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I Was Born In Norfolk, Virginia. I Began School There, The First Year Of Public School. When I Was 7, The Family Shifted Back To North Carolina. I Grew Up In North Carolina; Had My Schooling Through The College Level In North Carolina.

I Believe, The Naacp Began To Try To Organize Parents Of Negro Children To File Petitions With The Boards Of Education Regarding The Integration Of The School System. You Had Some Very Severe Economic Reprisals Against People In Mississippi And In South Carolina. So, In Order To Try To Help To Meet Some Of The Physical Needs And The Economic Needs Of People In Clarendon County [sc] Who Had Been Displaced From The Land, And Otherwise, And In Certain Sections Of Mississippi, We Organized In New York City Something Called "in Friendship".

I've Never Credited Myself With A Professional Life. But, Basically, It Has Been That.

This In Friendship - Out Of It Came Certain Connections With The Liberal Labor Establishment. Among The Personalities That Were Involved Were Bayard Rustin And A Person From The American Jewish Congress, Stanley Levinson.

In Order To See Where We Are Going, We Not Only Must Remember Where We Have Been, But We Must Understand Where We Have Been.