Taking A Seat At The Table - Buddy Jones and the President
A seat at the table with the president. In this story Buddy takes us down an unusual trail that begins in the 1940’s with his mother introducing him to a…
Buddy Jones shaking hands with President George Bush at the reopening of Sequoia National Park
A seat at the table with the president. In this story Buddy takes us down an unusual trail that begins in the 1940’s with his mother introducing him to a new world beyond the the Eastside, Riverside, one of California’s black ghettos. Through family park excursions and rock climbing adventures, Buddy’s love affair with the California great outdoors flourished. As the story goes, Buddy finds a way to work in the place he loves to play. As he built Buddy’s Contracting Service, he developed skills that earned him contracts for the restoration of Sequoia National Park. It was beyond Buddy’s wildest dreams that he would find himself in the presence of a president to receive congratulations for a job well done. Listen to the following story to hear how a black boy from the ghetto became a most remarkable man, taking a seat at the table with a president of the United States.
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