And she mentioned there's only two states in the Union that made study black history mandatory in our schools and South Carolina is one of them. And I never really thought about it. And I remember how that happened. It was to settle a lawsuit. And I happened to be on the committee that was appointed by Dick Riley to come up with some ways that he could go to the courts and get the lawsuit settle. I was on that committee and happened to be one of the people that. That's one of the things we put in that supplement. They put black history in our schools. (53:22–53:42)
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