but we can honor harrison wilson, who was one of those people. >> the timing of the honor is particularlypecial because dr. wilson's grandson brandon is sharing the stage with him. receiving his masters in history brandon said his grandfather's success continues to motivate the family. >> he's always inspired me. not everyone has that sort of role model that has gone so far in education. i was blessed to have that growing up. it's just something where he set the bar high that we're pursuing. >> take the lousiest job and save your money. you get out there and nickels become dimes, and dimes become quarters, and i showed them. >> congratulations to you, sir. >> brandon said he hopes to build on his grandfather's legacy, perhaps aiming for university presidency some day knowing that education is possible for him and many others: >> now the proud graduate from the university of kentucky, very nice package for jonathan martin. i'm michael yves. "inside story" is next. for news o updates go to our website the www.aljazeera.com. in 30 years of deadly strife, known as the troubles. recorded remin

got a good education. >> undeterred, wilson got his master's and doctorate degrees, becoming a basketball coach and then a college president. >> to harrisonb. wilson junior. >> dr. wilson at age 90 is receiving an honorary doctorate from the university that once rejected him. >> thank you, doctor, it's a pleasure. >> so it's a wonderful opportunity to say there was an injustice. here is our attempt at least symbolically to, we can't go back and give people who were denied degrees, degrees. but we can lon harrison wilson who is one of those persons. >> it's particularly are diabolical because his grandson is receiving a diploma along with him. >> he has always inspired me. not so many people have the role model that has gone that far in education. he set the bar high and we're all really pursuing it. >> you have got to be oriented towards working, take the lousiest job and you get out there and nickels become dimes and dimes become quarters. i showed them. >> wilson loaps to build on his grandfather's legacy, perhaps becoming a university president one day. jonathan martin, lblgz. >> the washington -- al jazeera. >> washington monday you'l

got a good education. >> reporter: wilson got his master's and doctorate degrees. now nearly 720 years later. >> to harrisonson, jr. >> reporter: dr. wilson at age 90 is receiving an honorary diploma. >> it is a wonderful opportunity to say this was an unjustice. here is our attempt to symbolically correct the situation. we can honor harrison wilson who was one of those people. >> reporter: the timing of the honor is particularly special. because his grandson, brandon is sharing the stage with him. receiving his master's in history. brandon says his grandfather's success continues to motivate the family. >> he has always inspired me and not even has that sort of role model that has gone so far in education, so i was really blessed to have that growing up in >> you have got to be oriented towards working. take the lousiest job and save your money. but you get out there and nichols become dimes and dimes become quarters. i showed them. >> reporter: brandon says he hopes to build on his grandfather's legacy. jonathan martin, al jazeera. >>> coming up next. a stunning report concludes the gradual disappearance

but we can honor harrison wilson who was one of those people. >> business administration. >> the timingf the honor is particularly significant because dr. wilson's grandson is sharing the stage with him. he continues to motivate the family. >> he always inspires me. not everybody has that role model that's gone so far in education. i was always blessed to have that, growing up. it's something, he set the bar high and we are all pursuing it. >> you always are oriented towards would being. take the lousiest job and pursue money, nickels become dimes and dimes become quarters. and i showed them. >> brandon says he hopes to build on his grandfather's legacy, perhaps aiming for university president some day knowing that people like his grandfather helped make education possible for him and many others. jonathan martin, al jazeera. >> the university of kentucky by the wait did not allow black students until 1949. that's it for us tonight. tomorrow we'll continue our series making beabz. "america tonight"'s correspondents boom may. broke and baby --less. >>america tonight investigates a contro

fix and we can't go back and give the people who were denied degrees degrees, but we can honor harrison wilsonwho is one of those people. >> business administration. >> the timing of the honor is particularly special, because doctor of the wilson's grandson, brandon, is sharing the stage with him, receiving his masters in history. brandon said his grandfather's success continues to motivate the family. >> he's always inspired me and not everyone has sort of role model that has gone so far in education. i was really blessed to have that growing up. it's just something. he set the bar high and we're all really pursuing it. >> you've got to be oriented toward working. ative your money, you get out there and nickels become dimes and dimes become quarters. i showed them. >> congratulations to you, sir. >> brandon hopes to build on his grandfather's legacy, perhaps aiming for university presidency someday, knowing that people like his grandfather helped make an he would occasion possible for him and many others. >> tomorrow, why you may not want bypass surgery after your surgeon has had a few days o

harrison wilson was denied an education at the university of kentucky when he returned from world war at the time the school did not accept blacks. now he's been given an honorary degree at the same time his grandson graduated. >> things have changed, but it's a good time to talk about the past because you can see the progress made. >> he's always inspired me. not everyone has the role model that that is gone so far. i was blessed to have that growing up. >> we'll bring you harrison's touching story on al jazeera america. >>> that will do it for this edition. i'm morgan radford. stay tuned. have a great morning. ... >>> this is al jazeera. >>> hello. welcome to the newshour in doha with our top stories. did hefying kyiv, parts of eastern ukraine vote on a referendum of self-rule. >> more soldiers targeted as government continues their offensive against al-qaeda. reports that iraq's air force is using barrel bombs in the northern city of fallujah and mexico's missing children, why these mothers say t