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

1 00:00:00,017 --> 00:00:04,617 I was at a real studio, so I don't know if you can see it. 2 00:00:05,737 --> 00:00:11,117 I see it. Yeah, I don't know why. I don't think you can see it. I don't know. 3 00:00:11,917 --> 00:00:14,457 I was literally driving by, like, something. 4 00:00:15,937 --> 00:00:16,777 What is it? 5 00:00:18,557 --> 00:00:22,177 What is it? What is it? What was it? What is it? 6 00:00:23,277 --> 00:00:26,737 What is it? What is it? What? 7 00:00:30,137 --> 00:00:35,137 It's on our first day of the holiday, so we'll do it. We are getting to it. 8 00:00:35,437 --> 00:00:37,097 I'm going to get you out of here. 9 00:00:37,857 --> 00:00:39,637 Okay. First of all, get you out of here. 10 00:00:48,457 --> 00:00:54,197 See, now you're going to start ruining things, now, Jesse. They're going to pull me out. 11 00:00:56,217 --> 00:00:59,777 When you... So I'm like, what are you doing? I'm telling you, 12 00:00:59,777 --> 00:01:04,797 we're going to develop our own pretty hard. So we get settled. Yeah. 13 00:01:07,577 --> 00:01:11,297 And I'm very sensitive to the market. That's right, that's right, 14 00:01:11,317 --> 00:01:12,657 that's right, that's right. 15 00:01:14,417 --> 00:01:18,157 Which wasn't a decent story. And that's the whole thing. 16 00:01:18,457 --> 00:01:21,917 You know, when you're not a federal government, no, we're not, 17 00:01:22,037 --> 00:01:25,877 you know, you know, you're just a ballpark. and I just sat there and they named 18 00:01:25,877 --> 00:01:29,637 me and we just said about $20 and $80 a pound. 19 00:01:29,877 --> 00:01:33,917 This is how long the world, I just got a client, you know, or New West, 20 00:01:33,957 --> 00:01:37,357 I don't know, worse. So we meet you there, you know, a lot of trouble. 21 00:01:37,797 --> 00:01:41,037 So I was like, oh, we're going to let you grab a chair real soon. 22 00:01:41,217 --> 00:01:44,057 So I was pretty, you know, I got permission, if you want to say. 23 00:01:44,437 --> 00:01:45,877 We didn't make me out of court. 24 00:01:46,657 --> 00:01:50,877 This is a revival film. I don't like the idea of going on and on, 25 00:01:50,877 --> 00:01:52,737 but I don't want to stay out of it. 26 00:01:54,697 --> 00:01:58,897 That's very nice. I think what I think is, you know, how God would say that 27 00:01:58,897 --> 00:02:06,657 if she's new, that she will cause it, you know, with the main ball system. Also, I didn't know. 28 00:02:07,277 --> 00:02:10,597 I'm sorry. But, you know, John was even doing his songs. 29 00:02:11,417 --> 00:02:14,877 And so I asked, I said, would you want to just talk about this? 30 00:02:14,897 --> 00:02:17,437 Sure, sure. This is the result. We started. 31 00:02:19,097 --> 00:02:22,957 Yes. the answer and he's 32 00:02:22,957 --> 00:02:25,917 so i had to do it and we we 33 00:02:25,917 --> 00:02:29,717 had a we ended up at two sessions because 34 00:02:29,717 --> 00:02:33,517 usually we don't like her we don't like about bird mill it's something so we're 35 00:02:33,517 --> 00:02:38,417 very medicine we just made it a science session and if you know what it's just 36 00:02:38,417 --> 00:02:43,937 so not out of there thank you so much this is an attorney long dealer it's a 37 00:02:43,937 --> 00:02:46,817 lot of knowledge yes he does So I didn't go early. 38 00:02:47,437 --> 00:02:50,137 I said, where's the kids? I don't want it. 39 00:02:50,917 --> 00:02:55,137 That's what I'm saying. And that's that's the thing. How we turn it to the law. 40 00:02:56,573 --> 00:03:01,873 Okay, they lack of re-administration, but you want to have people on that industry 41 00:03:01,873 --> 00:03:06,333 that was here and told us to do a lot of work. 42 00:03:07,353 --> 00:03:12,233 Once you had a gentleman there, I mean, you want the extra mile. 43 00:03:12,573 --> 00:03:15,253 You're just not content with just this. 44 00:03:15,653 --> 00:03:18,473 You know what I'm saying? You do what you can. They don't need their need. 45 00:03:18,753 --> 00:03:21,953 I mean, you're not going to expose them to St. Charles for a while, 46 00:03:22,013 --> 00:03:27,453 especially with women in the ministry. She didn't think that's how the price 47 00:03:27,453 --> 00:03:28,853 never from something there is. 48 00:03:29,333 --> 00:03:32,693 Oh, well, I don't do it. And what should be and I doesn't know. 49 00:03:32,833 --> 00:03:35,193 And I had you doing it. But I'm wrong. 50 00:03:35,553 --> 00:03:39,113 Yeah. And you know, so there is a lot there's a lot of it. 51 00:03:39,733 --> 00:03:47,993 And what other systems to us for you watching us or something about you wondering 52 00:03:47,993 --> 00:03:51,093 about just the nature of our house. 53 00:03:51,093 --> 00:03:56,853 So yeah so just think about it and what do you want just just call me up it's 54 00:03:56,853 --> 00:04:07,053 all real lessons i got a chance to see y'all should get on even a ministry where to deal with, 55 00:04:07,813 --> 00:04:13,673 children you and y'all thought we should really really are now that's our heart 56 00:04:13,673 --> 00:04:19,973 you know there's actually all this on this you know the thing that's for everybody 57 00:04:19,973 --> 00:04:24,413 about an ASL to show you to anyone how to communicate with them. 58 00:04:24,613 --> 00:04:27,173 It's interesting that you say that. Yeah, right. We already. 59 00:04:30,493 --> 00:04:36,473 This is what I shared and already I can't. It's all the same. Yeah, you are. 60 00:04:39,010 --> 00:04:42,430 I mean, you know, you don't have to start like that. 61 00:04:42,530 --> 00:04:48,610 And I do. So, you know, well, I see you can say that leading to revenue or so large interest. 62 00:04:49,910 --> 00:04:57,310 Well, I think that if it is such, you're not a machine in which you think we're sweet. 63 00:04:57,490 --> 00:05:00,590 I want to say to you, I'm going to say that we're easy. 64 00:05:00,990 --> 00:05:03,990 We said, yeah, by the way, he. 65 00:05:06,970 --> 00:05:12,150 So, uh, uh, during, uh, we've, we've gone on to, uh, I'll, I'll let you see 66 00:05:12,150 --> 00:05:15,510 the podcast with Francis. Podcast with Francis. Right. 67 00:05:15,770 --> 00:05:19,710 Now, this is my, uh, but it's not, uh, it's not the solo. 68 00:05:20,250 --> 00:05:24,730 It's a brilliant double album, but it's a very talented, easy, sense of fiction. 69 00:05:25,510 --> 00:05:28,790 So I will hold on to it for a minute, and I'm going to give you a little bit 70 00:05:28,790 --> 00:05:31,470 of background. Well, well, there's my answer. 71 00:05:31,630 --> 00:05:38,070 Well, see, from my wife, she said, you know, let me teach him. 72 00:05:38,070 --> 00:05:41,310 I still said, God knows, it's not a certain that you're a whole. 73 00:05:41,390 --> 00:05:43,770 So you're all behind me. I said, this is studio. 74 00:05:43,910 --> 00:05:48,890 That's this channel. And why shouldn't we teach them how to be? You know, why? 75 00:05:49,250 --> 00:05:52,850 I can't be a part of what we all do. 76 00:05:53,390 --> 00:05:57,950 That's the key with where they are. Well, I said, you know, every time we leave 77 00:05:57,950 --> 00:06:01,630 making the same saying, well, come over where I am, where I am, 78 00:06:01,630 --> 00:06:03,870 that's how I'm going to work. Can you follow? 79 00:06:04,090 --> 00:06:07,890 Which is a little more you. Okay, so I got to meet you. What do you want? 80 00:06:08,330 --> 00:06:13,210 And then so how often we get our team? But I love the sellers. 81 00:06:13,310 --> 00:06:14,710 Did you tell her about always the man? 82 00:06:15,350 --> 00:06:17,430 Did you tell her about the boys to miss? 83 00:06:18,290 --> 00:06:21,230 Yeah, I just I kind of I kind of gave I kind of gave my love. 84 00:06:21,450 --> 00:06:24,470 Yeah, I told Beth that that's this. 85 00:06:25,426 --> 00:06:30,206 He said, he said, that's it. That's it. And so we said, okay, 86 00:06:30,306 --> 00:06:33,306 well, so we said, I'm hard first. 87 00:06:33,966 --> 00:06:37,826 Because when we began, if you even want to, it's a big sell. 88 00:06:38,106 --> 00:06:41,566 But we, we, we have our own. Well, hello. 89 00:06:42,606 --> 00:06:44,806 That was the first. 90 00:06:45,886 --> 00:06:48,846 In fact, I'm actually searching for that domain. 91 00:06:50,666 --> 00:06:54,466 Well, I look for the J.C. So I need to be very solid. And you know, 92 00:06:54,566 --> 00:06:58,246 I'm the same thing. You know, I didn't bother. I said, we need to. 93 00:06:59,366 --> 00:07:01,606 You probably don't. So what am I doing? 94 00:07:02,846 --> 00:07:05,946 What's your plan? How do you set up? You know, I said, yeah, 95 00:07:06,026 --> 00:07:10,686 he goes out the way he's out so we can do it. So he's. Yeah. 96 00:07:11,406 --> 00:07:13,446 Yeah. Yeah. 97 00:07:16,286 --> 00:07:22,126 Once. Shit. to shit. Just because, to your point, you're supposed to encompass 98 00:07:22,126 --> 00:07:25,326 a work in a line of with-free. Okay. 99 00:07:25,626 --> 00:07:33,726 For the youth. All youth. And I was thinking about this as I was dittling around with it. 100 00:07:34,006 --> 00:07:40,706 To your point of having a special section on the youth, four minutes or so, 101 00:07:42,266 --> 00:07:45,786 to make it available for, you know, forever. Yeah. 102 00:07:47,366 --> 00:07:50,526 It was that sense. But you know what, I don't mean racial. I don't know. 103 00:07:50,666 --> 00:07:54,046 I think you need to brush my teeth. I want that concentration on me. I'm done. Right. 104 00:07:54,246 --> 00:07:57,906 I don't mean you. I'm still in the hours. Oh, it's. 105 00:07:59,366 --> 00:08:02,206 That's. You're saying that it's a scholar. Why would I do that to you? 106 00:08:02,926 --> 00:08:07,326 You know, that's the meaning of it. Listen. I'm not going to. I'm not going to. 107 00:08:08,637 --> 00:08:12,777 I said, oh my goodness, you got in a conversation just like I have, 108 00:08:13,457 --> 00:08:15,177 and it's just being recorded. 109 00:08:15,497 --> 00:08:20,477 Post-production, I'll do the editing or whatever, you know, trim, fade, and on and on. 110 00:08:20,717 --> 00:08:25,797 So what kind of lessons have you learned? 111 00:08:26,157 --> 00:08:31,397 And all of it has been serious. And leaving women's latest show, 112 00:08:31,497 --> 00:08:34,917 whatever, you know, upwards of what they did. 113 00:08:34,917 --> 00:08:37,897 Involved it's to do together 114 00:08:37,897 --> 00:08:41,217 by 25 million church you said 115 00:08:41,217 --> 00:08:43,997 you know what i'll be i don't want to be in church you know i'll go 116 00:08:43,997 --> 00:08:47,337 over you know what would you tell her or me blah blah 117 00:08:47,337 --> 00:08:50,197 blah blah that absolutely doesn't you have that 118 00:08:50,197 --> 00:08:52,957 laws that we don't have and bring this down and say 119 00:08:52,957 --> 00:08:56,217 a casual christian conversation that's it 120 00:08:56,217 --> 00:08:59,497 that's it that's it that's it right there my 121 00:08:59,497 --> 00:09:03,157 father from christian conversation or animal or 122 00:09:03,157 --> 00:09:07,237 warm chatter yeah yeah that's 123 00:09:07,237 --> 00:09:17,597 all wrong they call it warm chatters but you're in the elevator and well did 124 00:09:17,597 --> 00:09:24,637 you know what happened the subtlety were casual working on the wall you know no chair. 125 00:09:35,257 --> 00:09:39,497 I had no idea what I was saying. When Jackson Dax, the art viewer, 126 00:09:39,697 --> 00:09:44,317 was purging words in my story that all the stuff was beautiful, I had no idea. 127 00:09:45,097 --> 00:09:52,537 But it's been a great experience to see what was possible. I didn't know what 128 00:09:52,537 --> 00:09:58,037 I was talking about, you know, and I was talking to you, and I was like, I need to fix my hair. 129 00:09:58,317 --> 00:10:00,997 I said, I don't care if it sticks on, no, no, no. 130 00:10:01,477 --> 00:10:03,777 It's only $300, you know what I mean? 131 00:10:04,697 --> 00:10:10,197 And I was like, shit, you were sitting with me. Nah. 132 00:10:11,077 --> 00:10:14,517 What? I'm fine. Like I said, my husband, I need to go. 133 00:10:15,893 --> 00:10:19,933 Yeah, I remember myself. Why? Well, I was sleeping. 134 00:10:20,813 --> 00:10:26,673 That's right. More than all. Yeah. It's from coming up. One was a beautiful day. 135 00:10:26,833 --> 00:10:28,913 Another day that the Lord had me up. 136 00:10:29,493 --> 00:10:35,773 I am Master of Center of Ceremonies, Jesus. 137 00:10:37,273 --> 00:10:44,053 But the reason that we're here is to hear a person who is uniquely qualified 138 00:10:44,053 --> 00:10:47,493 to present that material. And it's going to be very special today. 139 00:10:47,853 --> 00:10:53,613 Very personal. I've heard a few views on it, and you're going to love things 140 00:10:53,613 --> 00:10:59,673 you did not know about the host, who is actually very uniquely qualified. 141 00:10:59,973 --> 00:11:04,773 He is a graduate of the Yale University School of Medicine. 142 00:11:05,073 --> 00:11:10,433 He's also a graduate of the Western State Law School. 143 00:11:10,473 --> 00:11:13,293 He's a medical doctor, and he's an attorney. 144 00:11:13,933 --> 00:11:20,153 Not Not only that, he's the former hospital surveyor for the Joint Commission. 145 00:11:21,133 --> 00:11:26,773 Excuse me, not convention, commission. I'm thinking of a conversation that we 146 00:11:26,773 --> 00:11:32,193 just had earlier about the Capitol Convention, but he is the former hospital 147 00:11:32,193 --> 00:11:34,313 surveyor for the Joint Commission. 148 00:11:34,713 --> 00:11:42,193 He's also a cheesy transformation officer, a man for the soldiers of the helpful 149 00:11:42,193 --> 00:11:46,253 arms. I mean, if you might have been familiar with the Citro, 150 00:11:46,353 --> 00:11:49,113 what used to be called a Citrus Valley medicine. 151 00:11:49,993 --> 00:11:53,993 I've been, I've had surgery on my knee and I try to see things. 152 00:11:55,253 --> 00:11:58,973 He's also currently the president of Chantan Medical. 153 00:12:00,053 --> 00:12:04,993 He's also currently and still an author of multiple books. 154 00:12:05,513 --> 00:12:13,773 Yes, yes, yes. And he's also currently the podcast host of the Healthy, 155 00:12:13,893 --> 00:12:15,553 Wealthy, and Wise podcast. 156 00:12:16,173 --> 00:12:19,153 I'd like to present to some and introduce to others. 157 00:12:19,433 --> 00:12:25,933 I'll propose Dr. William T. Chata and the J. All right. Thank you. 158 00:12:27,362 --> 00:12:31,382 Robert Andrew Goff, Long Beach, Missouri. Good morning, everyone. 159 00:12:31,762 --> 00:12:35,322 Phil Armaday. Thank you. Have a good trip, and we'll have a prayer. 160 00:12:35,742 --> 00:12:40,162 And our scripture today is going to be taken from Isaiah 24, 161 00:12:40,902 --> 00:12:45,042 verses 14 through 17. It reads this. 162 00:12:57,362 --> 00:13:02,282 Near him. Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me. 163 00:13:02,642 --> 00:13:07,482 Whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sin. 164 00:13:08,082 --> 00:13:13,602 Behold, I have created a smith that loathes holes in the fire, 165 00:13:13,862 --> 00:13:19,062 and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work. 166 00:13:19,242 --> 00:13:24,682 And I have created the wars, the ways that we need to destroy. 167 00:13:25,762 --> 00:13:28,742 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. 168 00:13:29,102 --> 00:13:33,962 And every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment, thou shalt stand. 169 00:13:34,382 --> 00:13:41,582 This is the heritage of the servants of the law, and the righteousness is of the Lord. 170 00:13:42,102 --> 00:13:45,542 May God be with us. Father. 171 00:13:47,542 --> 00:13:51,962 I might have to come for three this morning, Father. First, we just on a negative note. 172 00:13:52,742 --> 00:13:57,102 Because my father, look beyond our father and so I meet. You have blessed us 173 00:13:57,102 --> 00:13:59,542 with your marriage, spiritual, physical, mental, and financial. 174 00:14:00,042 --> 00:14:02,822 You have brought us to this point in time in our life, my father. 175 00:14:03,142 --> 00:14:05,062 And we are here only because of you. 176 00:14:05,682 --> 00:14:08,922 So we pray, my father, that you open our hearts and put our minds and our hearts 177 00:14:08,922 --> 00:14:13,522 in being received what you have for us to receive from God's child, our father. 178 00:14:14,062 --> 00:14:17,542 Father, don't let us use the things that we hear and use the things that we 179 00:14:17,542 --> 00:14:20,782 learn by those that you have sent to us to give it to us, my father. 180 00:14:21,222 --> 00:14:25,142 So bless him, my father, and bless his meeting, my father. And let him be all 181 00:14:25,142 --> 00:14:29,042 that you want to be. And your daughter, St. Jesus Christ, holy Christ, amen. 182 00:14:33,282 --> 00:14:39,282 Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to Leadership Masterclass. 183 00:14:39,482 --> 00:14:44,242 I am delighted to be here and delighted to see all of you here and all of you 184 00:14:44,242 --> 00:14:49,422 who are out there on Zoom. We have a very unique and a very, 185 00:14:49,502 --> 00:14:52,982 I believe, interesting topic for you today. 186 00:14:53,242 --> 00:14:58,742 In light of the fact that this is Black History Month, and I call it American 187 00:14:58,742 --> 00:15:01,642 History Month, but we'll make both first, 188 00:15:02,122 --> 00:15:09,482 share a presentation today that's part of my personal story that's also relevant 189 00:15:09,482 --> 00:15:12,962 in my judgment to Black History Month. 190 00:15:12,962 --> 00:15:19,262 And the final one is when I've had Martin Cage and we'll sort of start with that. 191 00:15:20,935 --> 00:15:28,875 I was a scholar many years ago, felt that there should be a special month for 192 00:15:28,875 --> 00:15:31,595 celebrating African-American history and Black history. 193 00:15:31,875 --> 00:15:36,635 And so after many years of politicking and going back and forth, 194 00:15:36,715 --> 00:15:41,235 they didn't even get a long pass through Congress to make this a Black history month. 195 00:15:42,135 --> 00:15:46,535 As always, I like to start off with my beliefs, and we do this with every single 196 00:15:46,535 --> 00:15:50,575 Masterclass. And you may ask yourself, well, why don't you talk about your beliefs? 197 00:15:51,435 --> 00:15:57,795 Beliefs are why they should do things. There's what, there's who, and there's when. 198 00:15:58,095 --> 00:16:02,435 But many times it's important to know why you do things. 199 00:16:03,175 --> 00:16:09,095 These are the whys that I do things. And I started with you suggesting that 200 00:16:09,095 --> 00:16:16,515 at your region, that you have a conversation with the person in the mirror and say, why am I doing this? 201 00:16:16,515 --> 00:16:19,955 So why am I doing why? Well, why am I seeing? 202 00:16:20,575 --> 00:16:24,235 My beliefs are, I believe life is about being of service to others. 203 00:16:24,375 --> 00:16:28,795 I believe it's important that all of us reach out and help other people. 204 00:16:29,275 --> 00:16:33,495 I believe knowledge is power, which is why we're doing these masterclass series. 205 00:16:33,915 --> 00:16:38,295 That the boys will know that the more you'll be able to do and contribute to 206 00:16:38,295 --> 00:16:41,355 others. And I don't think we just can change the world. 207 00:16:42,135 --> 00:16:47,235 If you're sick and tired of being sick and tired, you look at your TV and say, 208 00:16:47,295 --> 00:16:49,375 why in the world does this happen or that happen? 209 00:16:49,915 --> 00:16:53,095 I would suggest to you, change it. Do something. 210 00:16:53,815 --> 00:16:58,375 Figure out what you can do, what are your skill sets, and put them to work. 211 00:16:58,495 --> 00:17:04,495 As always, this is part of our Masterclass series, and I'm very grateful to 212 00:17:04,495 --> 00:17:06,375 you about the House of Doctrine, St. 213 00:17:06,595 --> 00:17:12,075 Stephen's Missionary Baptist Church, in which I have been a member for 46 years. 214 00:17:12,335 --> 00:17:16,635 And to be able to provide his speech, I take these presentations to you. 215 00:17:16,955 --> 00:17:18,575 So we're going to talk about leadership. 216 00:17:19,295 --> 00:17:23,035 We're going to talk about leadership. And honestly, that leadership is going 217 00:17:23,035 --> 00:17:26,835 to be associated with one of the most famous leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. 218 00:17:28,435 --> 00:17:32,095 As always, I like to put up an outline. And the purpose of the outline is to 219 00:17:32,095 --> 00:17:34,035 give you an idea of what I'm going to talk about. 220 00:17:34,195 --> 00:17:37,535 But more importantly, to let you know what I've just about done. 221 00:17:37,995 --> 00:17:43,015 So we're going to talk about my mother a few times, and I mentioned her name before, Amanda. 222 00:17:43,615 --> 00:17:47,715 We're going to talk about my Christian mom. We're going to talk about Black 223 00:17:47,715 --> 00:17:53,275 fathers, because that's a part of our presentation today, part of what we're trying to get across. 224 00:17:53,555 --> 00:17:58,595 We're going to mention the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 1964, arguably, 225 00:17:58,795 --> 00:18:04,075 in my opinion, they seem the most important civil rights act passed by the United 226 00:18:04,075 --> 00:18:08,535 States of America and signed by the President of the United States of America. 227 00:18:09,055 --> 00:18:13,715 And we'll talk about other things about it soon, so you may be familiar with anything. 228 00:18:14,606 --> 00:18:20,526 So, for 11 years now, we've been celebrating Black History Month during the month of February. 229 00:18:21,026 --> 00:18:24,746 Some people join and say, well, why is it celebrated in the shortest month of 230 00:18:24,746 --> 00:18:25,966 the year? I haven't been around. 231 00:18:26,366 --> 00:18:31,046 I don't like it. But I just say, again, look at all the parts that I think it's 232 00:18:31,046 --> 00:18:31,906 good that it's celebrated. 233 00:18:32,326 --> 00:18:35,046 I'm making it a good one. I'm in the 80s of the month. 234 00:18:35,266 --> 00:18:39,246 That's a different issue. And it can go from Frederick Douglass, 235 00:18:39,346 --> 00:18:45,506 who was an abolitionist many, many years ago, who felt very strongly that African-Americans 236 00:18:45,506 --> 00:18:48,326 should be the ultimate scholars. 237 00:18:49,326 --> 00:18:53,086 And some of you may remember that there was a difference in philosophy between 238 00:18:53,086 --> 00:18:55,546 Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass. 239 00:18:56,626 --> 00:19:02,046 Frederick Douglass and Dutton, he either bore each other in Booker T. Washington. But St. 240 00:19:02,126 --> 00:19:07,066 Washington felt that a Negro, and I want to use the term affectionately, 241 00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:10,606 the Negro is just to be satisfied with where we are. 242 00:19:10,806 --> 00:19:15,866 We should be the best at whatever we're doing and should not try to get above, 243 00:19:16,146 --> 00:19:20,046 you know, where, in effect, God has given us. 244 00:19:20,486 --> 00:19:26,066 W.E.T. de Morales felt that we should adopt as a volume as the President of 245 00:19:26,066 --> 00:19:30,606 the United States, etc., etc., that we should always be striving for more. 246 00:19:30,606 --> 00:19:35,366 And so that was a legitimate argument, legitimate discussion within the African-American 247 00:19:35,366 --> 00:19:39,026 community about what should you do and not do. 248 00:19:40,209 --> 00:19:46,849 Roger, what I'm going to take out of this is to talk about our own personal life. 249 00:19:47,029 --> 00:19:51,209 Now, part of my life as an abolitionist before, I did not grow up with a father. 250 00:19:51,489 --> 00:19:57,669 I grew up with a single parent, my mother, who was 17 years old when I was born. 251 00:19:57,969 --> 00:20:03,389 When I was born, she had to drop out of high school because when you're 17 and 252 00:20:03,389 --> 00:20:07,209 you're a girl, you get pregnant, you can't finish high school. 253 00:20:07,209 --> 00:20:12,149 There was no made up there was no remedial anything so imagine if you know a 254 00:20:12,149 --> 00:20:20,569 17 year old girl who gets pregnant as a child by herself and just imagine what that must be like so, 255 00:20:21,169 --> 00:20:27,169 brought up i said did not have a father so why would we make other falls i created 256 00:20:27,169 --> 00:20:33,229 my mind if i had a father what would he be like and how did he act and how did 257 00:20:33,229 --> 00:20:36,329 he treat me that And all of a sudden, the beauty of shit, when you can create it, 258 00:20:36,449 --> 00:20:39,249 then shit can make it better when you want it. So I did that. 259 00:20:41,269 --> 00:20:46,389 And to conclude it, and this is about my time when I was in high school. 260 00:20:47,369 --> 00:20:53,429 I had decided on three things that I had heard about. Some I had met, some I had not. 261 00:20:53,969 --> 00:20:59,069 The first one was White Wolf King. And I'm sure a lot of people my age in the 262 00:20:59,069 --> 00:21:04,969 60s considered him like a father figure here or would like to involve Eli Martin King. 263 00:21:05,269 --> 00:21:12,009 The second was a person named Dr. Isaac Miller. Dr. Miller was a professor of biochemistry. 264 00:21:12,489 --> 00:21:16,589 When I was in high school, I got an opportunity to study at Tennessee State 265 00:21:16,589 --> 00:21:20,629 just in the summer, and that was when I met Dr. Bullard. I was very impressed. 266 00:21:21,449 --> 00:21:26,189 And let me parenthetically say that if you are a student in school, 267 00:21:26,329 --> 00:21:30,269 in junior high or at my school, summer is not vacation time. 268 00:21:30,789 --> 00:21:35,749 Summer is not vacation time. You're supposed to do extra academic work in the summer. 269 00:21:36,149 --> 00:21:39,089 Use the summertime to either catch up or get ahead. 270 00:21:40,049 --> 00:21:46,529 But summer is not alone to be vacation time. And the third person was Dr. John Lewis Powell. 271 00:21:46,869 --> 00:21:53,249 He was a pastor at my church when I graduated my school and joined church in college. 272 00:21:54,409 --> 00:21:58,509 What was very interesting about these three men, And then they didn't know each other was. 273 00:22:01,067 --> 00:22:05,847 I found out that they all belong to an organization called Alpha Phi. 274 00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:07,847 I didn't know what that meant. 275 00:22:08,487 --> 00:22:12,687 And Alpha Phi Alpha is a fraternity. I didn't know what a fraternity was. 276 00:22:13,147 --> 00:22:17,667 One of the people that was most influential in my life, other than my mother 277 00:22:17,667 --> 00:22:21,547 and some of the school teachers, was my social worker. 278 00:22:21,607 --> 00:22:24,707 I was assigned a social worker by the name of Juanita Wall. 279 00:22:25,167 --> 00:22:29,587 And she was like a servant of the Korean. me. And so I would ask her, 280 00:22:29,607 --> 00:22:30,907 I said, what does this mean? 281 00:22:31,727 --> 00:22:36,827 What was also unique about Ms. Walker was she'd gone to college. 282 00:22:37,207 --> 00:22:44,027 Nobody in NASA of operation at home or church or whatever had ever gone to college. 283 00:22:44,107 --> 00:22:47,387 So I never got to talk to college people. I didn't know what that was like. 284 00:22:47,547 --> 00:22:51,027 But she explained to me, she said, well, you know, they're a group of people, 285 00:22:51,547 --> 00:22:54,507 they're men that are called fraternities and women 286 00:22:54,507 --> 00:22:57,567 are called sororities and they're social serving people that 287 00:22:57,567 --> 00:23:00,887 they they help folks and blah blah blah blah blah but what 288 00:23:00,887 --> 00:23:03,687 i started to understand was while i was in high school 289 00:23:03,687 --> 00:23:10,607 these individuals or helping people they would they they would they would give 290 00:23:10,607 --> 00:23:16,787 me $50 dollars they would buy clothes for me and i would say i i don't know 291 00:23:16,787 --> 00:23:18,727 that i i don't understand and 292 00:23:18,727 --> 00:23:21,647 she says well these are just things that they do so i said I said, okay, 293 00:23:21,807 --> 00:23:24,007 all right. I sort of let it go with that. 294 00:23:24,427 --> 00:23:29,827 The other thing that was very unique about these three men was they all had doctor periods. 295 00:23:30,867 --> 00:23:35,587 Now, my mother had already told me at age five or so that she wanted me to be 296 00:23:35,587 --> 00:23:37,187 a doctor. So that was a given. 297 00:23:37,527 --> 00:23:39,787 And that wasn't anything that I really thought about. 298 00:23:40,547 --> 00:23:43,767 So I'm just trying to set this up in terms of where we're going. 299 00:23:43,767 --> 00:23:51,147 So, I have a mother who is my father and then I created fictitious thoughts 300 00:23:51,147 --> 00:23:53,227 for me or dream thoughts for me. 301 00:23:53,707 --> 00:23:59,647 And when I found out, ironically, it was they all belong to the same fraternity. 302 00:24:00,187 --> 00:24:04,027 Didn't know what that meant, but I sort of put that in the back of my head. 303 00:24:05,146 --> 00:24:10,646 This fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha and Fraternity Incorporated, was formed in 1906. 304 00:24:11,846 --> 00:24:14,786 And fraternities and subordinates are only formed in colleges. 305 00:24:15,166 --> 00:24:19,026 Okay. And so I said, 1906? 306 00:24:19,786 --> 00:24:25,906 You mean to tell me there were black men at a college in 1906? 307 00:24:27,186 --> 00:24:31,626 I said, I didn't know that. Because the only black college was in 1906. 308 00:24:31,626 --> 00:24:39,526 And keep in mind, during my early years, we were largely silent from attending 309 00:24:39,526 --> 00:24:41,466 predominantly white schools. 310 00:24:42,026 --> 00:24:46,986 But what it told me was, and this organization was formed in Cornell University, 311 00:24:47,426 --> 00:24:49,646 which is an island school. 312 00:24:50,246 --> 00:24:54,946 So, you know, it was just confusing to me, but I thought it was interesting. 313 00:24:56,086 --> 00:25:03,486 So to make a lot of this sort of make sense, I put in my timeline of high school, 314 00:25:03,746 --> 00:25:07,766 college, medical school, the long of what we're going to talk about, 315 00:25:07,886 --> 00:25:09,226 I mean, civil rights movement. 316 00:25:09,226 --> 00:25:13,466 So one of the ways to look at what we're talking about, this is American history. 317 00:25:13,866 --> 00:25:17,326 This is American history. One of my greatest subjects from high school, 318 00:25:17,386 --> 00:25:21,246 even though I was considering myself a scientist and all my way to medical school, 319 00:25:21,246 --> 00:25:25,826 was I loved American history. I still do. I still do. 320 00:25:26,246 --> 00:25:28,906 I graduated from high school in 1965. 321 00:25:30,606 --> 00:25:36,646 I started Tennessee State University in Nashville in 1965, and I graduated from 322 00:25:36,646 --> 00:25:38,026 Tennessee State in 1969. 323 00:25:39,226 --> 00:25:45,026 I then started Yale Medical School in 69, and I graduated from Yale Medical School in 1907. 324 00:25:45,526 --> 00:25:50,126 So it gives you a time frame in terms of where I was and what I was doing. 325 00:25:50,326 --> 00:25:56,466 And so keep those numbers in mind as we walk through the rest of this presentation this time. 326 00:25:57,683 --> 00:26:05,083 What was going on in the country in the early 60s? So to you who are ginsengs 327 00:26:05,083 --> 00:26:10,623 and Generation Xers, talk to your parents about this because a lot of this will make a lot of sense. 328 00:26:11,063 --> 00:26:14,443 But those of you who have made it home, you know what I'm talking about because 329 00:26:14,443 --> 00:26:16,963 you don't do just as much as I do, okay? 330 00:26:18,223 --> 00:26:26,963 I can remember in 1960, there was a lot of buzz about this new guy who was running for president. 331 00:26:27,683 --> 00:26:32,623 And his name is John Fitzgerald Kennedy. And people were all excited, 332 00:26:32,683 --> 00:26:36,303 at least in the African-American community, where I spent all my time. 333 00:26:36,483 --> 00:26:41,703 And that showed about, oh, he's more liberal, and he believes in equal equality. 334 00:26:42,303 --> 00:26:47,563 And the African-American community was just very, very, very excited. 335 00:26:48,643 --> 00:26:54,063 And the other thing is that John Kennedy, to some extent, was this controversial 336 00:26:54,063 --> 00:26:59,803 in my community. not among African-Americans that much, but among the white 337 00:26:59,803 --> 00:27:01,683 men of Seoul and in Nashville. 338 00:27:02,023 --> 00:27:05,663 I think, believe it or not, it's because their biggest fear was, 339 00:27:06,003 --> 00:27:07,903 oh my God, he was Catholic. 340 00:27:08,443 --> 00:27:13,763 And they said, we have never had a Catholic president in this country. And what does that mean? 341 00:27:14,083 --> 00:27:17,303 Does that mean that the vote was done around the country? Blah, blah, blah. 342 00:27:17,563 --> 00:27:21,683 You know, it's just a lot of sadness. And my heart is that when you are afraid 343 00:27:21,683 --> 00:27:26,003 of something, you think of silly stuff. You know, it's just, it's just normal. 344 00:27:26,363 --> 00:27:29,723 You know, they don't really think of that. Needless to say, John Kennedy was 345 00:27:29,723 --> 00:27:36,643 one of the most famous presidents of the year, and his being Catholic or non-Catholic really didn't matter. 346 00:27:37,083 --> 00:27:40,463 But as you all know, he was assassinated in 1963. 347 00:27:41,363 --> 00:27:45,423 Dallas Saxon's robbing an open limousine. 348 00:27:46,543 --> 00:27:50,143 Also, in the early 60s, there was a person named Benedict Everton, 349 00:27:50,263 --> 00:27:53,443 president of the the National Association of Colored People, 350 00:27:53,623 --> 00:27:58,263 NAACP, in Mississippi, was also assassinated. 351 00:27:58,923 --> 00:28:07,283 And fast forward from 1963, also in 1963, that was when there was the March on Washington. 352 00:28:07,743 --> 00:28:12,543 Remember that. This is the I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King, 1963. 353 00:28:13,303 --> 00:28:17,763 These things are very, very closely related timelines. Right. 354 00:28:19,072 --> 00:28:25,712 One of the things about the Martin Luther King speech was it was done in preparation 355 00:28:25,712 --> 00:28:30,792 to help to get a president at the time, Lyndon Johnson. 356 00:28:31,012 --> 00:28:34,772 And Lyndon Johnson was president because Kennedy had been assassinated. 357 00:28:34,932 --> 00:28:36,392 Lyndon Johnson was vice president. 358 00:28:36,692 --> 00:28:40,572 And so ultimately, automatically, New York had become president. 359 00:28:40,852 --> 00:28:47,272 So this was happening at Sunday. This was in the early 60s, between 60 and 65 that year. year. 360 00:28:47,452 --> 00:28:50,952 I'm in junior high and high school about this time. 361 00:28:51,212 --> 00:28:54,472 When Warnie the Kitty gave his speech, as I have a dream speech, 362 00:28:54,832 --> 00:29:02,912 they stopped class in my house to all of them, and they huddled us all in the 363 00:29:02,912 --> 00:29:06,732 car, turned to watch this dick black and white glow. That's just a little white. 364 00:29:08,732 --> 00:29:13,192 They were not there with the rabbit beer. Some of them, be baby boomers. 365 00:29:13,212 --> 00:29:14,512 You know what I'm talking about. 366 00:29:14,852 --> 00:29:17,572 You Jetsons, you ought to clue what I'm talking about here. 367 00:29:18,432 --> 00:29:24,392 But that's a daughter in Paris of reverence. And we watched the series and we 368 00:29:24,392 --> 00:29:31,012 were all just so impressed and elevated and oh my God, things are getting better and better. 369 00:29:31,452 --> 00:29:37,152 And at that speech, Martin Luther King stood behind, that's him sitting at the 370 00:29:37,152 --> 00:29:40,712 desk, and you notice all the pen on his table. 371 00:29:40,732 --> 00:29:43,272 And this is a tradition That continues to this day. 372 00:29:43,432 --> 00:29:49,992 When the president of the United States signs a bill, he uses a pen per letter. 373 00:29:50,312 --> 00:29:54,212 And that's why he has so many pens on his desk. And then he takes those pens 374 00:29:54,212 --> 00:29:56,112 after he signed the bill, 375 00:29:56,132 --> 00:30:02,092 and he turns around and he gives it to someone or some individuals who he believes 376 00:30:02,092 --> 00:30:05,332 have been instrumental in getting the old path. 377 00:30:05,332 --> 00:30:11,812 And there you see him in 1964, at his time, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 378 00:30:12,272 --> 00:30:14,892 he gives this to Michael the King. 379 00:30:16,192 --> 00:30:21,992 Real quick, American history, I believe, as some others have summarized that, 380 00:30:22,092 --> 00:30:26,232 it's probably the most important piece of legislation in this country. 381 00:30:26,572 --> 00:30:29,532 Again, I'm in high school around this time now. 382 00:30:29,872 --> 00:30:38,352 The reason is that it has four components. One, it allowed folks of color to vote, to vote. 383 00:30:38,952 --> 00:30:42,672 And believe it or not, we were not allowed to vote. And they do things like 384 00:30:42,672 --> 00:30:45,752 they may have literacy tests. And keep in mind, most people, 385 00:30:45,812 --> 00:30:48,392 particularly African-Americans in the deep south, they not only studied, 386 00:30:48,512 --> 00:30:49,552 they certainly didn't go to college. 387 00:30:49,832 --> 00:30:52,132 And so they couldn't pass the literacy test. 388 00:30:53,132 --> 00:30:57,832 And it was just a summer block. It was just a way to block folks from voting. 389 00:30:58,292 --> 00:31:01,792 Why? Because any democracy, the power is in the vote. 390 00:31:02,632 --> 00:31:07,852 So my point, very simply, is if you don't do anything, go out and vote, 391 00:31:07,952 --> 00:31:10,112 or vote online, vote in the jobs. 392 00:31:11,332 --> 00:31:18,332 The other thing was getting a desegregation accommodation in my house going up. 393 00:31:18,872 --> 00:31:22,792 If I went to a hotel, number one, I couldn't go to certain hotels. 394 00:31:23,432 --> 00:31:27,972 Number two, I couldn't use for public bathrooms. I had to go in the bathroom 395 00:31:27,972 --> 00:31:31,772 and stay in color because the others were reserved for white things. 396 00:31:32,652 --> 00:31:37,592 You couldn't go to certain movie theaters and on and on and on. 397 00:31:38,272 --> 00:31:41,712 This is just the way I'm like. And this was all that we knew. 398 00:31:42,432 --> 00:31:46,012 And probably the most dramatic, and you may be familiar with this, 399 00:31:46,132 --> 00:31:48,472 is the schools were not integrated. 400 00:31:49,052 --> 00:31:53,192 There was this whole thing called Clessin versus Ferguson. It said, separate is equal. 401 00:31:53,572 --> 00:31:57,632 Well, what we know then and what we know now is separate is never equal. 402 00:31:58,052 --> 00:31:59,212 That's why it's separate. 403 00:32:00,512 --> 00:32:07,152 It's not equal. so so uh things that i grew up remembering and that my teachers 404 00:32:07,152 --> 00:32:09,212 at school thought all of us, 405 00:32:09,732 --> 00:32:14,852 is that you want the best in the death the best of the best not to be the burden 406 00:32:14,852 --> 00:32:19,592 that seemed the body to the level but keep your eye on the prize and go to the 407 00:32:19,592 --> 00:32:26,092 best of the best things and be that's an idling call that that was my understanding 408 00:32:26,092 --> 00:32:28,612 of what the best was so that is is my question. 409 00:32:28,972 --> 00:32:34,432 I guarantee you I was not the smartest kid in my class in high school or in junior high school. 410 00:32:34,672 --> 00:32:43,192 When I graduated from high school, I had a 3.2 and 3.3 hours to be at. 411 00:32:43,552 --> 00:32:47,032 I'm not a good student, but I wasn't smart. I didn't have the highest GPA, 412 00:32:47,332 --> 00:32:49,532 nor did I have the highest GPA in college. 413 00:32:50,112 --> 00:32:55,312 So my point there is simply you don't have to work hard. 414 00:32:56,032 --> 00:32:59,012 You don't have to work hard, you got to know what you want and go to work. 415 00:33:00,204 --> 00:33:06,084 So I decided, again, I started at Tennessee State in 1965, 416 00:33:06,604 --> 00:33:15,664 the summer of 1965, and I had a place out of the fraternity in 1967, 417 00:33:16,404 --> 00:33:20,164 two years later, because my teacher was a sophomore at the pledge. 418 00:33:20,924 --> 00:33:25,464 So I placed the fraternity two years later. And the first year, 419 00:33:25,624 --> 00:33:30,824 they end up being a member of the fraternity they call Little Brother. 420 00:33:31,244 --> 00:33:34,284 The two brothers are in Little Brother. I'm in Little Brother's job talk. 421 00:33:36,424 --> 00:33:43,584 Little Brother's job talk. So, now let's fast forward. I placed in 1976. 422 00:33:44,704 --> 00:33:49,864 So, this is around about our time of spring break, around about March of 67. 423 00:33:49,864 --> 00:33:55,644 Side and so the rest said you know what let's take a little short week yeah 424 00:33:55,644 --> 00:34:04,704 a lot of people you know jump on the planet and fly to the government or they they go to the wahamas uh, 425 00:34:05,724 --> 00:34:07,544 say let's start some family. 426 00:34:10,324 --> 00:34:16,744 Oh my goodness so so we have our guys running around this little bus stand I 427 00:34:16,744 --> 00:34:21,744 remember what those little Mustangs looked like. There were five of us in a little Mustang. 428 00:34:23,424 --> 00:34:26,884 And we went to Atlanta. 429 00:34:27,844 --> 00:34:33,584 And it's mainly just the social life. I was a little boy. 430 00:34:33,924 --> 00:34:36,424 And, you know, we started doing what the big brothers were saying. 431 00:34:36,544 --> 00:34:40,704 Because they're big brothers. That's just the way it is. So we all went. 432 00:34:41,384 --> 00:34:44,344 That first night that we went, well, this is Saturday. 433 00:34:45,783 --> 00:34:49,283 Some of the brothers went out and, you know, socialized or whatever. 434 00:34:49,643 --> 00:34:53,103 But I took them to a state saving room. And I was one of the folks that stayed in the room. 435 00:34:53,283 --> 00:34:59,823 But when they came back, they said, guess who we saw tonight? And we said, who? 436 00:35:00,363 --> 00:35:03,483 And they said, we saw Martin and Correa. 437 00:35:03,963 --> 00:35:09,823 And we said, oh, come on, come on. They said, no, no, no, we saw them, 438 00:35:09,883 --> 00:35:17,643 we saw them. At that point, I said, I'm near Medjugorje's church. I said, it means in town. 439 00:35:18,623 --> 00:35:23,843 I said, you don't understand. I can't explain it. But I doesn't understand. 440 00:35:24,483 --> 00:35:28,363 I mean, you're very close to it. And so we all talked about it. And it was cool. 441 00:35:28,683 --> 00:35:32,763 So, you know, so I found us a sign of the Wild Kings Church. 442 00:35:33,123 --> 00:35:35,203 And that's the final one. 443 00:35:36,463 --> 00:35:38,123 And I said, we got to get there early. 444 00:35:39,603 --> 00:35:44,063 As you can tell, I still do that to this day. I like to sit there early and 445 00:35:44,063 --> 00:35:47,503 just sit and watch as the people come in, blah, blah, blah. 446 00:35:47,883 --> 00:35:50,783 You know, because I want to be in the ladies. So we all met, 447 00:35:50,983 --> 00:35:57,143 and we went to Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia. 448 00:35:58,303 --> 00:36:03,483 Now, a couple of things, history, very history. Ebenezer Baptist Church is not 449 00:36:03,483 --> 00:36:04,563 Martin Luther King's church. 450 00:36:04,683 --> 00:36:07,383 That's Church E. John. Because that's the sovereign's choice. 451 00:36:07,883 --> 00:36:14,623 It's the daddy king's choice. Right? And that's a whole different story. I encourage you. 452 00:36:14,843 --> 00:36:18,103 Read about Martin Luther King's fall. 453 00:36:18,663 --> 00:36:23,203 And now I'm giving you an idea about why Martin Luther King did the things he did. 454 00:36:23,343 --> 00:36:28,163 Because one of the things that Martin Luther King got out of a Morehouse column from his bachelors, 455 00:36:29,318 --> 00:36:36,538 And his daddy said, you know, I want you to go and get another special degree. 456 00:36:37,098 --> 00:36:40,098 And out of that degree, being from a good, down-to-the-wild college, 457 00:36:40,238 --> 00:36:41,378 he sent me to Boston University. 458 00:36:42,158 --> 00:36:46,558 And that was where Martin King got his doctorate, Boston University. 459 00:36:47,518 --> 00:36:55,538 Thanks so much. I'm impressed. So, can anybody tell me, this is just for free, 460 00:36:55,718 --> 00:36:58,278 who's the pastor of the Baptist Church now? 461 00:37:01,858 --> 00:37:07,118 No, he's a senator. There you go. His name is Raphael Warnock. 462 00:37:07,518 --> 00:37:10,618 His college is in the past. Wait, what's his job? 463 00:37:12,538 --> 00:37:15,158 Raphael Warnock. He's the first 464 00:37:15,158 --> 00:37:21,398 African-American senator from the state of Georgia since Reconstruction. 465 00:37:22,558 --> 00:37:27,518 Since Reconstruction. Not to mention, in fact, he's also an alpha man. But I was packing. 466 00:37:27,938 --> 00:37:31,378 In fact, I had a dress. I had a dress. Well, I've been there. 467 00:37:31,658 --> 00:37:34,398 So my wife's evidence is still there. 468 00:37:35,038 --> 00:37:37,918 One of the teachers is in Alabama. 469 00:37:39,058 --> 00:37:42,818 We're on the same side. You know, consumer, old security, the U.S. 470 00:37:44,718 --> 00:37:50,698 But she was visiting that church. And the reason that a fraternity club was 471 00:37:50,698 --> 00:37:52,918 in my cell. Heck, it was in my house. 472 00:37:53,458 --> 00:37:59,578 Okay. Tell me God has not made them sad recently, okay? That's all. 473 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:05,580 We went to this church, and I'm just on pins and needles. I'm here to see because 474 00:38:05,580 --> 00:38:07,760 I'm just so awestruck and everything. 475 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,720 And I'm sitting in the church, and all of us sit together, of course. 476 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:14,340 And we're sitting down in the middle of the church. Just inside the church, 477 00:38:14,380 --> 00:38:15,240 and you can tell from looking. 478 00:38:15,860 --> 00:38:21,520 And all of a sudden, Martin Luther King comes out. I have to look at the world, 479 00:38:21,540 --> 00:38:23,620 very quiet, a little dispensed. 480 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:28,140 And he says, now, I'm going to put you in something called Poland. 481 00:38:28,140 --> 00:38:30,940 Now, when you got a rebuild, it's called a hook chair. 482 00:38:31,260 --> 00:38:34,620 It was an elevation, what we call the one that sings. 483 00:38:35,020 --> 00:38:40,100 And then chairs on it, they're literally sent off during the entire service. 484 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,520 A lot of churches don't have that now. 485 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:50,300 So, the modern king came and he sat in a pool chair and used that three or four 486 00:38:50,300 --> 00:38:52,360 chairs. Not a lot, just three or four. 487 00:38:53,020 --> 00:38:57,720 And I focused on him the whole time. I watched every movie made. 488 00:38:58,460 --> 00:39:01,380 I didn't know I didn't know the same guy and so 489 00:39:01,380 --> 00:39:04,400 about 15-20 minutes or so other people came out 490 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,220 including his father I call him 491 00:39:07,220 --> 00:39:10,020 Daddy King came out and you know they went 492 00:39:10,020 --> 00:39:15,080 to the service Martin Luther King did not give the speech at the sermon his 493 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:19,980 father there so at the end of the sermon you know we're getting up and milling 494 00:39:19,980 --> 00:39:27,800 around and whatever and so we're all together and so they brought a vinci and I was And he says, 495 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:30,480 and I said, okay. 496 00:39:32,730 --> 00:39:38,430 So the five of us went to the bottom of the pulpit and the service was on them. 497 00:39:38,730 --> 00:39:41,590 And so we walked up the stairs and saw Santa around. 498 00:39:42,870 --> 00:39:48,250 So Santa means he must have been a tall guy. He's maybe about 5'6". 499 00:39:48,250 --> 00:39:52,990 I was starting to get interested, but I didn't realize he was that tall. 500 00:39:53,410 --> 00:39:57,170 So we were standing around him and I'm not tall. I can't see. 501 00:39:57,570 --> 00:40:00,070 You know, I've been to other businesses and seen stuff like that. 502 00:40:00,070 --> 00:40:04,010 We're brothers from Bayton-Omicron chapter of Tennessee State University, 503 00:40:04,810 --> 00:40:07,130 blah, blah, blah, and now I'm getting on spring break. 504 00:40:07,350 --> 00:40:10,570 And he said, oh, I want to introduce you to Little Brother Topper. 505 00:40:11,750 --> 00:40:14,370 And he turned and he looked at me and he saw the smile. 506 00:40:16,510 --> 00:40:21,350 All right. All right. All right. Okay. 507 00:40:23,710 --> 00:40:31,310 The smile. I shook his hand and I didn't wash my hands for at least a while. 508 00:40:35,510 --> 00:40:39,650 But anyway, I came back to campus, whatever. 509 00:40:40,010 --> 00:40:48,750 And so after that, we, this is this is we're now in 68. 510 00:40:49,430 --> 00:40:52,770 And so three drinks in 68 moment. 511 00:40:52,930 --> 00:40:59,790 And so then we heard the news advisor to speak at Van Norton University, 512 00:40:59,910 --> 00:41:04,310 which is a very, very large, very famous university in Nashville, 513 00:41:04,430 --> 00:41:05,910 Tennessee, predominantly bio. 514 00:41:06,070 --> 00:41:09,210 And so, of course, we all went on to see, to hear the dissidents' speech. 515 00:41:10,050 --> 00:41:13,670 And so, we, we, and it was an excellent speech. 516 00:41:13,810 --> 00:41:17,250 We were, we were up and around with, because Flintstones, God, 517 00:41:17,310 --> 00:41:19,870 you know, oh my goodness. 518 00:41:20,450 --> 00:41:23,750 But it was just extraordinary. The speech was extraordinary. 519 00:41:23,870 --> 00:41:25,990 And I just vanished to Martin Luther King. 520 00:41:26,850 --> 00:41:32,170 After that, Not too long, maybe about a week or two after that, 521 00:41:32,290 --> 00:41:33,830 finally the thing was assassinated. 522 00:41:34,030 --> 00:41:36,850 This is April 16th. 523 00:41:37,410 --> 00:41:39,590 The contrary basically exploded. 524 00:41:40,430 --> 00:41:44,170 There were demonstrations slash riots all over the place. 525 00:41:44,330 --> 00:41:48,790 Most college candidates, particularly the predominantly African-American college 526 00:41:48,790 --> 00:41:52,670 candidates, were just in rock and eggs over here, my campus, Tennessee State. 527 00:41:55,870 --> 00:42:02,870 What was interesting, and this is is where the story takes a very unique turn here. 528 00:42:03,530 --> 00:42:06,930 My council is completely locked out. This is a picture of the administration 529 00:42:06,930 --> 00:42:08,830 building at Tennyson's Day. 530 00:42:10,675 --> 00:42:14,055 Every time I see this picture, I think of my wife. 531 00:42:14,795 --> 00:42:18,935 We went to visit a ten-city some years ago. 532 00:42:18,975 --> 00:42:25,395 She took a picture of this building, and I had her hanging in my office at home in the present time. 533 00:42:25,815 --> 00:42:29,015 But anyway, so riots broke out everywhere. 534 00:42:29,275 --> 00:42:33,275 They broke out on my campus in the National Bios, Colorado, and the National 535 00:42:33,275 --> 00:42:39,135 Bios was for the American community. on the campus. 536 00:42:39,515 --> 00:42:44,875 And I was on the 6th and 7th floor of my dorm, and I could look out my window 537 00:42:44,875 --> 00:42:51,575 in the parking lot, and there was National Guard people with rifles lining the front lot of my campus. 538 00:42:52,095 --> 00:42:55,055 And so we, you know, obviously classes were suspended. 539 00:42:55,775 --> 00:43:02,535 The dean of students, Dr. Joseph Arthur Payne, Jr. He was very old, bad dressed. 540 00:43:02,815 --> 00:43:05,815 We all liked him, and we liked him when he spoke. 541 00:43:06,375 --> 00:43:09,755 He summoned me to his office, and he said, Mr. 542 00:43:09,895 --> 00:43:14,375 Charles Kelsey, back there, they call on them from this, okay, and Mr. 543 00:43:14,415 --> 00:43:22,315 Charles called, we need you to go with us, to come to a meeting with us. 544 00:43:22,875 --> 00:43:29,295 And I said, we need you to come with us to a meeting in downtown Nashville, 545 00:43:29,395 --> 00:43:36,095 to meet with with the mayor and council people and the leaders downtown Nashville 546 00:43:36,095 --> 00:43:39,095 because we need somebody to represent Susan Bonner. 547 00:43:39,595 --> 00:43:43,235 And I said, Dr. Crane, I am not student council president. 548 00:43:45,415 --> 00:43:49,275 I thought he was a general. And he said, I don't understand that, 549 00:43:49,355 --> 00:43:52,835 Mr. Sargent. He said, well, student council president resigned. 550 00:43:53,395 --> 00:43:56,955 An idiot. When Martin Luther King was assassinated, he quit. 551 00:43:57,195 --> 00:43:58,995 He said, I am done with it. 552 00:43:59,415 --> 00:44:04,995 I am done with it. i will not just blah blah blah blah well i had been elected 553 00:44:04,995 --> 00:44:10,875 cinnamon council president i was scheduled to take the alpha junior i was such 554 00:44:10,875 --> 00:44:12,495 a thing almost my senior year, 555 00:44:13,135 --> 00:44:22,595 so i said i'm saying well i i don't know and in an event dr fayne said I said, Ms. 556 00:44:23,135 --> 00:44:25,955 Chautau, you're a great leader. 557 00:44:26,895 --> 00:44:28,015 And I said, okay. 558 00:44:29,055 --> 00:44:30,475 So we went. 559 00:44:32,073 --> 00:44:38,713 The meeting. And you might can tell that the professors were very immersed on this thing. 560 00:44:38,793 --> 00:44:42,373 And I was a little person. I don't know. 561 00:44:43,893 --> 00:44:47,053 Little brother talked to us. Little brother, all these guys. 562 00:44:47,313 --> 00:44:50,993 And so I understood the gravity. I understood what he was telling me. 563 00:44:51,333 --> 00:44:54,153 And you know, and what he said, it made sense. 564 00:44:54,453 --> 00:45:01,673 He said, they need to be reassured that students at this college are not going to be increased. 565 00:45:02,513 --> 00:45:07,013 They need to be reassured that they can withdraw these National Guards, 566 00:45:08,033 --> 00:45:13,293 and their teams and not worry that something bad is going to happen and they 567 00:45:13,293 --> 00:45:17,313 need to hear it from a student leader they won't believe the professors because 568 00:45:17,313 --> 00:45:20,833 they don't think they know what we're talking about they need to hear from one of you guys, 569 00:45:21,653 --> 00:45:28,933 and so I went to the meeting and I said nothing and they told us and Dr. 570 00:45:29,073 --> 00:45:32,893 Payne and his he's out of the way, but he made the case, you know, 571 00:45:32,893 --> 00:45:35,533 just very, very elegant. 572 00:45:35,953 --> 00:45:41,173 And so after the folks in downtown Nashville started asking questions, 573 00:45:41,493 --> 00:45:42,893 what about this one, what about that? 574 00:45:42,993 --> 00:45:48,133 So then they turned to me and in essence said, can you assure that Joe Simmons 575 00:45:48,133 --> 00:45:51,653 is going to go back to studying and you guys are going to be just supposed to 576 00:45:51,653 --> 00:45:53,093 be with him? I said, yes, sir. 577 00:45:53,413 --> 00:45:57,593 So you got to understand, you say, yes, sir, yes, ma'am. 578 00:45:58,033 --> 00:46:02,553 You know, yes, sir, yes, sir, no. You know, that's a different presentation. 579 00:46:03,733 --> 00:46:08,733 So then they said, okay. All right. They sent us back to campus. 580 00:46:08,933 --> 00:46:12,373 They did withdraw the National Guard in Tennessee. 581 00:46:12,773 --> 00:46:15,313 And guys who could run and all that sort of stuff. 582 00:46:15,753 --> 00:46:22,093 And the administration, the leaders, the vice president, Dr. 583 00:46:22,293 --> 00:46:25,193 Payne, they did what they needed to do. Everything was done. 584 00:46:25,333 --> 00:46:27,673 Everything was done. So, yeah. 585 00:46:28,698 --> 00:46:33,758 That is another way that I was impacted by this whole thing in 1968. 586 00:46:34,558 --> 00:46:38,218 I didn't know what I was doing. I said, I get a letter and I didn't know what 587 00:46:38,218 --> 00:46:41,238 I was doing. But it just goes to show you never know. 588 00:46:42,118 --> 00:46:47,338 You are not in charge of this stuff. We are all actors on stage. 589 00:46:48,138 --> 00:46:52,898 And we don't control the both of us. We don't write the script. 590 00:46:53,138 --> 00:46:56,558 We are not the directors and the producers. producers we are 591 00:46:56,558 --> 00:46:59,838 actors or people on a stage and as 592 00:46:59,838 --> 00:47:03,018 we always say god is in charge moving on 593 00:47:03,018 --> 00:47:07,198 the men are now around about 2010 594 00:47:07,198 --> 00:47:10,018 and 2011 decide you know well 595 00:47:10,018 --> 00:47:13,038 there should be a mile for our trying to 596 00:47:13,038 --> 00:47:17,798 develop you know that this time we should recognize how great his name was and 597 00:47:17,798 --> 00:47:24,258 the people who built him and so it took him 15 years one file 15 years to get 598 00:47:24,258 --> 00:47:31,638 martin King Memorial Monument job and food and it is presently in Washington, D.C. now. 599 00:47:31,838 --> 00:47:37,998 So if you ever visit Washington, D.C., I would encourage you to go to the Margaret 600 00:47:37,998 --> 00:47:45,618 King Monument and it is the only monument for a non-military person in Washington, D.C. 601 00:47:45,678 --> 00:47:53,298 It is the only monument of it for a non-president, and it was a no-joke for St. Mark's, you see. 602 00:47:53,858 --> 00:47:57,898 But the men of Alco did it. And just another example of. 603 00:47:59,423 --> 00:48:04,723 The power and the glory of when God was in charge. Let me say something here. 604 00:48:05,483 --> 00:48:10,943 They're from an American history fund. They're basically four African-American 605 00:48:10,943 --> 00:48:13,383 children and basically four African-American children. 606 00:48:13,963 --> 00:48:18,783 So Africa is not the only one. Africa is not the only one. In this church, 607 00:48:19,143 --> 00:48:25,203 you know, I sit here in the fund next to your brother who's retired from the L.A. 608 00:48:25,223 --> 00:48:29,083 Kingy, who's carrying out a sign. Teasing someone all the time. 609 00:48:29,423 --> 00:48:31,023 Yes, and so whenever I say I love 610 00:48:31,023 --> 00:48:34,543 you, I'll only be wearing that dress up again, you know. So there we go. 611 00:48:34,743 --> 00:48:42,543 Our brother, Nicko, who the church photographer, and he may not talk a lot, and we see each other. 612 00:48:42,883 --> 00:48:47,723 You know, when Omega celebrated their founding day, I congratulated him. 613 00:48:47,923 --> 00:48:51,443 So my point is that we're a fantastic brotherhood. We've been in the brotherhood. 614 00:48:51,683 --> 00:48:52,903 That's what I'm trying to say. 615 00:48:53,583 --> 00:48:59,063 And this is how we get stronger and better. I was sharing with Margaret earlier 616 00:48:59,063 --> 00:49:04,763 how I had learned so much, like from podcasting and being in the Men's Sonnetson class. 617 00:49:04,963 --> 00:49:07,443 True story. In my adult life. 618 00:49:10,803 --> 00:49:14,743 And this is why I say right here from Houston, 619 00:49:14,983 --> 00:49:24,463 I have never consistently been in a predominantly Black male group in my life 620 00:49:24,463 --> 00:49:25,903 until the Men's Sonnetson class. 621 00:49:28,163 --> 00:49:37,623 That's right Right But I would never So my point is That just being a predominant, 622 00:49:38,823 --> 00:49:45,703 Afro-American Class Is uniquely there Over 50 years I graduated from Madison 623 00:49:45,703 --> 00:49:47,883 School 50 years ago Okay, 624 00:49:47,923 --> 00:49:56,063 73 So we continue to grow It's one of the problems It doesn't stop we continue to grow. 625 00:49:57,290 --> 00:50:03,250 Okay. Almost done. Almost done. Oh, it should have been true. 626 00:50:03,410 --> 00:50:04,870 It should have been. That's me. 627 00:50:06,910 --> 00:50:12,910 That's me. You know, not too long ago, about 20 years ago, 50 or 20 years ago, 628 00:50:13,050 --> 00:50:18,470 there was another big buzz going around about this tall, standing kid from Chicago 629 00:50:18,470 --> 00:50:21,290 with a funny name. Little man. Okay. 630 00:50:22,250 --> 00:50:28,150 He had that. And you notice he wrote a book called The Name of My Father, which is so lively. 631 00:50:28,290 --> 00:50:31,810 He also had fatherly issues, you know. 632 00:50:31,910 --> 00:50:37,590 So he was picking a single brother, Clara, who had been forced to open, 633 00:50:37,990 --> 00:50:40,610 or whatever he had to deal with. 634 00:50:40,850 --> 00:50:45,790 But anyway, he was interested in politics, leadership in politics. 635 00:50:46,370 --> 00:50:50,250 And he ended up running in Chicago, 636 00:50:50,670 --> 00:50:58,190 ran against Soviet-American Americans, and a lost visitor, just didn't write a job, but kept trying, 637 00:50:58,450 --> 00:51:03,430 kept trying, one time, two times, I think, and then around, I think, 638 00:51:03,430 --> 00:51:06,810 the second or third time, finally won that whole district thing, 639 00:51:06,930 --> 00:51:11,570 and then used that to then get to the Senate in Washington, D.C. 640 00:51:12,290 --> 00:51:19,410 He decided that he wanted Ronald Crosby. Now, you got to understand what the challenge today is. 641 00:51:19,470 --> 00:51:24,170 Not to mention the basic challenges of him looking the way he looks. 642 00:51:25,070 --> 00:51:30,870 But his name is Barack Hussein Obama. Think about that. 643 00:51:32,350 --> 00:51:40,390 Barack Hussein Obama. Who in the world would love a president 49-0 with that kind of name? 644 00:51:40,870 --> 00:51:47,490 Right? it so i thought my heart is there will always be obstacles there will 645 00:51:47,490 --> 00:51:49,330 always be stumbling blocks, 646 00:51:49,930 --> 00:51:59,590 there will always be resistance so was so worse if you really want to do it you go forward so. 647 00:52:00,650 --> 00:52:05,290 This guy i started watching well 648 00:52:05,290 --> 00:52:08,210 this is interesting it's i'm going with 649 00:52:08,210 --> 00:52:11,370 these things so when he decided to 650 00:52:11,370 --> 00:52:14,490 run for president and he started while he 651 00:52:14,490 --> 00:52:17,550 was going through the process of trying to annihilate it 652 00:52:17,550 --> 00:52:24,690 on credit carding i said you know what i i i like i premiered i said you got 653 00:52:24,690 --> 00:52:30,450 a food you need you know the real deal right and i said my children you've got 654 00:52:30,450 --> 00:52:36,510 to win election in a predominantly white stage by a reasonable moment, Joel. 655 00:52:37,230 --> 00:52:40,530 I said, if you can do that, then I'm with you. 656 00:52:41,170 --> 00:52:46,510 If not, I'll go stand on the sidelines and I'll wait with you and wish you well, 657 00:52:46,690 --> 00:52:50,030 but I'm not running against you. I'm not running against you. 658 00:52:51,015 --> 00:52:54,575 Did from there he won our car i was 659 00:52:54,575 --> 00:52:58,355 about 90 plus percent caucasian right 660 00:52:58,355 --> 00:53:05,655 that's okay i mean i'm just it's complete and so we we followed him on and on 661 00:53:05,655 --> 00:53:09,355 and on and on and on when i said we i'm talking about my best friend you're 662 00:53:09,355 --> 00:53:17,535 sitting in chat let's see right now uh so we've been involved so jay in November 2007. 663 00:53:19,355 --> 00:53:25,975 Second Tuesday, my best friend and I were sitting there and she and I were watching the election result. 664 00:53:26,635 --> 00:53:33,515 CNN. Oh, Britsa. Okay. Oh, this is still the CNN. Oh, listen. Wow. 665 00:53:34,275 --> 00:53:39,035 But it's still there. And as here now, ladies and gentlemen, 666 00:53:39,035 --> 00:53:41,455 the next president of the United States is Barack Obama. 667 00:53:42,135 --> 00:53:46,355 We saw him jumping up and down and hugging each other and crying and screaming 668 00:53:46,355 --> 00:53:48,535 and yelling and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. 669 00:53:48,695 --> 00:53:53,275 And then, then, I kid you not, I kid you not, she doesn't look scum. 670 00:53:53,355 --> 00:53:59,455 I kid you not, my mother-in-law went to me and said, I want to go to the inauguration. 671 00:54:00,635 --> 00:54:05,695 I said, what? She said, I want to go to the inauguration. 672 00:54:05,895 --> 00:54:09,655 I said, you know how many children are going to be in the inauguration? 673 00:54:09,955 --> 00:54:14,475 Then you're ready. and watch the 674 00:54:14,475 --> 00:54:18,075 bc then one can realize it's right 675 00:54:18,075 --> 00:54:20,935 now you know the first thing during the second week 676 00:54:20,935 --> 00:54:24,015 in january she said i'm here i only wasn't 677 00:54:24,015 --> 00:54:31,655 in our race so i said let me see what i already so i called up mary we have 678 00:54:31,655 --> 00:54:36,355 a status or narrative and i said we'd like to go to the the rockabye and oration 679 00:54:36,355 --> 00:54:42,175 the second week in january said we'll we'll. 680 00:54:43,967 --> 00:54:47,467 I said, look, thank goodness you're back to us. And they said, 681 00:54:47,587 --> 00:54:52,427 you know, we have some rooms in Virginia, right outside of Washington. 682 00:54:54,527 --> 00:55:01,147 And they're married and sweet. And we've got a couple rooms in the room. 683 00:55:01,267 --> 00:55:06,887 They said, Virginia is all about 15 minutes to Washington. Get on the train. Get down to Washington. 684 00:55:07,487 --> 00:55:09,827 Take two e-bikes. Get down to Washington. 685 00:55:10,987 --> 00:55:16,707 I said, dog, whoops. The best decision that I made in my life, 686 00:55:16,707 --> 00:55:21,547 best decision that I made in my life, it was like a picnic. 687 00:55:21,867 --> 00:55:23,827 We met people from all over the world. 688 00:55:24,167 --> 00:55:29,227 And they were speaking different languages and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. 689 00:55:29,527 --> 00:55:32,807 And we were there about a week, and since then, in operation, 690 00:55:33,067 --> 00:55:35,347 and so on, standing in the foreground. 691 00:55:36,787 --> 00:55:43,027 We're sitting in that tall building. Look at that, that's the Washington vitamin. 692 00:55:43,447 --> 00:55:46,207 Now, we're not that far back, but look at this. 693 00:55:50,027 --> 00:55:53,867 You know, like a two dollars on the way. Which is where we are. 694 00:55:54,167 --> 00:55:56,207 Maybe you can't see us, but let us know. 695 00:55:57,507 --> 00:55:59,407 What a great day. Now, here's, 696 00:56:01,647 --> 00:56:05,347 Sam's place is a city where is the point? 697 00:56:05,547 --> 00:56:09,847 There were one part taking millions of people It's the largest in the world. 698 00:56:10,687 --> 00:56:14,767 One hundred and eight million people. Uh-oh, it's the sweetest in the world. 699 00:56:15,646 --> 00:56:19,286 And priests there's a river of the time and that's when 700 00:56:19,286 --> 00:56:23,846 she came off and tried to live and say but what started 701 00:56:23,846 --> 00:56:29,806 worrying the only that i saw people in wheelchairs people on christ's old after 702 00:56:29,806 --> 00:56:36,746 america you know who said i i i can't get you wrong i never thought i'd see 703 00:56:36,746 --> 00:56:40,246 this in my life I thought, well, well, well, well, well. 704 00:56:40,646 --> 00:56:44,906 So, needless to say, we were not able to talk to Obama. 705 00:56:45,366 --> 00:56:48,186 I thought he was a fuck builder. 706 00:56:49,766 --> 00:56:58,066 But it was the most relaxed, strong, how I'm going to get. And I've never been in a problem with this. 707 00:56:58,766 --> 00:57:03,926 The military was in control of everything. And we got to sit and post up on the race. 708 00:57:03,926 --> 00:57:08,226 And you could we have a nap of the race if we would run into the place well 709 00:57:08,226 --> 00:57:13,026 the praise of me and singing waiting for Michelle and the water coming chasing 710 00:57:13,026 --> 00:57:17,706 all nice understand and Barack's also in time keeping my ice man gets probably 711 00:57:17,706 --> 00:57:22,506 a hundred two thousand death threats per day they love think about that, 712 00:57:23,146 --> 00:57:28,846 I've got audience, and we're going to follow up on that. 713 00:57:28,886 --> 00:57:33,366 We're going to start all the other names. He said that it's a lie. 714 00:57:34,126 --> 00:57:37,566 And when he means surgery, pick it up, pick it up. 715 00:57:38,026 --> 00:57:42,806 And so he's determined he's not going to start a war on the street. Yes, it is. 716 00:57:43,986 --> 00:57:47,666 And that's right. Right, right, right, right, right, you know, 717 00:57:47,666 --> 00:57:54,046 the most impressive part is that threats and resistance is based on fear. 718 00:57:54,986 --> 00:58:02,386 If you are afraid, if you're not afraid of yourself, now, bad things happen. 719 00:58:02,626 --> 00:58:05,886 I'm not saying, you know, we just went through a lot of bad things and have 720 00:58:05,886 --> 00:58:09,786 a lot of history, but so what? So what? 721 00:58:11,166 --> 00:58:14,426 And basically, that was sort of what my mom said, so what? 722 00:58:15,166 --> 00:58:20,086 And so, needless to say, the rest is history. 723 00:58:20,546 --> 00:58:24,046 It's two tariffs, which I made it here. 724 00:58:24,926 --> 00:58:29,926 Don't fend it in the White House, including mother. No prob, no standards. 725 00:58:31,126 --> 00:58:35,026 Major legislation, one of the most important pieces of legislation that I talk 726 00:58:35,026 --> 00:58:38,566 about all the time, is the Affordable Care Act. 727 00:58:38,746 --> 00:58:41,586 Right, yeah. What do you mean? No, that's a good one. 728 00:58:42,536 --> 00:58:47,136 What are you talking about? Yes, yes, I did. And one of the things about Obamacare, 729 00:58:47,176 --> 00:58:50,696 particularly for those of us in the health care field, well, it's another thing. 730 00:58:50,776 --> 00:58:55,156 But one of the things is that it forced all hospitals and all doctors, 731 00:58:55,276 --> 00:59:00,976 all the systems and all the machines to pay without without any of this from 732 00:59:00,976 --> 00:59:01,636 the federal government. 733 00:59:01,876 --> 00:59:04,696 It wouldn't have happened without threats saying, you know what? 734 00:59:04,816 --> 00:59:09,056 If you don't computerize by X, Y, Z day, we're going to start sending stocks 735 00:59:09,056 --> 00:59:10,616 and new Medicare payments. 736 00:59:12,096 --> 00:59:17,496 Most hospitals and doctor's offices could not survive without Medicare and Medicare patients. 737 00:59:18,216 --> 00:59:22,316 Because the government figured out that it pays the money. It was the money. 738 00:59:23,256 --> 00:59:27,396 Okay. So as a result, and so now there's one of the big things about old-bound 739 00:59:27,396 --> 00:59:31,136 care. Second big thing about old-bound care is it's sort of level of quiet. 740 00:59:31,656 --> 00:59:36,796 In this country, the biggest cause of bankruptcy is people getting sick. 741 00:59:36,796 --> 00:59:41,516 That team, the only civilized country in the world that has that. 742 00:59:42,236 --> 00:59:46,516 Europe doesn't have it. England doesn't have it. Canada doesn't have it. 743 00:59:46,896 --> 00:59:51,736 You know, Asian countries don't have it because they have a centralized type of medicine. 744 00:59:52,296 --> 00:59:55,876 Right? Here is fatherhood for the Muslim. Now, we have Medicare and Medi-Cal, 745 00:59:55,996 --> 00:59:59,716 but a large part of it is fatherhood. If you have money, you can afford this. 746 00:59:59,856 --> 01:00:02,736 If you don't have money, you can't afford it. Et cetera, et cetera. 747 01:00:03,296 --> 01:00:07,696 Okay? Okay. So huge form of balance to the healthcare. 748 01:00:08,116 --> 01:00:11,536 And another thing that we're going to talk about a couple of weeks from now 749 01:00:11,536 --> 01:00:14,696 is the increased patient rights. 750 01:00:14,976 --> 01:00:17,356 Things like the best practice. 751 01:00:18,236 --> 01:00:22,536 I don't know if you've heard about it, and I have a dupli. 752 01:00:23,559 --> 01:00:26,339 Inform them about what you need to have 753 01:00:26,339 --> 01:00:30,399 done to you can say operation when 754 01:00:30,399 --> 01:00:33,779 you as a patient have a writer to the teams you 755 01:00:33,779 --> 01:00:38,459 know the operation even though it's well yeah i'm raising the thing those operations 756 01:00:38,459 --> 01:00:42,919 can survive that's right so thank you doctor i was talking you're a nice guy 757 01:00:42,919 --> 01:00:49,199 and i like you and i'm like oh it's something but i don't think so about either 758 01:00:49,199 --> 01:00:51,939 someone i think i choose not to do. 759 01:00:52,699 --> 01:00:56,419 And so it had tremendous fundamental effect. 760 01:00:57,219 --> 01:01:00,639 So, winding down, God is at charge. 761 01:01:00,799 --> 01:01:05,379 These are my basic principles. I start out with my beliefs and I end up with my basic principles. 762 01:01:05,799 --> 01:01:11,839 God is in charge of my life and has been. And you do not know the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 763 01:01:11,959 --> 01:01:18,599 I advise you or encourage you to seek out of his guidance and to follow his teachings. 764 01:01:18,599 --> 01:01:23,799 I know bad days I do not have bad days I've said it before I figured out about 765 01:01:23,799 --> 01:01:30,319 30 years ago That days on the board of bad advice Says they were So I don't 766 01:01:30,319 --> 01:01:34,199 have bad days Don't sweat the small stuff And most stuff is small, 767 01:01:34,919 --> 01:01:41,439 You will find the things That you worry about And agonize over Usually are incidental 768 01:01:41,439 --> 01:01:45,819 And most of the time You have control over that And so you can stop. 769 01:01:46,639 --> 01:01:52,159 Forgiveness is there for you When someone does or says something to you that 770 01:01:52,159 --> 01:01:57,439 you think is negative or you interpret as negative, forgive them immediately. 771 01:01:58,039 --> 01:02:02,079 Don't try to look at the facts. Just go ahead and do it. 772 01:02:02,699 --> 01:02:07,319 And fifth principle is everything is a relationship. Everything, 773 01:02:07,399 --> 01:02:08,979 everything, everything is a relationship. 774 01:02:09,679 --> 01:02:13,839 Relationships are based on three things. Mutual respect, mutual trust, 775 01:02:14,019 --> 01:02:17,279 good communication. In any case, if you handle the same things, 776 01:02:17,379 --> 01:02:18,439 you have a good relationship. 777 01:02:19,079 --> 01:02:21,899 If you do not, then you have a work streak. 778 01:02:23,280 --> 01:02:28,800 History continues. Where will you be in this line of leadership? 779 01:02:29,360 --> 01:02:34,240 What will you do? I suggest to you to have a conversation with the person in 780 01:02:34,240 --> 01:02:39,480 the mirror, and you decide what's best for you. But the struggle continues. 781 01:02:40,360 --> 01:02:46,320 The legacy continues. I suggest to you, have a conversation with the person 782 01:02:46,320 --> 01:02:49,080 in the mirror, and say, well, what is my lyric? 783 01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:56,260 What am I going to do to make things just a little bit better? 784 01:02:56,680 --> 01:03:01,900 We all have that courage. We all have that right. We all have that opportunity. 785 01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:08,880 And of course, if you and I completely happen in the way the world is, 786 01:03:09,460 --> 01:03:13,940 you need the change that you want to see in the world. 787 01:03:14,520 --> 01:03:18,800 Thank you. All right. Bye. Are there any questions? 788 01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:25,260 Very if they only made you stare at it for a long time oh thank you thank you, 789 01:03:25,940 --> 01:03:29,820 thank you thank you we're on a song you know, 790 01:03:32,520 --> 01:03:39,580 we're very good so we can thank all of you at zoom was anybody on zoom had any questions, 791 01:03:41,600 --> 01:03:45,280 okay have a great day bye.