Finally tonight for Father's Day an animated feature from our partners at StoryCorps.

Dr William Lynn Weaver, a renowned surgeon, helped integrate a Knoxville High School in 1964.

Even in those difficult times he said he felt safe and

supported thanks to his father Ted Weaver who worked long hours as a janitor in chauffeur.

Dr Weaver, who died in 2019, remembered his father's influence in this 2007 conversation with his daughter, Kimberly.

My father was everything to me and it's actually kind of difficult talking about

him without becoming very emotional up until you know he died every decision I made I'd always call him and he

would never tell me what to do but he would always listen and say well what do you

want to do and he made me feel that I could do anything

that I wanted to do. I can remember when we integrated to schools that there were

many times when I was just scared and I didn't think that I would survive and I

look up and he'd be there.

And whenever I saw him, I knew that I was safe. You know I always tell you that your mama is the smartest

person I've ever met but I think my father ranks right up there as brilliant.

When I was in high school, I was taking algebra

and I was sitting at the kitchen table

trying to do my homework.

And I got frustrated, so I just can't figure this out.

I'm just.

So my father said, what's the problem?

He came by, he said, what's the problem?

He came by, he said, what's the problem?

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