevated and oh my God, things are getting better and better.36900:29:31,452 --> 00:29:37,152And at that speech, Martin Luther King stood behind, that's him sitting at the37000:29:37,152 --> 00:29:40,712desk, and you notice all the pen on his table.37100:29:40,732 --> 00:29:43,272And this is a tradition That continues to this day.37200:29:43,432 --> 00:29:49,992When the president of the United States signs a bill, he uses a pen per letter.37300:29:50,312 --> 00:29:54,212And that's why he has so many pens on his desk. And then he takes those pens37400:29:54,212 --> 00:29:56,112after he signed the bill,37500:29:56,132 --> 00:30:02,092and he turns around and he gives it to someone or some individuals who he believes37600:30:02,092 --> 00:30:05,332have been instrumental in getting the old path.37700:30:05,332 --> 00:30:11,812And there you see him in 1964, at his time, the Civil Rights Act of 1964,37800:30:12,272 --> 00:30:14,892he gives this to Michael the King.37900:30:16,192 --> 00:30:21,992Real quick, American history, I believe, as some others have summarized that,38000:30:22,092 --> 00:30:26,232it's probably the most important piece of legislation in this country.38100:30:26,572 --> 00:30:29,532Again, I'm in high school around this time now.38200:30:29,872 --> 00:30:38,352The reason is that it has four components. One, it allowed folks of color to vote, to vote.38300:30:38,952 --> 00:30:42,672And believe it or not, we were not allowed to vote. And they do things like38400:30:42,672 --> 00:30:45,752they may have literacy tests. And keep in mind, most people,38500:30:45,812 --> 00:30:48,392particularly African-Americans in the deep south, they not only studied,38600:30:48,512 --> 00:30:49,552they certainly didn't go to college.38700:30:49,832 --> 00:30:52,132And so they couldn't pass the literacy test.38800:30:53,132 --> 00:30:57,832And it was just a summer block. It was just a way to block folks from voting.38900:30:58,292 --> 00:31:01,792Why? Because any democracy, the power is in the vote.39000:31:02,632 --> 00:31:07,852So my point, very simply, is if you don't do anything, go out and vote,39100:31:07,952 --> 00:31:10,112or vote online, vote in the jobs.39200:31:11,332 --> 00:31:18,332The other thing was getting a desegregation accommodation in my house going up.39300:31:18,872 --> 00:31:22,792If I went to a hotel, number one, I couldn't go to certain hotels.39400:31:23,432 --> 00:31:27,972Number two, I couldn't use for public bathrooms. I had to go in the bathroom39500:31:27,972 --> 00:31:31,772and stay in color because the others were reserved for white things.39600:31:32,652 --> 00:31:37,592You couldn't go to certain movie theaters and on and on and on.39700:31:38,272 --> 00:31:41,712This is just the way I'm like. And this was all that we knew.39800:31:42,432 --> 00:31:46,012And probably the most dramatic, and you may be familiar with this,39900:31:46,132 --> 00:31:48,472is the schools were not integrated.40000:31:49,052 --> 00:31:53,192There was this whole thing called Clessin versus Ferguson. It said, separate is equal.40100:31:53,572 --> 00:31:57,632Well, what we know then and what we know now is separate is never equal.40200:31:58,052 --> 00:31:59,212That's why it's separate.40300:32:00,512 --> 00:32:07,152It's not equal. so so uh things that i grew up remembering and that my teachers40400:32:07,152 --> 00:32:09,212at school thought all of us,40500:32:09,732 --> 00:32:14,852is that you want the best in the death the best of the best not to be the burden40600:32:14,852 --> 00:32:19,592that seemed the body to the level but keep your eye on the prize and go to the40700:32:19,592 --> 00:32:26,092best of the best things and be that's an idling call that that was my understanding40800:32:26,092 --> 00:32:28,612of what the best was so that is is my question.40900:32:28,972 --> 00:32:34,432I guarantee you I was not the smartest kid in my class in high school or in junior high school.41000:32:34,672 --> 00:32:43,192When I graduated from high school, I had a 3.2 and 3.3 hours to be at.41100:32:43,552 --> 00:32:47,032I'm not a good student, but I wasn't smart. I didn't have the highest GPA,41200:32:47,332 --> 00:32:49,532nor did I have the highest GPA in college.41300:32:50,112 --> 00:32:55,312So my point there is simply you don't have to work hard.41400:32:56,032 --> 00:32:59,012You don't have to work hard, you got to know what you want and go to work.41500:33:00,204 --> 00:33:06,084So I decided, again, I started at Tennessee State in 1965,41600:33:06,604 --> 00:33:15,664the summer of 1965, and I had a place out of the fraternity in 1967,41700:33:16,404 --> 00:33:20,164two years later, because my teacher was a sophomore at the pledge.41800:33:20,924 --> 00:33:25,464So I placed the fraternity two years later. And the first year,41900:33:25,624 --> 00:33:30,824they end up being a member of the fraternity they call Little Brother.42000:33:31,244 --> 00:33:34,284The two brothers are in Little Brother. I'm in Little Brother's job talk.42100:33:36,424 --> 00:33:43,584Little Brother's job talk. So, now let's fast forward. I placed in 1976.42200:33:44,704 --> 00:33:49,864So, this is around about our time of spring break, around about March of 67.42300:33:49,864 --> 00:33:55,644Side and so the rest said you know what let's take a little short week yeah42400:33:55,644 --> 00:34:04,704a lot of people you know jump on the planet and fly to the government or they they go to the wahamas uh,42500:34:05,724 --> 00:34:07,544say let's start some family.42600:34:10,324 --> 00:34:16,744Oh my goodness so so we have our guys running around this little bus stand I42700:34:16,744 --> 00:34:21,744remember what those little Mustangs looked like. There were five of us in a little Mustang.42800:34:23,424 --> 00:34:26,884And we went to Atlanta.42900:34:27,844 --> 00:34:33,584And it's mainly just the social life. I was a little boy.43000:34:33,924 --> 00:34:36,424And, you know, we started doing what the big brothers were saying.43100:34:36,544 --> 00:34:40,704Because they're big brothers. That's just the way it is. So we all went.43200:34:41,384 --> 00:34:44,344That first night that we went, well, this is Saturday.43300:34:45,783 --> 00:34:49,283Some of the brothers went out and, you know, socialized or whatever.43400:34:49,643 --> 00:34:53,103But I took them to a state saving room. And I was one of the folks that stayed in the room.43500:34:53,283 --> 00:34:59,823But when they came back, they said, guess who we saw tonight? And we said, who?43600:35:00,363 --> 00:35:03,483And they said, we saw Martin and Correa.43700:35:03,963 --> 00:35:09,823And we said, oh, come on, come on. They said, no, no, no, we saw them,43800:35:09,883 --> 00:35:17,643we saw them. At that point, I said, I'm near Medjugorje's church. I said, it means in town.43900:35:18,623 --> 00:35:23,843I said, you don't understand. I can't explain it. But I doesn't understand.44000:35:24,483 --> 00:35:28,363I mean, you're very close to it. And so we all talked about it. And it was cool.44100:35:28,683 --> 00:35:32,763So, you know, so I found us a sign of the Wild Kings Church.44200:35:33,123 --> 00:35:35,203And that's the final one.44300:35:36,463 --> 00:35:38,123And I said, we got to get there early.44400:35:39,603 --> 00:35:44,063As you can tell, I still do that to this day. I like to sit there early and44500:35:44,063 --> 00:35:47,503just sit and watch as the people come in, blah, blah, blah.44600:35:47,883 --> 00:35:50,783You know, because I want to be in the ladies. So we all met,44700:35:50,983 --> 00:35:57,143and we went to Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia.44800:35:58,303 --> 00:36:03,483Now, a couple of things, history, very history. Ebenezer Baptist Church is not44900:36:03,483 --> 00:36:04,563Martin Luther King's church.45000:36:04,683 --> 00:36:07,383That's Church E. John. Because that's the sovereign's choice.45100:36:07,883 --> 00:36:14,623It's the daddy king's choice. Right? And that's a whole different story. I encourage you.45200:36:14,843 --> 00:36:18,103Read about Martin Luther King's fall.45300:36:18,663 --> 00:36:23,203And now I'm giving you an idea about why Martin Luther King did the things he did.45400:36:23,343 --> 00:36:28,163Because one of the things that Martin Luther King got out of a Morehouse column from his bachelors,45500:36:29,318 --> 00:36:36,538And his daddy said, you know, I want you to go and get another special degree.45600:36:37,098 --> 00:36:40,098And out of that degree, being from a good, down-to-the-wild college,45700:36:40,238 --> 00:36:41,378he sent me to Boston University.45800:36:42,158 --> 00:36:46,558And that was where Martin King got his doctorate, Boston University.45900:36:47,518 --> 00:36:55,538Thanks so much. I'm impressed. So, can anybody tell me, this is just for free,46000:36:55,718 --> 00:36:58,278who's the pastor of the Baptist Church now?46100:37:01,858 --> 00:37:07,118No, he's a senator. There you go. His name is Raphael Warnock.46200:37:07,518 --> 00:37:10,618His college is in the past. Wait, what's his job?46300:37:12,538 --> 00:37:15,158Raphael Warnock. He's the first46400:37:15,158 --> 00:37:21,398African-American senator from the state of Georgia since Reconstruction.46500:37:22,558 --> 00:37:27,518Since Reconstruction. Not to mention, in fact, he's also an alpha man. But I was packing.46600:37:27,938 --> 00:37:31,378In fact, I had a dress. I had a dress. Well, I've been there.46700:37:31,658 --> 00:37:34,398So my wife's evidence is still there.46800:37:35,038 --> 00:37:37,918One of the teachers is in Alabama.46900:37:39,058 --> 00:37:42,818We're on the same side. You know, consumer, old security, the U.S.47000:37:44,718 --> 00:37:50,698But she was visiting that church. And the reason that a fraternity club was47100:37:50,698 --> 00:37:52,918in my cell. Heck, it was in my house.47200:37:53,458 --> 00:37:59,578Okay. Tell me God has not made them sad recently, okay? That's all.47300:38:00,880 --> 00:38:05,580We went to this church, and I'm just on pins and needles. I'm here to see because47400:38:05,580 --> 00:38:07,760I'm just so awestruck and everything.47500:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,720And I'm sitting in the church, and all of us sit together, of course.47600:38:11,320 --> 00:38:14,340And we're sitting down in the middle of the church. Just inside the church,47700:38:14,380 --> 00:38:15,240and you can tell from looking.47800:38:15,860 --> 00:38:21,520And all of a sudden, Martin Luther King comes out. I have to look at the world,47900:38:21,540 --> 00:38:23,620very quiet, a little dispensed.48000:38:23,800 --> 00:38:28,140And he says, now, I'm going to put you in something called Poland.48100:38:28,140 --> 00:38:30,940Now, when you got a rebuild, it's called a hook chair.48200:38:31,260 --> 00:38:34,620It was an elevation, what we call the one that sings.48300:38:35,020 --> 00:38:40,100And then chairs on it, they're literally sent off during the entire service.48400:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,520A lot of churches don't have that now.48500:38:45,120 --> 00:38:50,300So, the modern king came and he sat in a pool chair and used that three or four48600:38:50,300 --> 00:38:52,360chairs. Not a lot, just three or four.48700:38:53,020 --> 00:38:57,720And I focused on him the whole time. I watched every movie made.48800:38:58,460 --> 00:39:01,380I didn't know I didn't know the same guy and so48900:39:01,380 --> 00:39:04,400about 15-20 minutes or so other people came out49000:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,220including his father I call him49100:39:07,220 --> 00:39:10,020Daddy King came out and you know they went49200:39:10,020 --> 00:39:15,080to the service Martin Luther King did not give the speech at the sermon his49300:39:15,080 --> 00:39:19,980father there so at the end of the sermon you know we're getting up and milling49400:39:19,980 --> 00:39:27,800around and whatever and so we're all together and so they brought a vinci and I was And he says,49500:39:29,160 --> 00:39:30,480and I said, okay.49600:39:32,730 --> 00:39:38,430So the five of us went to the bottom of the pulpit and the service was on them.49700:39:38,730 --> 00:39:41,590And so we walked up the stairs and saw Santa around.49800:39:42,870 --> 00:39:48,250So Santa means he must have been a tall guy. He's maybe about 5'6".49900:39:48,250 --> 00:39:52,990I was starting to get interested, but I didn't realize he was that tall.50000:39:53,410 --> 00:39:57,170So we were standing around him and I'm not tall. I can't see.50100:39:57,570 --> 00:40:00,070You know, I've been to other businesses and seen stuff like that.50200:40:00,070 --> 00:40:04,010We're brothers from Bayton-Omicron chapter of Tennessee State University,50300:40:04,810 --> 00:40:07,130blah, blah, blah, and now I'm getting on spring break.50400:40:07,350 --> 00:40:10,570And he said, oh, I want to introduce you to Little Brother Topper.50500:40:11,750 --> 00:40:14,370And he turned and he looked at me and he saw the smile.50600:40:16,510 --> 00:40:21,350All right. All right. All right. Okay.50700:40:23,710 --> 00:40:31,310The smile. I shook his hand and I didn't wash my hands for at least a while.50800:40:35,510 --> 00:40:39,650But anyway, I came back to campus, whatever.50900:40:40,010 --> 00:40:48,750And so after that, we, this is this is we're now in 68.51000:40:49,430 --> 00:40:52,770And so three drinks in 68 moment.51100:40:52,930 --> 00:40:59,790And so then we heard the news advisor to speak at Van Norton University,51200:40:59,910 --> 00:41:04,310which is a very, very large, very famous university in Nashville,51300:41:04,430 --> 00:41:05,910Tennessee, predominantly bio.51400:41:06,070 --> 00:41:09,210And so, of course, we all went on to see, to hear the dissidents' speech.51500:41:10,050 --> 00:41:13,670And so, we, we, and it was an excellent speech.51600:41:13,810 --> 00:41:17,250We were, we were up and around with, because Flintstones, God,51700:41:17,310 --> 00:41:19,870you know, oh my goodness.51800:41:20,450 --> 00:41:23,750But it was just extraordinary. The speech was extraordinary.51900:41:23,870 --> 00:41:25,990And I just vanished to Martin Luther King.52000:41:26,850 --> 00:41:32,170After that, Not too long, maybe about a week or two after that,52100:41:32,290 --> 00:41:33,830finally the thing was assassinated.52200:41:34,030 --> 00:41:36,850This is April 16th.52300:41:37,410 --> 00:41:39,590The contrary basically exploded.52400:41:40,430 --> 00:41:44,170There were demonstrations slash riots all over the place.52500:41:44,330 --> 00:41:48,790Most college candidates, particularly the predominantly African-American college52600:41:48,790 --> 00:41:52,670candidates, were just in rock and eggs over here, my campus, Tennessee State.52700:41:55,870 --> 00:42:02,870What was interesting, and this is is where the story takes a very unique turn here.52800:42:03,530 --> 00:42:06,930My council is completely locked out. This is a picture of the administration52900:42:06,930 --> 00:42:08,830building at Tennyson's Day.53000:42:10,675 --> 00:42:14,055Every time I see this picture, I think of my wife.53100:42:14,795 --> 00:42:18,935We went to visit a ten-city some years ago.53200:42:18,975 --> 00:42:25,395She took a picture of this building, and I had her hanging in my office at home in the present time.53300:42:25,815 --> 00:42:29,015But anyway, so riots broke out everywhere.53400:42:29,275 --> 00:42:33,275They broke out on my campus in the National Bios, Colorado, and the National53500:42:33,275 --> 00:42:39,135Bios was for the American community. on the campus.53600:42:39,515 --> 00:42:44,875And I was on the 6th and 7th floor of my dorm, and I could look out my window53700:42:44,875 --> 00:42:51,575in the parking lot, and there was National Guard people with rifles lining the front lot of my campus.53800:42:52,095 --> 00:42:55,055And so we, you know, obviously classes were suspended.53900:42:55,775 --> 00:43:02,535The dean of students, Dr. Joseph Arthur Payne, Jr. He was very old, bad dressed.54000:43:02,815 --> 00:43:05,815We all liked him, and we liked him when he spoke.54100:43:06,375 --> 00:43:09,755He summoned me to his office, and he said, Mr.54200:43:09,895 --> 00:43:14,375Charles Kelsey, back there, they call on them from this, okay, and Mr.54300:43:14,415 --> 00:43:22,315Charles called, we need you to go with us, to come to a meeting with us.54400:43:22,875 --> 00:43:29,295And I said, we need you to come with us to a meeting in downtown Nashville,54500:43:29,395 --> 00:43:36,095to meet with with the mayor and council people and the leaders downtown Nashville54600:43:36,095 --> 00:43:39,095because we need somebody to represent Susan Bonner.54700:43:39,595 --> 00:43:43,235And I said, Dr. Crane, I am not student council president.54800:43:45,415 --> 00:43:49,275I thought he was a general. And he said, I don't understand that,54900:43:49,355 --> 00:43:52,835Mr. Sargent. He said, well, student council president resigned.55000:43:53,395 --> 00:43:56,955An idiot. When Martin Luther King was assassinated, he quit.55100:43:57,195 --> 00:43:58,995He said, I am done with it.55200:43:59,415 --> 00:44:04,995I am done with it. i will not just blah blah blah blah well i had been elected55300:44:04,995 --> 00:44:10,875cinnamon council president i was scheduled to take the alpha junior i was such55400:44:10,875 --> 00:44:12,495a thing almost my senior year,55500:44:13,135 --> 00:44:22,595so i said i'm saying well i i don't know and in an event dr fayne said I said, Ms.55600:44:23,135 --> 00:44:25,955Chautau, you're a great leader.55700:44:26,895 --> 00:44:28,015And I said, okay.55800:44:29,055 --> 00:44:30,475So we went.55900:44:32,073 --> 00:44:38,713The meeting. And you might can tell that the professors were very immersed on this thing.56000:44:38,793 --> 00:44:42,373And I was a little person. I don't know.56100:44:43,893 --> 00:44:47,053Little brother talked to us. Little brother, all these guys.56200:44:47,313 --> 00:44:50,993And so I understood the gravity. I understood what he was telling me.56300:44:51,333 --> 00:44:54,153And you know, and what he said, it made sense.56400:44:54,453 --> 00:45:01,673He said, they need to be reassured that students at this college are not going to be increased.56500:45:02,513 --> 00:45:07,013They need to be reassured that they can withdraw these National Guards,56600:45:08,033 --> 00:45:13,293and their teams and not worry that something bad is going to happen and they56700:45:13,293 --> 00:45:17,313need to hear it from a student leader they won't believe the professors because56800:45:17,313 --> 00:45:20,833they don't think they know what we're talking about they need to hear from one of you guys,56900:45:21,653 --> 00:45:28,933and so I went to the meeting and I said nothing and they told us and Dr.57000:45:29,073 --> 00:45:32,893Payne and his he's out of the way, but he made the case, you know,57100:45:32,893 --> 00:45:35,533just very, very elegant.57200:45:35,953 --> 00:45:41,173And so after the folks in downtown Nashville started asking questions,57300:45:41,493 --> 00:45:42,893what about this one, what about that?57400:45:42,993 --> 00:45:48,133So then they turned to me and in essence said, can you assure that Joe Simmons57500:45:48,133 --> 00:45:51,653is going to go back to studying and you guys are going to be just supposed to57600:45:51,653 --> 00:45:53,093be with him? I said, yes, sir.57700:45:53,413 --> 00:45:57,593So you got to understand, you say, yes, sir, yes, ma'am.57800:45:58,033 --> 00:46:02,553You know, yes, sir, yes, sir, no. You know, that's a different presentation.57900:46:03,733 --> 00:46:08,733So then they said, okay. All right. They sent us back to campus.58000:46:08,933 --> 00:46:12,373They did withdraw the National Guard in Tennessee.58100:46:12,773 --> 00:46:15,313And guys who could run and all that sort of stuff.58200:46:15,753 --> 00:46:22,093And the administration, the leaders, the vice president, Dr.58300:46:22,293 --> 00:46:25,193Payne, they did what they needed to do. Everything was done.58400:46:25,333 --> 00:46:27,673Everything was done. So, yeah.58500:46:28,698 --> 00:46:33,758That is another way that I was impacted by this whole thing in 1968.58600:46:34,558 --> 00:46:38,218I didn't know what I was doing. I said, I get a letter and I didn't know what58700:46:38,218 --> 00:46:41,238I was doing. But it just goes to show you never know.58800:46:42,118 --> 00:46:47,338You are not in charge of this stuff. We are all actors on stage.58900:46:48,138 --> 00:46:52,898And we don't control the both of us. We don't write the script.59000:46:53,138 --> 00:46:56,558We are not the directors and the producers. producers we are59100:46:56,558 --> 00:46:59,838actors or people on a stage and as59200:46:59,838 --> 00:47:03,018we always say god is in charge moving on59300:47:03,018 --> 00:47:07,198the men are now around about 201059400:47:07,198 --> 00:47:10,018and 2011 decide you know well59500:47:10,018 --> 00:47:13,038there should be a mile for our trying to59600:47:13,038 --> 00:47:17,798develop you know that this time we should recognize how great his name was and59700:47:17,798 --> 00:47:24,258the people who built him and so it took him 15 years one file 15 years to get59800:47:24,258 --> 00:47:31,638martin King Memorial Monument job and food and it is presently in Washington, D.C. now.59900:47:31,838 --> 00:47:37,998So if you ever visit Washington, D.C., I would encourage you to go to the Margaret60000:47:37,998 --> 00:47:45,618King Monument and it is the only monument for a non-military person in Washington, D.C.60100:47:45,678 --> 00:47:53,298It is the only monument of it for a non-president, and it was a no-joke for St. Mark's, you see.60200:47:53,858 --> 00:47:57,898But the men of Alco did it. And just another example of.60300:47:59,423 --> 00:48:04,723The power and the glory of when God was in charge. Let me say something here.60400:48:05,483 --> 00:48:10,943They're from an American history fund. They're basically four African-American60500:48:10,943 --> 00:48:13,383children and basically four African-American children.60600:48:13,963 --> 00:48:18,783So Africa is not the only one. Africa is not the only one. In this church,60700:48:19,143 --> 00:48:25,203you know, I sit here in the fund next to your brother who's retired from the L.A.60800:48:25,223 --> 00:48:29,083Kingy, who's carrying out a sign. Teasing someone all the time.60900:48:29,423 --> 00:48:31,023Yes, and so whenever I say I love61000:48:31,023 --> 00:48:34,543you, I'll only be wearing that dress up again, you know. So there we go.61100:48:34,743 --> 00:48:42,543Our brother, Nicko, who the church photographer, and he may not talk a lot, and we see each other.61200:48:42,883 --> 00:48:47,723You know, when Omega celebrated their founding day, I congratulated him.61300:48:47,923 --> 00:48:51,443So my point is that we're a fantastic brotherhood. We've been in the brotherhood.61400:48:51,683 --> 00:48:52,903That's what I'm trying to say.61500:48:53,583 --> 00:48:59,063And this is how we get stronger and better. I was sharing with Margaret earlier61600:48:59,063 --> 00:49:04,763how I had learned so much, like from podcasting and being in the Men's Sonnetson class.61700:49:04,963 --> 00:49:07,443True story. In my adult life.61800:49:10,803 --> 00:49:14,743And this is why I say right here from Houston,61900:49:14,983 --> 00:49:24,463I have never consistently been in a predominantly Black male group in my life62000:49:24,463 --> 00:49:25,903until the Men's Sonnetson class.62100:49:28,163 --> 00:49:37,623That's right Right But I would never So my point is That just being a predominant,62200:49:38,823 --> 00:49:45,703Afro-American Class Is uniquely there Over 50 years I graduated from Madison62300:49:45,703 --> 00:49:47,883School 50 years ago Okay,62400:49:47,923 --> 00:49:56,06373 So we continue to grow It's one of the problems It doesn't stop we continue to grow.62500:49:57,290 --> 00:50:03,250Okay. Almost done. Almost done. Oh, it should have been true.62600:50:03,410 --> 00:50:04,870It should have been. That's me.62700:50:06,910 --> 00:50:12,910That's me. You know, not too long ago, about 20 years ago, 50 or 20 years ago,62800:50:13,050 --> 00:50:18,470there was another big buzz going around about this tall, standing kid from Chicago62900:50:18,470 --> 00:50:21,290with a funny name. Little man. Okay.63000:50:22,250 --> 00:50:28,150He had that. And you notice he wrote a book called The Name of My Father, which is so lively.63100:50:28,290 --> 00:50:31,810He also had fatherly issues, you know.63200:50:31,910 --> 00:50:37,590So he was picking a single brother, Clara, who had been forced to open,63300:50:37,990 --> 00:50:40,610or whatever he had to deal with.63400:50:40,850 --> 00:50:45,790But anyway, he was interested in politics, leadership in politics.63500:50:46,370 --> 00:50:50,250And he ended up running in Chicago,63600:50:50,670 --> 00:50:58,190ran against Soviet-American Americans, and a lost visitor, just didn't write a job, but kept trying,63700:50:58,450 --> 00:51:03,430kept trying, one time, two times, I think, and then around, I think,63800:51:03,430 --> 00:51:06,810the second or third time, finally won that whole district thing,63900:51:06,930 --> 00:51:11,570and then used that to then get to the Senate in Washington, D.C.64000:51:12,290 --> 00:51:19,410He decided that he wanted Ronald Crosby. Now, you got to understand what the challenge today is.64100:51:19,470 --> 00:51:24,170Not to mention the basic challenges of him looking the way he looks.64200:51:25,070 --> 00:51:30,870But his name is Barack Hussein Obama. Think about that.64300:51:32,350 --> 00:51:40,390Barack Hussein Obama. Who in the world would love a president 49-0 with that kind of name?64400:51:40,870 --> 00:51:47,490Right? it so i thought my heart is there will always be obstacles there will64500:51:47,490 --> 00:51:49,330always be stumbling blocks,64600:51:49,930 --> 00:51:59,590there will always be resistance so was so worse if you really want to do it you go forward so.64700:52:00,650 --> 00:52:05,290This guy i started watching well64800:52:05,290 --> 00:52:08,210this is interesting it's i'm going with64900:52:08,210 --> 00:52:11,370these things so when he decided to65000:52:11,370 --> 00:52:14,490run for president and he started while he65100:52:14,490 --> 00:52:17,550was going through the process of trying to annihilate it65200:52:17,550 --> 00:52:24,690on credit carding i said you know what i i i like i premiered i said you got65300:52:24,690 --> 00:52:30,450a food you need you know the real deal right and i said my children you've got65400:52:30,450 --> 00:52:36,510to win election in a predominantly white stage by a reasonable moment, Joel.65500:52:37,230 --> 00:52:40,530I said, if you can do that, then I'm with you.65600:52:41,170 --> 00:52:46,510If not, I'll go stand on the sidelines and I'll wait with you and wish you well,65700:52:46,690 --> 00:52:50,030but I'm not running against you. I'm not running against you.65800:52:51,015 --> 00:52:54,575Did from there he won our car i was65900:52:54,575 --> 00:52:58,355about 90 plus percent caucasian right66000:52:58,355 --> 00:53:05,655that's okay i mean i'm just it's complete and so we we followed him on and on66100:53:05,655 --> 00:53:09,355and on and on and on when i said we i'm talking about my best friend you're66200:53:09,355 --> 00:53:17,535sitting in chat let's see right now uh so we've been involved so jay in November 2007.66300:53:19,355 --> 00:53:25,975Second Tuesday, my best friend and I were sitting there and she and I were watching the election result.66400:53:26,635 --> 00:53:33,515CNN. Oh, Britsa. Okay. Oh, this is still the CNN. Oh, listen. Wow.66500:53:34,275 --> 00:53:39,035But it's still there. And as here now, ladies and gentlemen,66600:53:39,035 --> 00:53:41,455the next president of the United States is Barack Obama.66700:53:42,135 --> 00:53:46,355We saw him jumping up and down and hugging each other and crying and screaming66800:53:46,355 --> 00:53:48,535and yelling and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.66900:53:48,695 --> 00:53:53,275And then, then, I kid you not, I kid you not, she doesn't look scum.67000:53:53,355 --> 00:53:59,455I kid you not, my mother-in-law went to me and said, I want to go to the inauguration.67100:54:00,635 --> 00:54:05,695I said, what? She said, I want to go to the inauguration.67200:54:05,895 --> 00:54:09,655I said, you know how many children are going to be in the inauguration?67300:54:09,955 --> 00:54:14,475Then you're ready. and watch the67400:54:14,475 --> 00:54:18,075bc then one can realize it's right67500:54:18,075 --> 00:54:20,935now you know the first thing during the second week67600:54:20,935 --> 00:54:24,015in january she said i'm here i only wasn't67700:54:24,015 --> 00:54:31,655in our race so i said let me see what i already so i called up mary we have67800:54:31,655 --> 00:54:36,355a status or narrative and i said we'd like to go to the the rockabye and oration67900:54:36,355 --> 00:54:42,175the second week in january said we'll we'll.68000:54:43,967 --> 00:54:47,467I said, look, thank goodness you're back to us. And they said,68100:54:47,587 --> 00:54:52,427you know, we have some rooms in Virginia, right outside of Washington.68200:54:54,527 --> 00:55:01,147And they're married and sweet. And we've got a couple rooms in the room.68300:55:01,267 --> 00:55:06,887They said, Virginia is all about 15 minutes to Washington. Get on the train. Get down to Washington.68400:55:07,487 --> 00:55:09,827Take two e-bikes. Get down to Washington.68500:55:10,987 --> 00:55:16,707I said, dog, whoops. The best decision that I made in my life,68600:55:16,707 --> 00:55:21,547best decision that I made in my life, it was like a picnic.68700:55:21,867 --> 00:55:23,827We met people from all over the world.68800:55:24,167 --> 00:55:29,227And they were speaking different languages and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.68900:55:29,527 --> 00:55:32,807And we were there about a week, and since then, in operation,69000:55:33,067 --> 00:55:35,347and so on, standing in the foreground.69100:55:36,787 --> 00:55:43,027We're sitting in that tall building. Look at that, that's the Washington vitamin.69200:55:43,447 --> 00:55:46,207Now, we're not that far back, but look at this.69300:55:50,027 --> 00:55:53,867You know, like a two dollars on the way. Which is where we are.69400:55:54,167 --> 00:55:56,207Maybe you can't see us, but let us know.69500:55:57,507 --> 00:55:59,407What a great day. Now, here's,69600:56:01,647 --> 00:56:05,347Sam's place is a city where is the point?69700:56:05,547 --> 00:56:09,847There were one part taking millions of people It's the largest in the world.69800:56:10,687 --> 00:56:14,767One hundred and eight million people. Uh-oh, it's the sweetest in the world.69900:56:15,646 --> 00:56:19,286And priests there's a river of the time and that's when70000:56:19,286 --> 00:56:23,846she came off and tried to live and say but what started70100:56:23,846 --> 00:56:29,806worrying the only that i saw people in wheelchairs people on christ's old after70200:56:29,806 --> 00:56:36,746america you know who said i i i can't get you wrong i never thought i'd see70300:56:36,746 --> 00:56:40,246this in my life I thought, well, well, well, well, well.70400:56:40,646 --> 00:56:44,906So, needless to say, we were not able to talk to Obama.70500:56:45,366 --> 00:56:48,186I thought he was a fuck builder.70600:56:49,766 --> 00:56:58,066But it was the most relaxed, strong, how I'm going to get. And I've never been in a problem with this.70700:56:58,766 --> 00:57:03,926The military was in control of everything. And we got to sit and post up on the race.70800:57:03,926 --> 00:57:08,226And you could we have a nap of the race if we would run into the place well70900:57:08,226 --> 00:57:13,026the praise of me and singing waiting for Michelle and the water coming chasing71000:57:13,026 --> 00:57:17,706all nice understand and Barack's also in time keeping my ice man gets probably71100:57:17,706 --> 00:57:22,506a hundred two thousand death threats per day they love think about that,71200:57:23,146 --> 00:57:28,846I've got audience, and we're going to follow up on that.71300:57:28,886 --> 00:57:33,366We're going to start all the other names. He said that it's a lie.71400:57:34,126 --> 00:57:37,566And when he means surgery, pick it up, pick it up.71500:57:38,026 --> 00:57:42,806And so he's determined he's not going to start a war on the street. Yes, it is.71600:57:43,986 --> 00:57:47,666And that's right. Right, right, right, right, right, you know,71700:57:47,666 --> 00:57:54,046the most impressive part is that threats and resistance is based on fear.71800:57:54,986 --> 00:58:02,386If you are afraid, if you're not afraid of yourself, now, bad things happen.71900:58:02,626 --> 00:58:05,886I'm not saying, you know, we just went through a lot of bad things and have72000:58:05,886 --> 00:58:09,786a lot of history, but so what? So what?72100:58:11,166 --> 00:58:14,426And basically, that was sort of what my mom said, so what?72200:58:15,166 --> 00:58:20,086And so, needless to say, the rest is history.72300:58:20,546 --> 00:58:24,046It's two tariffs, which I made it here.72400:58:24,926 --> 00:58:29,926Don't fend it in the White House, including mother. No prob, no standards.72500:58:31,126 --> 00:58:35,026Major legislation, one of the most important pieces of legislation that I talk72600:58:35,026 --> 00:58:38,566about all the time, is the Affordable Care Act.72700:58:38,746 --> 00:58:41,586Right, yeah. What do you mean? No, that's a good one.72800:58:42,536 --> 00:58:47,136What are you talking about? Yes, yes, I did. And one of the things about Obamacare,72900:58:47,176 --> 00:58:50,696particularly for those of us in the health care field, well, it's another thing.73000:58:50,776 --> 00:58:55,156But one of the things is that it forced all hospitals and all doctors,73100:58:55,276 --> 00:59:00,976all the systems and all the machines to pay without without any of this from73200:59:00,976 --> 00:59:01,636the federal government.73300:59:01,876 --> 00:59:04,696It wouldn't have happened without threats saying, you know what?73400:59:04,816 --> 00:59:09,056If you don't computerize by X, Y, Z day, we're going to start sending stocks73500:59:09,056 --> 00:59:10,616and new Medicare payments.73600:59:12,096 --> 00:59:17,496Most hospitals and doctor's offices could not survive without Medicare and Medicare patients.73700:59:18,216 --> 00:59:22,316Because the government figured out that it pays the money. It was the money.73800:59:23,256 --> 00:59:27,396Okay. So as a result, and so now there's one of the big things about old-bound73900:59:27,396 --> 00:59:31,136care. Second big thing about old-bound care is it's sort of level of quiet.74000:59:31,656 --> 00:59:36,796In this country, the biggest cause of bankruptcy is people getting sick.74100:59:36,796 --> 00:59:41,516That team, the only civilized country in the world that has that.74200:59:42,236 --> 00:59:46,516Europe doesn't have it. England doesn't have it. Canada doesn't have it.74300:59:46,896 --> 00:59:51,736You know, Asian countries don't have it because they have a centralized type of medicine.74400:59:52,296 --> 00:59:55,876Right? Here is fatherhood for the Muslim. Now, we have Medicare and Medi-Cal,74500:59:55,996 --> 00:59:59,716but a large part of it is fatherhood. If you have money, you can afford this.74600:59:59,856 --> 01:00:02,736If you don't have money, you can't afford it. Et cetera, et cetera.74701:00:03,296 --> 01:00:07,696Okay? Okay. So huge form of balance to the healthcare.74801:00:08,116 --> 01:00:11,536And another thing that we're going to talk about a couple of weeks from now74901:00:11,536 --> 01:00:14,696is the increased patient rights.75001:00:14,976 --> 01:00:17,356Things like the best practice.75101:00:18,236 --> 01:00:22,536I don't know if you've heard about it, and I have a dupli.75201:00:23,559 --> 01:00:26,339Inform them about what you need to have75301:00:26,339 --> 01:00:30,399done to you can say operation when75401:00:30,399 --> 01:00:33,779you as a patient have a writer to the teams you75501:00:33,779 --> 01:00:38,459know the operation even though it's well yeah i'm raising the thing those operations75601:00:38,459 --> 01:00:42,919can survive that's right so thank you doctor i was talking you're a nice guy75701:00:42,919 --> 01:00:49,199and i like you and i'm like oh it's something but i don't think so about either75801:00:49,199 --> 01:00:51,939someone i think i choose not to do.75901:00:52,699 --> 01:00:56,419And so it had tremendous fundamental effect.76001:00:57,219 --> 01:01:00,639So, winding down, God is at charge.76101:01:00,799 --> 01:01:05,379These are my basic principles. I start out with my beliefs and I end up with my basic principles.76201:01:05,799 --> 01:01:11,839God is in charge of my life and has been. And you do not know the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.76301:01:11,959 --> 01:01:18,599I advise you or encourage you to seek out of his guidance and to follow his teachings.76401:01:18,599 --> 01:01:23,799I know bad days I do not have bad days I've said it before I figured out about76501:01:23,799 --> 01:01:30,31930 years ago That days on the board of bad advice Says they were So I don't76601:01:30,319 --> 01:01:34,199have bad days Don't sweat the small stuff And most stuff is small,76701:01:34,919 --> 01:01:41,439You will find the things That you worry about And agonize over Usually are incidental76801:01:41,439 --> 01:01:45,819And most of the time You have control over that And so you can stop.76901:01:46,639 --> 01:01:52,159Forgiveness is there for you When someone does or says something to you that77001:01:52,159 --> 01:01:57,439you think is negative or you interpret as negative, forgive them immediately.77101:01:58,039 --> 01:02:02,079Don't try to look at the facts. Just go ahead and do it.77201:02:02,699 --> 01:02:07,319And fifth principle is everything is a relationship. Everything,77301:02:07,399 --> 01:02:08,979everything, everything is a relationship.77401:02:09,679 --> 01:02:13,839Relationships are based on three things. Mutual respect, mutual trust,77501:02:14,019 --> 01:02:17,279good communication. In any case, if you handle the same things,77601:02:17,379 --> 01:02:18,439you have a good relationship.77701:02:19,079 --> 01:02:21,899If you do not, then you have a work streak.77801:02:23,280 --> 01:02:28,800History continues. Where will you be in this line of leadership?77901:02:29,360 --> 01:02:34,240What will you do? I suggest to you to have a conversation with the person in78001:02:34,240 --> 01:02:39,480the mirror, and you decide what's best for you. But the struggle continues.78101:02:40,360 --> 01:02:46,320The legacy continues. I suggest to you, have a conversation with the person78201:02:46,320 --> 01:02:49,080in the mirror, and say, well, what is my lyric?78301:02:49,960 --> 01:02:56,260What am I going to do to make things just a little bit better?78401:02:56,680 --> 01:03:01,900We all have that courage. We all have that right. We all have that opportunity.78501:03:02,960 --> 01:03:08,880And of course, if you and I completely happen in the way the world is,78601:03:09,460 --> 01:03:13,940you need the change that you want to see in the world.78701:03:14,520 --> 01:03:18,800Thank you. All right. Bye. Are there any questions?78801:03:20,320 --> 01:03:25,260Very if they only made you stare at it for a long time oh thank you thank you,78901:03:25,940 --> 01:03:29,820thank you thank you we're on a song you know,79001:03:32,520 --> 01:03:39,580we're very good so we can thank all of you at zoom was anybody on zoom had any questions,79101:03:41,600 --> 01:03:45,280okay have a great day bye.