[video clip] >> the family became to malden because washington ferguson, his stepfather, was workingin the salt factory and also in the coal mine that was owned here. insent money to his wife order to get the horse and buggy to bring her and the kids to the city. once arrived, they find a wonderful city of christian believers. she gets a job as a chambermaid and then as a cook, and gets the family to hire booker as a houseboy, knowing he would learn social graces, they have a big library available to them, he would have a lot of opportunities he otherwise would not have. as an important part of him being with the family, he developed a familial relationship with mrs. ruffner. she was a yankee lady, a second and really liked booker. he could do no wrong, always asking her, how am i getting along, what am i doing well, what do i need to do? he was honest and hard-working, and very bright. i think she appreciated his parents and i think she did something for him that gave him a self-confidence that probably carried through his career, because his career was full of crisis and dark hours