Independence missouri. He is the nauthor of growing up my grandfather and dear harry, love bess, bess trumans l letteres from 1919 to 1993. He is the head of the board that has been vacant since his mother retired from our board. Clinton, thank you for joining our board and thank you for being here today. Clifton daniel truman. Thank you, andy. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, truman scholars. Im honored to be here and to be on the board. I am a little bit stunned, 19 years old, the first truman scholars. I was with my mother in independence, missouri, when the first truman scholarships were awarded in 1977. I was in college. I was sort of in awe of being in that group as my mother told me i should be. Actually, the way she put it was, clifton, all of these young people are doing a lot better in college than you are. I will share a couple pieces. Its interesting some of the things the panel has been talking about. The panels have been fantastic. This is a great way to spend the afterno
Independence missouri. He is the nauthor of growing up my grandfather and dear harry, love bess, bess trumans l letteres from 1919 to 1993. He is the head of the board that has been vacant since his mother retired from our board. Clinton, thank you for joining our board and thank you for being here today. Clifton daniel truman. Thank you, andy. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, truman scholars. Im honored to be here and to be on the board. I am a little bit stunned, 19 years old, the first truman scholars. I was with my mother in independence, missouri, when the first truman scholarships were awarded in 1977. I was in college. I was sort of in awe of being in that group as my mother told me i should be. Actually, the way she put it was, clifton, all of these young people are doing a lot better in college than you are. I will share a couple pieces. Its interesting some of the things the panel has been talking about. The panels have been fantastic. This is a great way to spend the afterno
Independence missouri. He is the nauthor of growing up my grandfather and dear harry, love bess, bess trumans l letteres from 1919 to 1993. He is the head of the board that has been vacant since his mother retired from our board. Clinton, thank you for joining our board and thank you for being here today. Clifton daniel truman. Thank you, andy. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, truman scholars. Im honored to be here and to be on the board. I am a little bit stunned, 19 years old, the first truman scholars. I was with my mother in independence, missouri, when the first truman scholarships were awarded in 1977. I was in college. I was sort of in awe of being in that group as my mother told me i should be. Actually, the way she put it was, clifton, all of these young people are doing a lot better in college than you are. I will share a couple pieces. Its interesting some of the things the panel has been talking about. The panels have been fantastic. This is a great way to spend the afterno
Things right . We outlined three reasons in the legal brief. First of all, this is not the first time the president has given a posthumous pardon to someone who has passed away. Both president clinton and president bush have given posthumous parting in the last years of their administration. Clinton 1999 and president bush 2008. These are definitely legal, and definitely president for doing so. Secondly, Marcus Garvey is innocent. We have proven that beyond a reasonable shadow of a doubt. The United States Congress Held a hearing in 1987 in the House Judiciary Committee chair by john conyers where they afford indepth all of the evidence. They look at historical evidence presented by historians like tony martin. They conclude he was innocent back in 1987. There have been dozens of books. Currently it is in the state. His face is on the currency of jamaicas currency. Marcus garvey is innocent and people around the world have recognized it. Even our own United States government has recogn
Clifton thank you, andy. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, truman scholars. To be here. I am honored to have been asked. Honored to serve on the board. I have to tell you im a little bit stunned. I was 19 your desk i was 19 years old with my mother in independence, missouri when the first truman scholarships were awarded in 1977. I was in college and i was sort of in all of being in that group. As my mother told me i should be. [laughter] clifton, allut it, of these young people are doing a lot better in college that you. Re are [laughter] the panels have been fantastic. This is a great way to spend the afternoon. Some have been talking about my grandfathers leadership style, his outlook on life, things i found out about when i was very young. My grandfather came to stay in new york city and he got dawn, wentrack of for a walk, and grabbed as many newspapers as he could find. My brother and i were the first ones down one morning. He was behind the newspapers and we thought we would tipt