His hands speak to decades of hard labor. His fingers appear swollen with overworked muscles. The skin seems about a quarter-inch thick. If his hands could speak, he says, "They'd be crying, instead of talking, for what they've been through."
"You see how rusty and rough they are. They've been through something, ain't they?"
The article is not well written. Nonetheless, James Presley is a diamond, a national treasure. Don't miss the inaugural. Share his joy.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/grandson.of.slaves/index.html
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