Wesley Hunt: “My great, great grandfather was a slave. His name was Silas…”

“So there's a lot of talk of. A lot of, you know, racial injustices of the past. And this is something that I think I'm uniquely positioned to talk about. My great, great grandfather was a slave. His name was Silas Crawford, Born on Rose Down Plantation just north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Three of his great great grandchildren all attended West Point. I earned three master's degrees from Cornell University. Brother went to Harvard. Sister has her advanced degree in applied mathematics.” (03:48–03:57)

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