elijah has never slept as well as he's sleeping this summer. camp azure has moved to the top of his favorites. it used to be swimming and the trampoline. now it's camp, swimming, and the trampoline. my child's endurance was so low the first day he fell walking up the hill. by friday he was running down the hill and his therapeutic horseback riding lesson that week, his therapist noted he had made gains with his balance, his posture, and his strength in his hips. and we expected certain outcomes, especially with conversation skills, with social skills, making friends, but the physical endurance i really hadn't predicted that much. but with the hiking, the walks we were doing, and the climbs up the hill, and i can't tell you how many times i almost fell and i hope that some of this improvement we are going to do at the camp will allow. i know that i talked with mr. ginsberg and he saw the bill that we have to go down that maybe we could put some steps there because it is kind of treacherous. and i had several counselors fall down as well. a couple

elijah has never slept as well as he's sleeping this summer. camp azure has moved to the top of his favorites. it used to be swimming and the trampoline. now it's camp, swimming, and the trampoline. my child's endurance was so low the first day he fell walki

position of teaching because he had a great mentor in the personhood of benjamin elijah mays, howard washington thurman, and he hashat we received from him sitting at his feet at morehouse college. i want to frame my comments by saying, after all is said and done about dr. king, we must never forget that he was a black baptist preacher. [applause] i know many have not understood that, but may i remind you that he was also influenced by another baptist preacher whose legacy impacts our opportunity today. the story is told that in 1926 when howard university decided that it was being inclusive and offered the opportunity for an african american to be president of the prestigious institution that we know it to be today, when they were thinking of who should be that person, there was many who had earned degrees and had the right to be president, but the board of trustees decided that there was a black baptist preacher that we have not said enough about. his name was mordecai johnson, pastor of the first baptist church of charleston west virginia. when dr. johnson arrived in washington, he did not seek to find where th

position of teaching because he had a great mentor in the personhood of benjamin elijah mays, howard washington thurman, and he hashis feet at morehouse college. i want to frame my comments by saying, after all is said and done about dr. king, we must never forget that he was a black baptist preacher. [applause] i know many have not understood that, but may i remind you that he was also influenced by another baptist preacher whose legacy impacts our opportunity today. the story is told that in 1926 when howard university decided that it was being inclusive and offered the opportunity for an african american to be president of the prestigious institution that we know it to be today, when they were thinking of who should be that person, there was many who had earned degrees and had the right to be president, but the board of trustees decided that there was a black baptist preacher that we have not said enough about. his name was mordecai johnson, pastor of the first baptist church of charleston west virginia. when dr. johnson arrived in washington, he did not seek to find where the next cocktail party would be. he d

malcolm x, wrote a letter to elijah mohamed about troubles he was having in his marital relationship with betty. what malcolm said in that letter and, of course, that letter haso be challenged because it's only one reference that manning gives to that letter, and it's coming from that gary senate. the same man who claimed to have had the original letter and be t up o .. for, i think, $125,000. it was the same man who supposedly had the letters of adolf hitler, original letters from hitler that turned out to be a fraud. so we have to question then, you know, the reality of that letter, the authenticity of that letter because it stimulates this whole discussion about the so-called infidelities. the other concern about the homosexuality comes from a man named malcolm jarvis that who was fingered by malcolm as part of his burglary crew and went to prison. so you understand here's a man who may have had some grievance about, you know, being fingered in that particular ordeal. so, again, you know, all of the things we see we have to go back to the sources, go back to the sources of these concerns in terms of infidelities and homosexual allegations. take it back to

elijah cummings. a teenager when dr. king died, hasse of democracy to heart by serving his nation in the house of representatives. and even becoming the first african-american in maryland history to be named speaker protemperature. -- speaker pro tempore. co-founder of the first -- and the first vice president amayor tuss of the united farm workers of america will speak to us about justice. and concluding the four will be ambassador constance morella. while being part of the house of representatives, connie introduced legislation in 1996 to -- alpha phi alpha, to establish the memorial. after two years of intense work, the alphas and morella were successful in their efforts and the bill was signed by president clinton in 1998. ambassador morella will rightly speak on hope. have a wonderful afternoon. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome ms. clayton. -- xernona clayton. >> thank you. good afternoon. i am speechless about the way i feel about this dinner of celebration. i'm just sad that it couldn't continue because everybo

malcolm x, wrote a letter to elijah mohamed about troubles he was having in his marital relationship with betty. what malcolm said in that letter and, of course, that letter hasto be challenged because it's only one reference that manning gives to that letter, and it's coming from that gary senate. the same man who claimed to have had the original letter and be put it up on ebay for, i think, $125,000. it was the same man who supposedly had the letters of adolf hitler, original letters from hitler that turned out to be a fraud. so we have to question then, you know, the reality of that letter, the authenticity of that letter because it stimulates this whole discussion about the so-called infidelities. the other concern about the homosexuality comes from a man named malcolm jarvis that who was fingered by malcolm as part of his burglary crew and went to prison. so you understand here's a man who may have had some grievance about, you know, being fingered in that particular ordeal. so, again, you know, all of the things we see we have to go back to the sources, go back to the sources of these concerns in terms of infidelities and homosexual allegations. take it

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malcolm x, wrote a letter to elijah mohamed about troubles he was having in his marital relationship with betty. what malcolm said in that letter and, of course, that letter has to be challenged because it's only one reference that manning gives to that letter, and it's coming from that gary senate. the same man who claimed to have had the original letter and be put it up on ebay for, i think, $125,000. it was the same man who supposedly had the letters of adolf hitler, original letters from hitler that turned out to be a fraud. so we have to question then, you know, the reality of that letter, the authenticity of that letter because it stimulates this whole discussion about the so-called infidelities. the other concern about the homosexuality comes from a man named malcolm jarvis that who was fingered by malcolm as part of his burglary crew and went to prison. so you understand here's a man who may have had some grievance about, you know, being fingered in that particular ordeal. so, again, you know, all of the things we see we have to go back to the sources, go back to the sources of these concerns in terms of infidelities and homosexual allegations. take i