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that few of us know much about, but as we look back at the freedman's bank, we realize that before the civil war, there were 27 black millionaires in louisiana alone. in my wife's hometown of marion, alabama, there was a school that was built by nine black landowners at the end of the civil war, where they wrote to the american missionary association in boston and said, we have land and we can build a building. we need teachers, and so the american missionary association sent down teachers, and they built the lincoln school in marion, alabama. it just so happens that out of that county, when horace mann bond wrote his dissertation in the 1940's, there were more phd's from that one county in alabama, black phd's, than there were from any state in the union. so there is a relationship there. it just so happens too that our wives all happen to go to that same school. [laughter] mr. young: so we might not have had a civil rights movement because none of us were any better than our wives made us. [laughter] mr. young: but when we look at the history of the african-american integration into america, the one thing that has been most difficult for us is the desegregation of the money. it

banks, stock brokers, along with support for all deductions: like daycare providers tin, college tuition statement, property tax and donation information 3. a copy of last years federal and state returns people in marion county are small town staple.... 281229 - i know them, i know their kids and i know their parents. and i know what kind of cigerettes they smoke if they smoke .... laughs... - candy evans candy evans describes her mom's where everybody knows your name.. the old corner store -- called katy did's -- has been serving people there for nearly two decades... but now it's fighting to keep the doors open after owner katy evans lost her battle to cancer. now her daughter is managing the store and mounting medical bills. so the community stepped in to help. so far they've raised about 50 thousand dollars. in order to pay off the bills and keep the store afloat, they'll need another 50 grand before march or april. supporters have set up a go fund me page still ahead. there's no crying in politics... that is... unless you're a first-time voter and get a hug from your favorite candidate. we'll tell you who's causing the here's what's buzzing online this morning... :45 - :52 "tell me about the hug,

a crash at fitz watertown road by the td bank, in upper darby a crash at marion state road and the activity in holmesburg blocked or bought of a spill of sorts. in christiana we have the truck carrying the dog food that rolled over and highway 1 southbound remains shut down. 273 or churchman's road would be better bets and the septa regional rail dealing with is a minute delays this afternoon because of earlier police activity. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thanks matt. there is more ahead on "action news" at 5:00. harsh words from turkey's minister why he calls world leaders two faced when it comes to the syrian refugee crisis. >>> and the new responsibility for federal environmental officials for the flint water crisis. >>> in turkey they caught this video of migrant stranded and needing help. he had to be air-lifted from the mediterranean sea. it's rescues like that that reignited talks. he demanded his country open its border to more refugees, he calls the u.n. two faces they have not done enough to solve democracy problems in syria. right now there are thousands of refugees sitting at the syria turkey b

banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ meredith: drug agents say it is the largest amount of hair when have ever found, in marion county. they believe they put a dent in some of the heroin sales. gail, has heroin become the new drug of choice? reporter: they say investigators since the pill mills are being shut looking for another high that appears to be heroin which the sheriff says can be mixed with other things and could be deadly he adds the heroin is coming in places. guns, drugs and more than $21,000 in cash, all the result of the largest heroin bust at one time in marion county. two and half pounds recovered just in this one bust, took a the streets. gail: about a pound and half of herion with a street value of nearly $100,000. multiple agencies with the marion county sheriff' s office conducted a traffic stop wednesday and arrested 32-year-old stephanie rodriguez and her husband felipe wednesday near i-75 and state road 200. k-9 aja made the case when she made a positive alert to narcotics. >> subsequently, the search about pound and half of heroin concealed in a cassette recorder in the vehicle. gail: i