mr. walton. mr. walton was the son of former slaves and sharecroppers. he studied at atlanta university with w.b. dubois. he went on to graduate with honors from the university of michigan law school. he excelled at michigan while waiting tables for a local fraternity. he is little known today but walden really inspired a generation of african-american lawyers, including vernon jordan, a lawyer, the counsel to the president who i'm sure some of you have heard of. jordan called walden so impressive. he said, quote, i wanted to be a lawyer just like walden. i wanted to walk like him and talk like him. and hang out my shingle on auburn street just like walden. above all else, pragmatists like walden and the black college presidents prioritized voting rights as the path to black power. and here we see walden challenging the so-called white primary. the laws, the tradition of excluding african-americans from the vote in georgia and elsewhere. and here is the result of his activism. in 1946, after the fall of the white primary, blacks lined up all over the str

mr. sam walton personally but i really feel like i know him personally because the culture is so strong.

mr. sam, ms. helen, the walton family and then the leaders, the ceo that followed sam walton was then dave glass and lee scott and i myself. as i have gotten to work closely with my two predecessors that followed sam and before i was in this office, i've had a chance i think to get to know sam walton threw a lot of other people. >> do you like living in bentonville? >> i will tell you what it is a great place to live. >> does it feel kind of small sometimes? >> is interesting. my wife and i use that is home because we have now you know the positive thing. we have a daughter and son-in-law and three grandchildren very close by, and a lot of great friends and a lot of involvement in the community and it is a great place to live. >> a question right here. >> jeff ornstein with peter salomon company. walmart stock prices have been flat for over a decade. how do you sort of a address that in b how does that affect the morale of the employees and executives? >> i think the way we address it is by improving sales and a lot of the earlier discussions abous that investors look in buying in a company. the gro

mr. sam, ms. helen, the walton family.leaders, the ceo that followed sam walton was david glass and then lee scott and then myself. and as i have gotten to work closely with my two predecessors that followed sam and before i was in this office, i've had a chance, i think, to get to know sam walton through a lot of people. >> do you like living in bentonville. >> i'll tell you what, it's a great place to live. >> does it feel a little small sometimes? it's not cost phobic some >> it's interesting, my wife and i really viewed that as home because we have now, you know, the positive thing -- we have a daughter and a son-in-law and grandchildren very close by and a lot of great friends and a lot of involvement in the community. and it's a great place to live. >> a question right here. >> hi, jeff hornstein with peter solomon and company. the prices have been flat how do you affect that and b, how does that affect the morale of the people and the executive team? >> i think the way we address it is by improving comp store sales