He was killed cutting logs in the woods. So that first five were very young and my dad ernest jones married my mama and has five more children, but my dad raised all ten of us because they was very, very young when their dad got killed. Basically they were very disciplined, had a seventh grade education. Mom had a seventh grade education but very bright, very brilliant people and one of the ambitions they had, they gave us as we were little kids, he two goals for us, he wanted all of us to be educated and he wanted to see all ten of us in heaven, so he wanted us to be committed to church, hard work and school, so i had the pleasure of going to school all the way through elementary, all the way through high school and i never missed a day. He was mean and tough on us going to school, so we had to get up 4 00 in the morning, milk the cows, feed the pigs and do all of this walk one mile from the house to the dirt road where the bus came by and gets the bus at 6 45. You to do that and appl
Remarks on his build back better the economy. Ss he talks about fighting systemic racism through his economic plan and takes questions from reporters. This runs an hour. Mr. Biden good afternoon, everyone. It is great to be here and back where i want to thank William Jefferson for having us here. In delaware, everyone knew who hicks was. He was involved in social justice issues and politics in the state for a long time and was very much engaged back in the days when doctor king was assassinated and the city was in flames. He was a good friend. A good friend. I want to thank him. I used to work on the east i used to work on the east side and i got to know hicks very well because he did a lot of work over there as well and folks here at this center are doing gods work. This Community Center gives people hope and a place to belong i saw hope as a senator when i watch my son become attorney general, beau biden, he would attend mass at sacred heart just up the street and then walk with his
It is great to be here back in a place and i want to thank Wayne Jefferson here for having us everybody knew who hicks was he was deeply involved in social justice issues talk politics in the state for a long time and was very much engaged back in the days when doctor king was assassinated in the city was in flames. He was a good friend. I used to work on the east side and i got to know hicks very well because he did a lot of work over there as well and folks here at this center are doing gods work this Community Center gives people hope and a place to belong i saw hope as a senator when i watch my son become attorney general he would attend mass at sacred heart just up the street and then walk with his notebook in hand sit around for the day to see if he could find ways to help. And on the east side as a teenage lifeguard my career as a public defender started. And he is named after my buddy. We went way back. We just walked around wilmington and everybody has a story about hicks and
It is great to be here back in a place and i want to thank Wayne Jefferson here for having us everybody knew who hicks was he was deeply involved in social justice issues talk politics in the state for a long time and was very much engaged back in the days when doctor king was assassinated in the city was in flames. He was a good friend. I used to work on the east side and i got to know hicks very well because he did a lot of work over there as well and folks here at this center are doing gods work this Community Center gives people hope and a place to belong i saw hope as a senator when i watch my son become attorney general he would attend mass at sacred heart just up the street and then walk with his notebook in hand sit around for the day to see if he could find ways to help. And on the east side as a teenage lifeguard my career as a public defender started. And he is named after my buddy. We went way back. We just walked around wilmington and everybody has a story about hicks and
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