Marc Morial

Because we all have good, bad, and ugly in us.

So I'm always, you know, honored and stand on the shoulders of others.

You know, I was a young guy and because of my father and mother's involvement in civil rights and politics, I got a chance to I kind of tagged along, saw things that.

You know, childcare was you come with me to the NAACP meeting.

You come with me to the voter registration drive.

You come with me while I run around town.

You know, that was childcare.

You gotta go.

We ain't got no babysitting.

You gotta come with me.

And, you know, in those times,

Sometimes you are aggravated.

Man, why am I?

I want to be home with my friends.

I want to be on the block.

I want to be playing football.

I want to be hanging out.

You know, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10 years old.

And you don't realize how you are absorbing through observation.

the work of giants, legends, legendary leaders in New Orleans, legendary community leaders and ministers and labor leaders and politicians that I just got an opportunity to observe as a very, very young person.