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public pool for blacks at all. I learned to swim at Sumner High

School.
I would go across the river to Kansas City, Missouri, to the
Paseo. We swam in the segregated pool there. It was a segregated
society. But understanding that with strong skills and education

and pushing the laws to change, we could make a difference.
And that was talked about very early on in my experiences.

When you look back on that particular period, what do you
think best prepared you for the future and what you went
through, sir?

What prepared me was my solid educational foundation. Not

only was it Douglas Grade School, named for Frederick Douglass,
it was Northeast Junior High School and Sumner High School,
which was, I think, one of the best schools in the state of Kansas.

It was my experience at Boys State, where I ran for mayor, and
then I was elected Supreme Court justice at Kansas Boys State. I
was drum major of the Boys State band and drum major of my
high school band as well.

So, I had these kinds of experiences, solid experiences. I was a
part of the National Honor Society. I worked very hard and got
fairly good grades in high school and went on to the University of
Kansas and majored in political science and history. I had a great

experience at KU, and I think that was also a solid education.

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