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Good morning, everyone.

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Hey, Bo!

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Well, I hope you all decided on your
projects for the African American

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Festival. So, T, what's your project
about?

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Uh, well, I was going to show how
stepping with my frat brothers is

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African dance.

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I like that.

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Yeah, me too.

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I have an idea for my project.

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Good. You.

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Not good.

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Well, here's another idea.

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My great -uncle Willie played for the
Negro Baseball League.

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I'd like to do my project about him.

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I love baseball. That sounds great.

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Great. Oh, he was awesome.

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He was so fast, he could turn out the
lights and be in baby for the room

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dark.

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Poof.

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Ms. Parker, I...

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I believe that was Satchel Paige that
said that about Cool Papa Bell.

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Please, he must have stolen that from my
uncle.

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Oh, look.

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It's late and later.

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The stoplight didn't work, and the stop
sign was broken, too.

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Did you know an African -American
invented the stoplight? Garrett Morgan.

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Oh, Garrett Morgan. I love him on the
Jamie Foxx show.

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Baby, it's Garrett Morris.

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Ooh, where?

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Kim, why don't you tell us what your
project's about?

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Um, well, Stevie and I, we're doing ours
together.

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Tell them, Stevie.

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Um, yeah, we were thinking of doing our
project on, um, African -American

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inventors.

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Good eyes.

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You know what would really make that
work?

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You do it for us.

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if you two would experience living
without African -American inventions for

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week.

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Okay, I'll give that a shot.

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I can live with that. Can you live
without getting your hair done?

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What are you talking about, Mama?

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Well, Madam C .J. Walker invented the
hair relaxer.

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So you're saying I can get my touch
-ups?

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Baby, you can't get your hair permed,
pressed, or curled.

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Oh, we need a new project.

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How's your project coming? Oh, I've been
working real hard.

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Any luck finding the correlation between
stepping and African dance?

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Yeah, both involve feet.

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Oh, feet, as in F?

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Hey, Professor Ogilvy. Hey, Miss Parker.

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Uh, Professor, remember you said you
love baseball?

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Oh, yeah, I'm a huge fan. I try to make
it to as many games as I can.

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Oh, me too.

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Maybe sometime we can, uh, make a game
together.

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make a baby together.

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My God, woman. You even managed to ruin
America's favorite pastime.

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You're my favorite pastime.

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What's up with the bag lady look? Y 'all
pleasant again?

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No, Einstein. We're living without the
use of African -American inventions,

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remember? Oh, I tell you.

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Where are the paper shoes?

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Jan Ernst, Matt Fligger invented the
automatic shoemaking machine.

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And, uh, Why the hats?

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Bad hair day.

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The hot comb was invented by Walter
Sanders.

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And, uh, why the mismatched clothes?

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They had to get dressed in the dark.

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Now, I know a brother didn't invent
electricity.

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No, but a sister forgot to pay the light
bill.

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So, Nikki, how's your project going?

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Great. Did you know one year my Uncle
Willie hit 75 home runs?

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And he led the league in steals nine
years in a row.

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Dang, Nikki, your uncle was off the
hook. I'm surprised no one's heard of

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Me neither.

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Even the Baseball Hall of Fame didn't
know who he was.

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Wow, it sounds like he never got the
credit he deserved.

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Oh, I know how he feels.

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I went to Tarjay, and I couldn't get
credit either.

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I'm just kidding.

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I got credit.

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Well, I say we do something for your
Uncle Willie.

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I am.

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I'm honoring him at the festival, and
I'm... to get his name on SMC's baseball

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field. Who needs a petition?

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$20 so I can have one of my boys spray
painted on by midnight.

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Forget it, T. I don't want my uncle's
name tagged on the outfield wall.

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You know, it's a good thing that your
relatives told you about your uncle.

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Otherwise, you'd never have known he was
such a legend.

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There's a lot we wouldn't have known if
it hadn't been passed down from one

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generation to the next.

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That's oral history, baby.

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See, Mama, that's the reason why I'm
always on the phone.

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I'm passing along history.

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Oh.

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Shelly and hair.

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Really, we hadn't noticed.

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Kim, did you go cloud -topping with our
gas bill money again?

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No, Mama.

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Alice H. Parker invented the heating
furnace, so we can use it.

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I'm gonna let you two slide on this one,
because I'm not living like no Eskimo.

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Now, Stevie, go turn on the heat.

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No can do. Frederick McKinley Jones
invented the thermostat in 1960.

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Ah! Well, in the year 2001, Nikki Parker
rediscovered the thermostat, and she's

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turning it on.

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Mama, how did your petition go today?

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Better than I expected.

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I even got the professor's signature.

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Wow, you're really on a roll.

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Yep, right up to the altar.

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What are you talking about, Mama? Well,
see, the professor... I thought he was

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signing a petition, but actually he was
signing a marriage license.

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You're joking, right? Nope.

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The joke's on him.

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And tomorrow I'm going to put my
engagement ring on layaway.

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if you write your phone number down,
too, I can contact you personally with

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results.

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See, this is a petition, not your little
black book.

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Whatever. I'm not giving this to Nikki
so I get all my digits.

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Guys, I'm getting snacks from the
Grubhub. It's on me.

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Oh, wait, Kim.

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Bertram F. Baker invented the automatic
cash register.

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I know that.

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Well, then you also know they'll be
using a register to ring you up.

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Now, I have a new cutie on the register
that gives me my girl for free.

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No ka -ching for me.

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What'd you bring for school?

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I just wanted to share a little family
history with y 'all. And score a few

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brownie points with the professor.

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Man, check out the names on this
baseball.

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Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, Satchel
Paige.

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Man, you can get a lot of money for
this.

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Please, T. Nobody wants an old ball.

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Especially with all their writing on it.

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I'm not selling this stuff.

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Uncle Willie's things should be
treasured. He was a pioneer.

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Yeah, and that's not all.

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According to this newspaper article, he
wasn't just a baseball player.

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He was also an ex -con.

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My great -uncle Willie was an ex -con?

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Yeah, I'm sorry, Nikki. It says right
here he was sentenced to 15 years in an

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Alabama prison.

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There must be some kind of mistake.

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Oh, yeah, you're right. See, told you.
It was 17 years.

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Let me see that.

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I guess that part kind of got left out
of your family's oral history, huh?

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But, you know, it's still all good.

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Except here he trapped a drugstore and
robbed it. He went to prison for that?

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he did that today, he'd have a shoe
contract.

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Hey, everybody.

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Oh, hey, hey, Professor Ogilvie. Hey,
Miss Walker.

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What's in the box?

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Oh, just some knickknacks, paddywhacks,
give a dog a bone.

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Well, you have the whole campus talking
about your uncle.

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You think they're talking now? Just
wait.

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I gotta admit, I'm pretty excited about
the tribute.

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And guess who's coming to speak?

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Billy Scoots Washington.

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Who?

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Scoots Washington.

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He knew your uncle.

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What'd he start time for?

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I mean, what'd he do?

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He was on the same team with your uncle.
Isn't that great?

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Yeah. Oh, happy day.

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I contacted him, and he cannot wait to
come tell us all about your uncle.

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Oh, then he must know that Uncle Willie
was an exceptional baseball player.

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Ah, this is going to be the best
festival we ever had.

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Miss Parker, you deserve a hug.

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And T's going to give it to you.

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African Americans also invented fitted
bed sheets, folding chairs, bark plugs,

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ironing boards, cell phones.

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Something a sister couldn't do without.

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That and call ID.

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Through our experience, we have
concluded that it's virtually impossible

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one's life without using inventions by
African Americans.

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And finally, one of the greatest
creations of all time by an African

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is...

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What you got?

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Check this out, Professor.

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That's it?

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Yeah, what do you think?

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I think you'll be taking this course for
the third time.

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Professor, I was just giving you a
little taste. See, I don't have my frat

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brothers to back me up.

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but we're throwing down at that festival
with that real newbie in flavor. Sit

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down.

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All right, Ms. Parker.

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Yes? You're next.

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Oh, my project's not ready. I need more
time.

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Uh, how much?

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A year.

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Try 17.

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Ms. Parker, is there something you're
not telling me?

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Yes, I'm not telling you about my
project.

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Do you have any idea how much people
have done for you? The schools even

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to name the field after your uncle.

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Really? Yes!

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And I have a plaque coming from the
Negro League Baseball Museum, and I have

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scoots coming to present it to you. So
you better get it together before the

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festival, because I do not plan on being
embarrassed in front of the entire

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college. Do you understand me, Miss
Parker?

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Oh, stop it, Professor.

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Your anger is turning me on.

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Great -uncle the jailbird.

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Yeah, and the school went and named the
field after him.

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How could this happen?

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It might have had something to do with
that petition you started.

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Who knew those things worked?

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I say you just ride this one out. If
they don't ask, don't tell.

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Girl, please, that dumb idea doesn't
even work for the military.

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The right thing to do is to tell the
truth.

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Well, I know you're not going to do
that.

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You're right.

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If I did, the professor would never
speak to me again.

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He really don't want to speak to you
now.

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Now, I'm going to make sure that Scoots
never gets here. How are you going to

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pull that off?

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With your help. You must have sucked up
too much of that alizé.

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Come on. Now, I'll hook you up with that
little pizza boy you've been dreaming

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about day and night.

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Really? Yeah.

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So then you can have a little tenderoni
with your pepperoni.

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Scoots ain't going to make it.

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There really is a correlation between
step and an African dance.

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Mm -hmm, and they dance alike, too.

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Oh, hey, how did it go? Did you find
Scoots? Yeah, picked him up at the

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dropped him off at the DeVry Institute.

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Why there?

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It was the first campus I came to.

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Miss Parker, it's showtime. You said
you'd pick up Scoots. Where is he? Well,

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the person I sent to the airport
couldn't find him.

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Guess you gotta start the tribute
without him.

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He is the tribute.

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Well, isn't this a pickle?

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I guess I'll have to present the plaque
to you.

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May I have your attention, please?

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We're here to honor not only African
-American culture and history, but to

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tribute to an amazing man, the great
Negro League baseball legend... Mr.

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Alexander.

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Now, we had hoped that Mr. Billy Scoots
Washington, a teammate of Mr. Alexander,

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would be able to speak to us about him,
but unfortunately, he couldn't make it.

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Nikki, there's that old guy I dropped
off at DeVry.

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Thank you all for coming out. Drive home
safely. Good night.

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Excuse me. Is this the tribute to Willie
Alexander?

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No, it's not.

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Who are you?

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Scoots Washington.

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Scoots Washington? Oh, thank goodness
you made it. I'm Professor Stanley

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Ogilvie. Oh, I'm sorry I'm late. Some
lady dropped me off at DeVry Institute.

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We would love for you to say a few words
about Mr. Alexander.

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Sure. No, no.

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He's too late, and it's over. Miss
Parker, stop, please.

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Ladies and gentlemen, please give a big
round of applause for Mr. Billy Scoots

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Washington.

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Thank you. I'm really happy to be here
tonight to talk to you about Willie

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Alexander.

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I knew Willie a long time, and he was
the greatest baseball player I'd ever

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seen. I mean, he could hit.

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He could run, and man, could he steal.

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Oh, and I was the room spinning.

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Yeah, Willie was some kind of ball
player.

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But more importantly, to many, he was a
hero.

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So I'm real proud to present this plaque
from the Negro League Baseball Museum

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to his great niece, Ms.

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Nikki Parker.

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Thank you, Mr. Washington. This is a
great honor.

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But I can't accept it. It's not right.

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What's going on, Ms. Parker?

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Mr. Washington is being very kind.

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And yes, my uncle was a great baseball
player.

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But he was no hero.

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He robbed a drugstore and was sentenced
to 15 years in prison.

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17.

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Excuse me, young lady, that's only part
of the story.

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Oh, he robbed more than one drugstore?

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No. You see, Willie went down to this
drugstore to get his sick wife some

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medicine. But the owner didn't want to
sell it to him because he was a Negro.

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Willie ripped up that store with his bat
until the owner gave him the medicine.

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And then Willie paid him and left.

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So the store owner lied?

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Yeah. Well, he didn't rob that man.

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And he served 17 years in prison for
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So you have nothing to be ashamed of.

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And neither did he.

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Thank you, Mr. Watson.

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Hey, don't I know you?

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No speaker of English.

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It sure did.

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And Miss Parker, you've earned an egg.
And you've earned a kiss.

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Pucker up, T.

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These are some of the players from the
Negro Leagues.

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For more than half a century, the best
African -American baseball players were

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not allowed to play on the same field
with the white players, except in a few

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all -star games.

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This color line was officially
demolished in 1947 when Jackie Robinson

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it to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers,
thus opening the gates to Negro League

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players.

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However, for many, it was too late.

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They had already swung their last bat,
thrown their last pitch, and scored

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their last run.

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I like that.

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I have an idea for my project.

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You have to lie.

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How's your project coming?

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Oh, uh, I forgot my line.

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