Albert Williams:  

I OFTEN REFLECT ON MY LIFE'S JOURNEY FROM BIRTH TO THE PRESENT. I AM BLESSED THAT I GREW UP IN AN AREA THAT WAS SO FULL OF LIFE AND HAD SO MANY COLORFUL CHARACTERS! I LIKE TO THINK THAT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL WAS UNIQUE AND SPECIAL. AS I NAVIGATED THE HALLS OF ACADEMIA TO ATTAIN HIGHER DEGREES ,I REALIZED HOW WELL I HAD BEEN EDUCATED BY THOSE DEDICATED BLACK TEACHERS AT B.T.W. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NO IDEA OF WHO I AM, I WAS ONE OF THE CLASS CLOWNS. I SAY ONE BECAUSE I REMEMBER JOHNNIE RAY JACKSON ! IN MY SENIOR YEAR I WAS THE CLASS CHAPLAIN . I WILL NEVER FORGET BEING NOMINATED TO BE THE CLASS CHAPLAIN. I HAD TO ASK SHIRLEY WIL...Expand for more