Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a … - Michael Johnson

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When you first get married, they open the car door for you. Eighteen years now. . . once he opened the car door for me in the last four years - we were on the freeway at the time.

Michael Johnson

Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.

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