He was like the big brother we never had. He gave us the first hope outside of the house that as little Ghetto Black Boys we were somebody. This happened with both the Mathew Dickey Boys Club and as manager for the Paramount Review.
It is because of his investment in us that I later reproduced this both in Columbia Mo. at Douglas Elementary and Houston on 2916 Blodgett, instrument lessons and band instruction for no money. It is his model and my Father's that I immulated prior to coming to Houston and up to 1984 or so in spite of my illness.
