Antoin Curtis (Track & Field (Outdoor), Umpqua Community College) grew up in Omaha. HelloNation asks student athletes one question about the place that raised them and records the answer on camera. This is Antoin Curtis’s, in full.
The question
Tell a story about a moment when your hometown came together or achieved something that made you proud.
The answer, as recorded
Transcript. What follows is a transcript of the video above, in Antoin Curtis’s own words. It has not been rewritten, and no part of it was drafted for them.
A really, really great moment that my hometown carried is the National Juneteenth Board. My grandmother is one of the board directors and presidents of the National Juneteenth Board in Omaha, Nebraska and Albuquerque, New Mexico. She established this program for young Black people like myself and others to be able to go and further their education and represent what's been going on within the United States from when the slaves were free. So Juneteenth was a great, great board aspect with my grandmother. My friend Akima, as I mentioned, was involved and the Brian Wingard, of course. But my moments really, really found it within Omaha because the city offered so much for me to grow and within the community of King Science, we were able to grow within that map of Nebraska. Thank you.
Recorded by HelloNation as part of its athlete voices program and published by Hello Newswire, HelloNation’s good news newswire. The words are the speaker’s own.
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