Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190219:16:53:00
I didn't realize even that i lived in the like housing projects. to me it was -- it was just where i lived. >> reporter: she says growing up her father was physically abusive, and her parents divorced when she was 15. >> it was an ugly, violent summer. we had to flee our house. the police took us away that summer. i went back to school, i had a big brace on my nose from when my father had broken my nose over the summer. >> reporter: through it all her mother pushed education and faith. >> my mom always told us we could do anything if we focused. she put a math book in one hand and a bible in t...
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