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I Think The Reasons For Not Selecting Persons Like The Reverend Borders And John Wesley Dobbs Were, In My Book Rather Obvious Reasons: Because They Were People Who Were Basically Oriented In The Direction Of The Established Method Of Not Confronting The Power Structure, But Trying To Elicit Concessions By Various And Sundry Means Of, Well, Let's Call It Accommodating Leadership.

Both My Parents Came From North Carolina, In Warren County. My Mother Had A Feeling That There Was Greater Culture In North Carolina Than Obtained In Norfolk, Virginia, Plus The Fact She Just Didn't Like The Lowland-lying Climate There.

His Name Was Michael R. Ross. I've Never Known What The "r" Was For. He Died, However, Before I Was 7. But He And I Seemed To Have Had Quite A Nice Relationship. He Always Called Me Grandlady, And He'd Always Talk To You As A Person Rather Than As A Child. So, I Would Go With Him For His Routes In His Horse And Buggy. So, My Memory Of Him Is Pretty Sharp, Plus It Has Been Accentuated By The Stories That Come Out Of The Family.

I've Never Credited Myself With A Professional Life. But, Basically, It Has Been That.

In Your Short Stay In Atlanta, I'm Sure You Saw That There Was Great Competition Between Martin's [luther King] Father And John Wesley Dobbs In Terms Of Family Status. You Know, The Bragging About Whose Child Got A Master's Degree First And Whose Child, Maybe, Was The First Ph.d. Out Of A Background Like That, The Business Of Becoming A Chairman Of An Important Movement Or A Movement That Symbolizes A Certain Amount Of Prestige Is Something You Don't Resist Easily.