9 month old Black Baby - reads out loud!
Guess what the OP was doing at 9 months 
In the late 70's when the schools in NORTH FLORIDA, where I lived, were still for all intents and purposes SEGREGATED, I worked with a very gentle soft spoken young black woman. (Of course we were all young then). She had a little boy who was probably 5 or 6 then. I remember some flurry of activity, sending him for tests, her and husband taking him out of state for more tests, counseling and finally moving him to a different school or them moving to get him into a different school. (The details are fuzzy, it's been
awhile). I didn't know her well and never asked any questions. Some of our fellow employees, much closer to her, told me the story 2 or 3 years later.
Her little boy tested off the CHARTS, as I remember upper 160's, maybe 170 IQ. He was followed, mentored and by 12 or 13 had secured a FULL RIDE scholarship to Georgia Tech. He graduated from high school, went on to Georgia Tech, though I don't know were he got his other 2 degrees. I ran into her in a Home Depot just last year.
He is a full professor at Georgia Tech.
(GT is and always has been ranked in the top colleges and universities and is WAY up there for science and engineering).
PS I went on to DC later with the same company from above. The
VP of my department there was one of the USN's first black naval aviators. He flew jets over Viet Nam. He later became a special assistant to
Admiral Zumwalt. Perhaps you've heard of him.
I guess I just was lucky enough to know some of the '
smart ones', right?
That's my old boss to the right in the photo below...
THERE MUST BE NO SUBSTITUTE OF ONE PREJUDICE FOR ANOTHER. THE PREJUDICE AGAINST GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE IS AS PERNICIOUS AS THE PREJUDICE OF RACE.” Elmo "Bud" Zumwalt, USN.
Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Chief of Naval Operations (left) is briefed by his special assistant, Lieutenant Commander William S. Norman, in June 1971, in Washington D.C.
