Toforest Johnson

You had families there that couldn't afford to eat, you know, kids come to school, you know, wearing the same clothes over and over.

It was rough.

It was rough growing up in the projects.

Welcome to the A Building.

I'm Hans Charles.

I'm Menelik Lumumba.

It's 1969.

Rioting and protests broke out on an unprecedented scale.

In Atlanta, Georgia, at Martin's alma mater, Morehouse College, the students had their own protest.

It featured two prominent figures in Black history, Martin Luther King Sr.

and a young student, Samuel L. Jackson.

to be in what we really thought was a revolution.

I mean, people were dying.

It echoes in today's world far more than it should, and it will blow your mind.

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It was a little before 11, and we were standing outside, and they came up.

Taforist was pushing Ardragus.

I remember exactly where I was standing, right in front of the club when he walked up, because I thought I was shot that night.

You know, back in the days, it was TLC.

They were wearing big clothes back then.