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As Tell Arlington's Story concludes it's first year, here is a sample of the over 100 stories collected in print, audio and video.
A
C
Having
grown
up
in
arlington
county,
I
actually
grew
up
in
the
county
when
we
were
still
segregated.
I
grew
up
under
jim
crow.
What
I'm
sure
other
people
that
have
talked
about
the
various
donington
experiences
have
shared
some
idea
of
that,
but
simply
what
it
was
was
the
separation,
the
segregation
of
the
races
here
in
our
county,
and
so
our
school
system
was
segregated,
Parks
and
Recreation
Board
was
segregated
our
fire.
E
D
E
A
2003
I
ran
for
office
I'm
in
a
primary
Democratic.
Primary
I
won
that
election
for
commissioner
of
revenue
and
won
again
in
a
general
election.
I
didn't
run
as
a
minority
candidate,
because
I
felt
that
very
strongly
that,
as
an
elected
official
I
should
be
representative
for
everyone
who
lives
in
arlington.
But
I
am
proud
of
the
fact
that
I'm,
the
first
and
maybe
the
only
certain
amis
American
in
the
United
States
is
an
elected
official.
Well.
D
I
had
one
student
one
year
at
HB
Woodlawn
who
was
not
doing
her
homework.
She
wasn't
doing
well
at
all,
so
I
called
her
and
I
talked
with
her
I
said
we
talked
together.
We
came
up
with
a
plan
to
help
her
do
homework.
I
said
what
you
do.
Each
of
the
students
had
free
blocks
during
your
free
block.
Come
into
my
room,
sit
right
there
and
do
your
homework
then.
So
she
was
doing
that
and
there
she
was
sitting
there.
D
All
alone
did
no
one
else
was
in
the
room
till
one
of
my
more
advanced
students
came
in
and
said
to
me.
You
know
I'm
hearing
a
lot
about
de
rene
descartes
and
he
said
I.
Think
therefore
I
am.
What
did
he
mean
by
that?
What
was
that?
All
about
so
I
started
to
explain
how
he
wanted
to
look
at
the
world
and
see
something
that
he
really
could
believe
in
absolutely
without
any
any
problem,
and
he
would
say
like
there's
a
tree
there.
Well,
okay,
there's
a
tree
there.
D
It
looks
like
way,
but
maybe
my
sensors
are
deceiving
me.
I.
Think
water
is
good
for
me,
but
I.
Don't
really
know
that
there's
all
kinds
of
things
going
around
it
looks
like
things
fall,
do
they
always
fall
would
seem
to,
but
I
don't
really
know.
How
do
I
know
something
rock
bottom
solid
and
I
went
through
this
whole
explanation
like
this,
at
which
point
this
kid
over
in
the
corner
looks
up
and
said.
Was
he
from
the
60s.
F
F
G
The
lessons
I've
learned
is
that
I've
got
to
be
very
diligent
about
taking
not
just
taking
care
of
myself
in
terms
of
exercise
and
that
but
watch
my
diet
watch
what
I
eat.
You
can
be
pretty
sure
that
I
will
be
preaching
a
story
of
taking
care
of
your
diet
and
making
sure
that
your
your
cholesterol,
blood
vessels
and
all
these
things
associated
with
that
in
this
whole
ordeal,
I,
don't
think
I
could
have
made
it
without
my
wife.