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someone has taken a young man, hung him in a tree. who would do something this hideous? >> michael donald was an innocent good samaritan, not a thug. >> the mobile police department just didnt want to believe that mobile would still have klan in it. but they did. >> thats why we kept marching and protesting, letting them know we were going to take this lion down. >> the admitted klansmen turned to action as the words, guilty of capital murder, sank in. >> it was the first time since at...

Sight back. and when i just let it go, thats when i started to feel better. >> these stories of black forgiveness are character lessons. but the character lesson is not, let us ask black people to serially forgive, but rather, let us challenge ourselves to not engage in unforgivable behavior. >> this is a portion of my fathers closing statement from the civil trial. it was michael donald on march 21st, 1981. but who will it be tomorrow? unless you speak very loudly and very clearly to send that ...

Kevin, tell us about your mom. >> my mom is an extraordinary mom. hoopy mothers day to every mom. my mom is always strong, keeps those character lessons when you are growing up. but she also can build you up when you are down. i recently had a trip with my mom. but the most unique thing about my mom is she taught you you can never have too many friends. my mom could be in a room with people she never met that speak a different language and you would walk out thinking they had been friends for li...

Kevin, tell us about your mom. >> my mom is an extraordinary mom. hoopy mothers day to every mom. my mom is always strong, keeps those character lessons when you are growing up. but she also can build you up when you are down. i recently had a trip with my mom. but the most unique thing about my mom is she taught you you can never have too many friends. my mom could be in a room with people she never met that speak a different language and you would walk out thinking they had been friends for li...

Kevin, tell us about your mom. >> my mom is an extraordinary mom. hoopy mothers day to every mom. my mom is always strong, keeps those character lessons when you are growing up. but she also can build you up when you are down. i recently had a trip with my mom. but the most unique thing about my mom is she taught you you can never have too many friends. my mom could be in a room with people she never met that speak a different language and you would walk out thinking they had been friends for li...

How long must america count on the bottomless well of black peoples forgiveness? >> i was angry. i was angry for a long time. i just had to forgive them because it wont-- we werent going to bring the girls back. it wasnt going to bring my sight back. and when i just let it go, thats when i started to feel better. >> these stories of black forgiveness are character lessons. but the character lesson is not, let us ask black people to serially forgive, but rather, let us challenge ourselves to not ...

We train over 77% of doctors through our residency program. we train nurses. we have the largest work force of nurses in the country. and that training becomes very important. third leg is clinical work. dealing with our veteran population every single day. and some of our very best doctors participate in all three legs where we have an affiliation with the best medical schools in the country, a system that omar bradley set up in 1947. and as a result, take an example of our facility in palo alt...

Means for them, right? >> yeah, you know, warren said from the beginning were not going to teach kids 7-year-olds how to read a balance sheet. thats not what its about. its more to help them to establish good habits in life and so many times the values that one needs to learn about finance are the values that one needs to learn about life lessons and character lessons, if you will. so theyre very, very simple character lessons that we go through in the show and the kids learn interest that. >> a...