and you were there in the fifth ward and were at phillis wheatley high, and you've got a maze teacher at a time. the best of our race were teaching people were teaching in these schools. this was the only place they could go. talk about that experience and what you got from those teachers and from the cultural experiences and the amazing extra things they did to support you when they saw how extraordinary you were and what they did well in yes. in those days, schools were a you know, the proverbial village that it takes. it was that and then some these are teachers who were the of their generation who just happened to be limited in their employment opportunities. and so they were consigned to teaching in a black schools and certainly couldn't in white schools. okay. and there were not there were many professions that were not open to blacks yet. and so teaching was about the the most prominent thing that could do, although there were some who managed to become doctors and so forth. but it was a very prominent position and so we benefited because these magnificent people were our teach

and you were there in the fifth ward and were at phillis wheatley high, and you've got a maze teacher at a time. the best of our race were teaching people were teaching in these schools. this was the only place they could go. talk about that experience and what you got from those teachers and from the cultural experiences and the amazing extra things they did to support you when they saw how extraordinary you were and what they did well in yes. in those days, schools were a you know, the proverbial village that it takes. it was that and then some these are teachers who were the of their generation who just happened to be limited in their employment opportunities. and so they were consigned to teaching in a black schools and certainly couldn't in white schools. okay. and there were not there were many professions that were not open to blacks yet. and so teaching was about the the most prominent thing that could do, although there were some who managed to become doctors and so forth. but it was a very prominent position and so we benefited because these magnificent people were our teach

and you were there in the fifth ward and were at phillis wheatley high, and you've got a maze teachert a time. the best of our race were teaching people were teaching in these schools. this was the only place they could go. talk about that experience and what you got from those teachers and from the cultural experiences and the amazing extra things they did to support you when they saw how extraordinary you were and what they did well in yes. in those days, schools were a you know, the proverbial village that it takes. it was that and then some these are teachers who were the of their generation who just happened to be limited in their employment opportunities. and so they were consigned to teaching in a black schools and certainly couldn't in white schools. okay. and there were not there were many professions that were not open to blacks yet. and so teaching was about the the most prominent thing that could do, although there were some who managed to become doctors and so forth. but it was a very prominent position and so we benefited because these magnificent people were our teacher