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This another American story is told to you by the people who lived it. Storycore comes to you every Friday, and today we will learn about Thurman Weaver. Mr Weaver was a janitor, chauffeur and also a father. A few weeks ago, Thurman's son, William Weaver remembered him at the Storycore's booth in Atlanta, Georgia. And here William speaks with his daughter Kinberlin.

My father was everything to me, and it's actually kind of difficult talking about him without becoming very emotional. Up until ,you knwo, he died, every decision I made, I would always call him, and he would never me what to do, but he would always listen and say: well,what do you want to do, and he made me feel like I can do anything than I wanted to do. I could remember when we integrated the schools that there were many times when I was just scared, and I didn't think that I would survive, and I look up, he'd be there. And whenever I saw him, I knew that I was safe. I always tell you that your mama is the smartest person I've ever met, but I think my father ranks right up there as brilliant. When I was in high school, I was taking algebra, and I was sitting at the kitchen table trying to do my homework, and I got frustrated, so asked him figure this out(and I'm just...) So my father said what's the problem, he came by, he said what's the problem, and I said it's algebra, he said: well, let me look at it. I said that may mad out burning you day. And I went to sleep, and around 4 o'clock that morning, he woke me up. He said: come on, son, get out. He sat me at the kitchen table and he taught me algebra. What he had done is sat up all night and read the algebra book, and then explained the problems to me, so I can do them, and understand them. Until this day, I've lived my life trying to be half the man my father was, just half the man, and I would be a success if my children love me half as much as I loved my father.

William Weaver remembering his father with his daughter Kinberlin in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr Weaver is chairman of surgery at Morehouse Medical School in Atlanta.

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