I had the good fortune to sit down and record a conversation with our tour bus driver, Tyrone Brown (Ty is pictured to the left along with Joe Georgeson, our 8th grade math teacher). A picture of Ty and myself may be accessed here. Ty shares his personal story about growing up in the DC area in a poor black family and then moving on to become a DC Transit/Metro bus driver. In the conversation Ty shares his personal account of what DC was like during the civil rights movement of the 60s and he also talks a bit about the Vietnam protests. Ty really is a wonderful man, a great storyteller, and of course incredibly knowledgeable about the history of the greater DC area. If you listen to this recording you'll see that Ty is a pretty special guy - everyone on the USM DC trip over the past 3 years really is quite lucky to have the experience of learning from Ty. It certainly was a privilege to be able to interview Ty and I thank him for sharing his personal story with us.This interview is about 40 minutes in length and may be accessed by clicking the play button on the media player below or by clicking the download link.
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