“I think I got from my father and my mother a sense of morality, of the do's and don't's in society; the notion that good people don't do this; good people are responsible, good people participate in community, and good people vote, good people own land. These were things I heard from my father's pulpit.” PeopleThinkingMotherFatherCommunityHeardLandMoralityVoteResponsibleNotionGood PeoplePulpit Author:David C. Driskell
“My sister was like my surrogate mother here, in Washington, with very much of the same persuasions as my mother. Even when friends came from home that I knew were more socially adaptable to the mores of the time, she would always caution me and say, "Be careful if you're going out with so and so because you know such and such a thing could happen." It was that kind of guardianship, and concern that imprinted me.” IfsKnowsKindHomeHappensMotherConcernCarefulMy SisterBe CarefulGoing OutPersuasionCautionAdaptableSurrogatesGuardianship Author:David C. Driskell
“Even when I became cognizant of this societal problem in this country, I asked my father and my mother if they knew anything that had been passed on to them, about slavery, and my father was very reticent about it. He often said, "No, I don't know anything about it, and it was bad, it was awful and it's over and we want to get on with our lives."” IfsKnowsWantSaidCountryProblemMotherFatherOur LivesSlaveryAwfulCognizant Author:David C. Driskell
