Son of an American slave shares lessons from his father that inspired his success

We got this in our english listening exam

His dad was 2 when slavery ended then married a white women who was nearly 50 years younger then him...... huh???

How special is this man 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽❤️😇

He talks strong like he is 40

I am sure republicans would feel “ offended “ by this.

Inspirational figure...

Singaporean laws needed.

R.I.P. everyone.

Moved out of the USA at 79
Please leave and live.
$100k for every citizen 18 and up.Move to a safer and less expensive country.
Send all criminals to putin for cannon fodder.

R.I.P. everyone.

Daniel Smith

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Dokken or Ratt?

I hope he's done many interviews..old timers are our Nation's prize!

We survived The Ships! Wow!! I would love to meet Mr. Smith!

These are the stories, the history, the people, that politicians are fighting to keep out of schools in the USA.

What a wonderful man!! My take away from this didn't have anything to do with anger. Yes he said he was angry at the moment and the memory stayed with him, but he said what he wanted was for people to "Be Kind" & "Don't hate"

People act like slavery was so long ago, but it isn't.

RIP ❤🙏🏽

My grandfather, who died in 1969, was the son of a formerly enslaved man born in 1850. He named his second son born in 1892, my father's father, FREEMAN. I too am descended from the strongest of the strong.

Africa still has slavery

This shows how all this wasn't as long as we desperately try to pretend.

His father was 70yo when he was born. Dang! An incredible life well lived.

RIP Mr.Smith! May you rest in peace❤️❤️

Is there a long form version of this interview out there we can watch? I feel like this man has a lot more wisdom to impart than what the editing is allowing.

He looks amazing for 90

Rest in Power! Wrong reporter to do his story!

Africans are forgiving and they move on to build. Those people were African who then became American. The present generation of descendants Ist take up space and do good things. As long as African Americans aren’t massacred again I’d they create more “Black Wall Streets”.

Wow.. this was on time. May he R.I.P what a true man of grit, integrity and legacy.

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The optimism and actually doing something for the better is soo inspiring!!! He didn’t sit around and complain and be oppressed, he was raised right and he did what every person in this country should do, be kind and do things for the better and be together! No division! May he rest in peace, such a huge inspiration.

The Americans run after them in the jungles of wild Africa

Exactly, he didn't make himself second to NO ONE. Didn't make "systematic racism" an excuse to not achieve, he went out and did it. This is why I disagree with today's leftist's "feel sorry for me" rhetoric. He was able to succeed and he was LITERALLY a son of an enslaved family. What is your excuse? This honorable man has my utmost respect, tipping my hat to your sir. And you're right, we still have alot of work to do.

It really brings it home how recent this was. Its still early days - it will take many generations to really heal and only if its acknowledged rather than turned away from. My thoughts are with African Americans and what they still endure and what their communities still recall and how their freedom is not yet fully given due to white supremacy. Here in the UK we have wrongs to right too - great wrongs - many shames that still persist.

We should be building just and kind societies that future generations can be proud of, not heritages of shame.

Love x

Great... A treasured message engrained in a story of many.

This is such an amazing story. Was anybody else annoyed that they bleeped him when he was talking about being chased in the south? I don't mean to be controversial, but I feel like they should have left it uncensored to capture the visceral nature of the story. Even whenever he referred to himself with that word, I felt like he was bringing levity to the to such a harrowing narrative. To which the white interviewer only returned an austere look.

Now we can stop crying about slavery. It's officially over now...

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Rest in peace Sir.

His father was 70, I wonder how old his mother was?

Why doesn't he talk about his mother?

RIP sir. God bless you in your next journey.

RIP

Proof these blk men were built from a different stock, than the "current" blk men...

Thank you for sharing Mr Smiths story!

So many people need to reflect on this.

I think about that often as a black person. My family really survived the ships and slavery. Damn. I’m here today because they endured torture and still survived.

Thank you for sharing your story with the world and your words of wisdom. Rest well Sir and God speed 🙏 ❤️

Thank You!!

What a Beautiful man x

Which is why REPERATIONS are owed to foundational African Americans

WHATS SO HARD TO BELIEVE???