rasool: michel menard, who's that? lawrence: that is the founder of galveston.ouse that michel menard and my great great grandfather lived in. the slave quarters was in the back. rasool: so this is actually where they... lawrence: this is actually where they were. yeah, this is actually the house. rasool: do you know what your family did for the menards? lawrence: no, i think it was just a typical slave. rasool: and what was your great great grandfather's name? lawrence: his name was john thomas flugel menard. rasool: okay, so he took the name of menard. lawrence: yes, part of how you identify a slave. so once he got here, menard got at it. my great great grandfather had two kids. he had william menard thomas. he put the slave name back in there, so we can remember. rasool: we're literally at the house of the founder of galveston. do you feel like your family helped build galveston? lawrence: oh, most definitely, but y'all thank god my dad's not here 'cause you wouldn't be interviewing me. you'd be interviewing him. you'd be getting a ear full of that. he'd say