Wesley Hunt: “For a gentleman like me, who's sitting as a United States…”

“I'm 75 years old. He goes, son, I had it difficult. You don't have it difficult. We have come a very long way. And For a gentleman like me, who's sitting as a United States Congressman, whose parents are graduates of HBCUs, and at the time, that's actually all they had. And for us to be sitting right here talking about strong black businesses, talking about black excellence, which is exactly what this represents. That's right.” (02:18–02:28)

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