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Page 1460 1 It was not an easy time in 1963, let alone 2 through '72 being an African American and Jewish at 3 McDonogh, and I had teachers as adults which was an 4 authority and what made it very challenging as I came 5 to understand was the military could legitimize some 6 . of the unfairness, let's call it, that he had to, and 7 that was a real struggle, and he taught me how to deal 8 with those struggles and those challenges. 9 He and my uncle on Saturday mornings, we 10 would have talks, so that was very important. 11 And he was there as I got older and as I 12 became a young man. When my mother was always looking 13 over my shoulder, to say the least, wanted to get on 14 my business, pick up the phone, making sure what I was 15 doing, making sure I was on the right course and as I 16 got older, we had an agreement, as long as I would 17 tell him and he would tell my mother, my mother had to 18 trust him that I was okay, wherever I was and when I 19 got to college, that is how I sort of learned my 20 independence. 21 Q Over the years before your dad got sick, how