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IN THE INTEGRATION OF THE ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL AND THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED. THE LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL... |
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I HAVE TO TELL YOU IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE SITTING HERE SIGNING MY BOOK AT THE TABLE WITH CARLOTTA... |
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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I THANK YOU, LAURA, AND ALL THE STAFF HERE AT LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL... |
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, INDEED. YOU KNOW, THIS PROCESS OF WRITING A BOOK IS ALL-CONSUMING. I'VE WORKED... |
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OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? ANYONE? ANYONE? |
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[INAUDIBLE] |
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[INAUDIBLE] |
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OKAY, GOOD. I'M A SOCIAL WORKER, AND I SEE THAT YOU TRAINED AS A SOCIAL WORKER, AND, OF COURSE, I... |
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THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION REALLY. I THINK I HAD THIS NOTION THAT AS A PERSON INTERESTED IN RESOLVING... |
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ANYONE ELSE? YES, MA'AM. |
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IT DOESN'T WORK. |
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I'M A STUDENT AT CENTRAL NOW, AND I'M IN A CLASS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WELL, PRETTY MUCH... |
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OH, YEAH. BUT WE NEVER WORRIED ABOUT THAT STUFF. I THINK, IS THAT TRUE, CARLOTTA? YOU NEVER WORRIED... |
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OH, NO. |
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YOU WERE A SMART KID. |
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NO. [LAUGHTER] NOT SO MUCH THAT, BUT AS FAR AS BEING TESTED I WAS TESTED SO MUCH PRIOR TO GOING TO... |
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NO, IT WAS VERY ABNORMAL, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. |
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. |
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LAST NIGHT WHEN I -- [INAUDIBLE] LAST NIGHT WHEN I HEARD DR. ROBERTS SPEAK, I ASKED THIS QUESTION.... |
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IT WAS FOR ME. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, I DIDN'T HAVE A NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL LIFE, AND I PICKED A COLLEGE... |
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I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU. I'M HONORED AND PRIVILEGED THAT YOU DID TELL YOUR STORY. I MEAN, IT'S JUST... |
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WELL, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] |
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DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. |
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MY FAMILY AND I -- THIS IS MY DAUGHTER HERE -- MOVED TO ARKANSAS IN 1958 IN PRETTY MUCH THE EYE OF... |
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WELL, IT DEPENDS ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE WE EXTENDS. IF IT GOES TOO FAR BEYOND YOUR PERSONAL CIRCLE... |
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I'D LIKE TO TURN THAT AROUND TO YOU. YOU MOVED HERE IN 1958, YOUR DAUGHTER COULDN'T EVEN GO TO SCHOOL.... |
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YEAH. FAYETTEVILLE, I WAS STARTING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL THEN. |
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OH, YOU MOVED TO FAYETTEVILLE BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED -- |
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OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. NO, WE WEREN'T LIVING HERE, BUT I UNDERSTOOD -- A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T... |
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1958 AND '59, AND ANYBODY WHO WOULD HAVE MOVED HERE, I HAD TO QUESTION THAT. SO THAT WAS THE ONLY... |
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I THINK WE HAVE A QUESTION IN THE BACK. |
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THANK YOU. AS WE'VE NOTED TODAY THAT YOU GUYS WERE NOT THE FIRST TO INTEGRATE A SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT... |
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I DON'T THINK SO NECESSARILY. I THINK WHAT WE NEED IS A RECOGNITION THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A SOCIETY... |
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WELL, I GUESS A MORE SPECIFIC QUESTION OR FOLLOW UP, WHETHER IT'S GAY AND LESBIAN PEOPLE, WHETHER... |
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WELL, THE ISSUE IS NOT WHO'S BEING OPPRESSED BUT THE FACT THAT SOME ARE, AND WE HAVE TO ASK WHY THERE'S... |
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COULD I COMMENT ON THAT JUST BRIEFLY? |
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YEAH. |
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WELL, AS YOU KNOW, TERRY, I LIVED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY 40 MILES FROM THE MEXICAN BORDER, AND I LIVE... |
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WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION IN THE BACK. |
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YES. IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE PAST 50 YEARS, WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL LEVEL OF WELL BEING ABOUT THE CRISIS... |
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WHEN WHAT IS MY -- |
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PERSONAL LEVEL OF -- |
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PERSONAL LEVEL OF -- |
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OF WELL BEING? [LAUGHTER] |
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AM I SANE? [LAUGHTER] AND I WAS INSANE THEN, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY? [LAUGHTER] NO, I WAS... |
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DR. ROBERTS, YOU ARE A PSYCHOLOGIST. ARE YOU SANE? [LAUGHTER] |
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I TRULY DOUBT IT. [LAUGHTER] |
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WOULD YOU KNOW IF YOU WEREN'T? YES, MA'AM. CAN WE PASS THE MIC OVER TO YOU? |
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GOOD EVENING, I'M A TEACHER AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND I MUST STAND AND SAY THANK YOU TO MRS. LaNIER... |
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WELL, MY, YOU KNOW, AS I TALKED TO YOUR CLASS I HAD TO GIVE THEM REALLY A BACKGROUND OF MYSELF, AND... |
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NO, ECHO THAT. I CERTAINLY SUPPORT ALL OF WHAT CARLOTTA SAID AND ALSO TO POINT OUT THAT IN THIS COUNTRY... |
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I HAD A QUESTION THAT SOMEWHAT FOLLOWS UP ON THAT. I'M FROM, WELL, I'M FROM BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY. [LAUGHTER]... |
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ONE THING THAT IS VERY CLEAR TO ME FROM SOME WHITE STUDENTS, AND NOT ALL NOW, BUT SOME WHITE STUDENTS... |
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YEAH, AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT WOULD HAPPEN. ANOTHER THING I'VE SEEN IS THIS CONTINUUM OF STUDENTS... |
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I'D LIKE TO ADD A THOUGHT TO WHAT CARLOTTA WAS TALKING ABOUT. WHEN MY EDITOR ASKED ME TO WRITE THIS... |
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RIGHT. |
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IT'LL JUST BE BEYOND THEIR COMPREHENSION, AND THAT'S WHY WE WROTE THIS BOOK BECAUSE WE WANTED TO TELL... |
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RIGHT. NOW, I DID POINT OUT THAT THAT WAS A WHITE STUDENT. AND NOW TO BALANCE THIS -- [LAUGHTER] ... |
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WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION. I THINK WE HAVE IT IN THE BACK |
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[INAUDIBLE] |
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PASS THE MIC. |
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NO SOUND. |
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I ALSO GO TO CENTRAL, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE ON HOW THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN... |
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IT MAY BE DISHEARTENING, BUT IT'S REAL. IT REFLECTS THE LARGER SOCIETY. MOST OF US LIVE WHAT I CALL... |
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HE ANSWERED THAT PRETTY DARN -- [LAUGHTER] |
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HE USUALLY DOES. [LAUGHTER] |
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TOMORROW AND FRIDAY WE WILL BE COMMEMORATING THE 52ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE DESEGREGATION OF CENTRAL... |
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GREAT GRANDSON OF -- [INAUDIBLE] |
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OKAY. GREAT NEPHEW. GREAT, GREAT NEPHEW. [LAUGHTER] MR. KEITH PLESSY IS WITH US, AND HE'LL BE JOINING... |
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CARLOTTA WALLS LaNIER WAS THE YOUNG E MEMBER OF THE LITTLE ROCK NINE. SHE'S THE RECIPIENT OF THE ... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
