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I was born in New York City, during an explosive time in American history, the 1960's. One day, my parents were watching the news on TV and saw Black and white students being beaten for riding the bus together.

When my parents saw this they knew right away that it was time for them to go back to the South and fight for civil rights for all. I was not even a year old when we moved to Atlanta, Georgia.

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What I remember most about growing up in Atlanta was that our house was always full of people. During the civil rights movement there would be people sleeping on our floor, meeting in our livingroom and eating at our table.

Later, when my dad ran for Congress, it was more of the same. I always had many aunts and uncles that were not related to us at all, but part of our family, nevertheless.

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I went to a private school for the first couple of years of my education, one that my oldest sister, Andrea, integrated. When she graduated, she recommended that Lisa and I leave, too. It had n