Being from Canada and coming down to the South, I honestly didn't know what to expect. You hear stories about how bad racism is and the rich history the South has. As soon as I got down here I could already tell that it was going to be a lot different. Racism is everywhere I go down here and I can't begin to understand why people are still living in the past. Being from one of the most diverse countries in the world where there is hardly any racism, coming down here was a shock to the body. ...

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He had initially gained the spark when the University of Maryland would not let him attend the school, but the man he looked up to, the dean, Charles Hamilton Houston gave him the fire to do more than he ever dreamed of. ...

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