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Linda Wynn: video | transcript
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When I go back and think about some of the teachers who were there, about those who molded us, for instance, a Minerva Hawkins who was in history and inspired the chair of the civil rights commission, Mary Francis Barry. She inspired me to go into history. When I think about a Mrs. Mary Walker, the late Mary Walker, who was very instrumental in making sure you learned how to write, you learned your grammar, you learned english, you learned literature. Certainly, one cannot forget the principal, Mr. Hull. He, like we said, he knew your family. I can remember walking in and he'd look at me and he'd immediately say, "You're a Colma" And I said, "No, I'm a...." "But your mother was a Colma." He knew. The school, I think, was very instrumental in your growth, not only intellectually, but socially. I think the teachers instilled in you to be politically astute. It was a comprehensive kind of education that went outside the bounds of academics. It prepared you, they prepared you to enter life. Not only just the faculty, but the staff. The janitorial staff. It was a family within a family, so to speak. So, I think the school was very instrumental and sometimes I wonder if the children today are receiving that kind of nourishment from today's educational institutions. |
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