Cherelle Parker: “My grandmother and my grandfather were on public assistance…”

“You heard me on the trail talk about that colored money in books. Some people whisper to me, well, what does she mean when she says the public money? It means that My grandmother and my grandfather were on public assistance, that they had to receive food stamps and cash assistance to take care of me. I want you to know that were it not for their resilience, their stick to itiveness, I wouldn't be here. I want to say to my family, to my community that brought me up, who believed in me.” (19:48–19:59)

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