1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:06,560 My great-grandmother was a 2 00:00:03,439 --> 00:00:08,639 15-year-old-girl who worked on a share 3 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:09,679 croppers farm because that was the work 4 00:00:08,639 --> 00:00:14,639 that was available. 5 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:14,639 Her first child was born at 15 years old, 6 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:19,600 7 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,240 and she sacrificed through life so that she 8 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,439 could 9 00:00:20,240 --> 00:00:25,599 raise up a generation of people to 10 00:00:23,439 --> 00:00:26,960 become eventually successful. So when I 11 00:00:25,599 --> 00:00:29,279 look at her, 12 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:31,199 and I look at my uncles who served in 13 00:00:29,279 --> 00:00:31,599 the military, one of them served in World 14 00:00:31,199 --> 00:00:34,160 War II. 15 00:00:31,599 --> 00:00:36,719 He never made it over but when he 16 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:38,559 eventually came home, 17 00:00:36,719 --> 00:00:41,680 he wasn't the same mentally, and his 18 00:00:38,559 --> 00:00:43,120 heart was that of a 65 year old, 19 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,719 and my grandmother had to take care of 20 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:47,039 him until he passed. 21 00:00:44,719 --> 00:00:48,160 And when my other uncle went over to 22 00:00:47,039 --> 00:00:51,680 serve, 23 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:55,039 you know, during Vietnam, he came back 24 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:57,920 and he had to be called boy and 25 00:00:55,039 --> 00:00:58,879 the n-word. And so when I see the 26 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,960 endurance 27 00:00:58,879 --> 00:01:02,079 of people like that, and my mother who 28 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,080 was bussed 29 00:01:02,079 --> 00:01:06,240 to an all-white neighborhood in 30 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:08,240 order to expand diversity, 31 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,280 when I see the contributions that they 32 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:13,840 Made ... 33 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,840 when they exhale..... 34 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,479 I inhaled their endurance. 35 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:29,280 I inhaled their endurance, and so 36 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:33,680 they crawled, they walked, 37 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:33,680 so I can run, and my children are going to 38 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,840 soar.