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With the army you have and not the army you might want or wish to have at the right time. ♪♪ >> my grandfather was a slave. my father was a share cropper. my mother, a maid. because this is america, i am now a congresswoman.

Share cropper. mr. pace, who had only recently become literate, was scheduled to read the constitutions preamble aloud. backstage, he was nervous. mrs. bush asked if it would help if they read it together on the broadcast. mr. pace agreed. soon, the two of them stood on stage reading in unison. as mr. pace grew comfortable, mrs. bush lowered her voice and lowered it again and then again. until at last j.t. pace was reading entirely on his own. he wept and he read. supported by barbara bush. who ...

Her doctors if shed like to know why george w turned out the way she he had and she announced i smoked and drank while i was pregnant. she was a point of light. in 1989, when many americans lived in ignorance about hiv/aids, mrs. bush went to a home for infected infants and hugged the children there, as well as an adult male patient. the images sent a powerful message, one of compassion, of love, and of acceptance. she believed literacy, a fundamental civil and human right and gave the cause her...

Met a man named j.t. pace. the 63-year-old son of a former share cropper. mr. pace, who had only recently become literate was scheduled to read the constitutions preamble aloud. backstage, he was nervous. mrs. bush asked if it would help if they read it together on the broadcast. mr. pace agree. soon, the two of them stood on stage, reading in unison. as mr. pace grew comfortable, mrs. bush lowered her voice and lowered again and then again. until at least, j.t. pace was reading entirely on his ...

Nobel prize for literature. >> barbara jordan. she was a political trailblazer, a figure ahead of her time. >> katherine johnson was a mathematical genius. >> clarence jones is a lawyer who was martin luther king jr.s lawyer. >> a share cropper from alabama who in 194 was abducted and gang raped by six white men. >> former detroit mayor coleman young. >> i chose one of my mentors, gwenna evil. >> la roam benefit. >> jackie robinson. >> a leader as a young student rode busses in the south to stan...

On a wednesday, i come without a red tie on and she said, john, where is your red tie? i said, i just didnt wear it today. she said, im going to get you another red tie. so i have another red tie. thank you. ill wear one from now on. thank you. thank you for all that you do. young men, i grew up very, very poor in rural alabama. 50 miles from montgomery. i was in a little town called troy. my father was a share cropper, a tenant farmer. back in 1944, when i was 4 years old, and i do remember whe...

Red tie on and she said, john, wheres your red tie? i said i just didnt wear it today. she said, "im going to get you another red tie." so i have another red tie. thank you. i will have one from now on. thank you. thank you for all that you do. young men, i grew up very, very poor in rural alabama, 50 miles from montgomery, outside of a little town called troy. my father was a share cropper, a farmer. back in 1944 when i was 4 years old and i do remember when i was 4 -- how many of you remember ...

Haven in the last 50 years and he said to me, more than half of the patients we see are either medicare or medicaid. these are poor folks, these are poor folks, old folks and sick folks. this isnt the young, healthy population we have here and conservative folks and people need health care. >> "the new york times" reported, you close hospitals and it devastates communities. people remember having their children there. they remember going there when they were sick. it occupies a very public and p...

Where maybe we havent necessarily been at the forefront but we have been trendsetters. great example was the repeal of dont-ask, dont-tell in 2010. soon after that law was repealed several states followed suit. >> yeah. and passed marriage equality i would agree with you. how would you say your personal story -- youre a professor at west point. "forbes" magazine said west point is the number one college in the country. was it difficult for your journey >> my journey has been very interesting. i ...