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He was an extremely intelligent man.
And so articulate.
Yes.
Let me come to a somewhat related question here. There seems to have been a controversy raging over language. The language of many blacks in the ghettos or in rural areas, or the use of English phrasing and even words, contradistinct to what whites would use, it's more than another dialect, or some would say that. Is there anything to this? And that actually there should be some teaching of blacks using their idioms, if that's the right word for it.
Black English?
Black English. I'm not sure that's very precise, but I guess it's used, isn't it?
Yes. No, I believe that-- you're talking about education of children now?
Yes. That there would be more communication, especially in their younger years.
I think the children should be educated to be able to cope and
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