[Oral History Interview with Wright L. Lassiter, Jr.] Page: 3
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business managers. He suggested that I should
apply for that program. It was a twelve month
internship program at Tuskegee. I applied. I
was accepted. Graduated in May 1955. First
member of the family to have a college degree.
My parents were there with my other brothers
and sisters celebrating my graduation. As they
were preparing to place all my belongings and
trunks into the car and the truck to go back
to Pittsburg the chairman of the business
department stopped me and asked if I had a job
for the summer. I told him that I always had a
job because my father was a contractor and
whenever I was not in school I was working
with him. And although I was going to graduate
school that September he was rather clear that
I would be working with him until I went away
to graduate school. Then I asked, "Well, why
do you ask?" He says, "Well, if your father
won't object we would like for you to stay
here and join the faculty at Alcorn College."
I asked him to repeat the question. He did. My
response was, "If you have enough confidence
to think that a wet behind the ears college3
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