c-span: and sheila brown. guest: and sheila brown, right. yeah. c-span: who's sheila brown? guest: she's a friend of our--brian brown's wife. they--and they have--own a kind of a normal castle or keep. c-span: is it--oh, maybe ask you a different way, how does it feel to be so public with your life? guest: i haven't had time to reflect on it since last september, how to be--because i've seen--i know people who are public because i used to hang around the lion's head bar in new york and i knew pete hamlin and people like that who'd been public for years and years and years. and i'd see them come and go and i--i'd be on the periphery of that crowd. and the--i was what they called in america 'only a teacher.' only a teacher. they're journalists and writers and poets. i'm only a teacher. and i was thre--i--i ki--i was always on the periphery. in a sense, i was like my father, an outsider. now people look at me--oh, they look at me. it's like ralph ellison's book, "invisible man," peop--the people don't see you until you d--i wrote a book. i taught for 27 years and nobody paid me

and sheila brown. she is a friend both mine. they on a kind of a castle. >> host: let me ask it differently. how does it feel to be so public with your life? >> guest: i haven't have time to reflect. i've seen -- i know people who are public. i used to hang around people in new york who are public for years and years and years. and it's a them come and go and i'd be on the peripheral of the crowd. and i was what they call an america only teacher. there were writers and poets. i'm only a teacher. i was always on the periphery. and my father was an out later. now, people look at me. they look at me. it's like wealth olefins book, invisible man. but people don't see you. i wrote a book. i taught for 27 years and nobody paid me attention. then i wrote a book about slum life and i'm an expert on everything. >> host: we got all this from a young man within your family. just o'connor. >> host: who is the? >> guest: that's my brother. he's the third in line to the fortune and he's the one in san francisco. he's out there with his wife a

brown. sixth district south carolina. representatival c.hastings. representative eddie johnson. third district, texas. first district, illinois. robert c. scott, virginia . representative sakafa trn a, representative sheila, jackson lee, 18th district texas. jessie jackson june yor ee lija kuc cummin dpfrns. representative gregory meeks. mike >> representative an draw carson. donna edwards, maryland. karen bass. . representative terry sull. second district. fredericka willson. ladies and gentleman, please join me in congratulating the 112 j congress of the black caucus. >> thank you. it's my pleasure to introduce the ref rant mccompany. join me in welcoming dr. myron mccompany. >> i invite us all to be in an attitude of prayer. god who has walked with us, we thank you for a rich legacy of heroes and heroins that have stood in the gap. they stood in the midst of all man r and organized oppression. we thank you for them allowing us to stand on their shoulders and build on their efforts. >> we thank god for allowing us to see a new day. we are mindful that the struggle continues and that there are still many miles to go before we speak. we thank you that you promised never to abandon us or leave us alone. t