Keisha Lance Bottoms discusses her family legacy (Part 3)

And I saw my family name, went over to it, and I said, oh, you know, this is a family member here. Peak is our family name. And it literally knocked me to the ground. I dropped to one knee when I saw that. The headstone said, betsy Peak, wife of shepherd peak, born in 1845, died in 19 on. And I had a lot of information on my great, great grandfather who was once enslaved. But I didn't know very much about her at all. I had seen her picture, and what blew me away was I could tell from this marker, I said, this is a woman who was loved and who was cared for. And even in looking at the marker, what struck me was, who's been tending to this grave since 1909? And it was. You know, it was a moment that is indescribable, but I just felt as if she were speaking to me, saying, I'm here, and you are standing on shoulders made of steel. How did it help you see this journey that your family has been on from being enslaved people to the governor's mansion of the state that enslaved your ancestors? Well, throughout the course of this campaign, people have asked me about the historic nature or the potential for the historic nature of this campaign. And I have repeatedly said, for me, it was such. It was much more personal because I knew that my family members were once enslaved in Georgia, and even Crawfordville, Georgia, was where another governor was born, Stevens, and he was the vice President of the Confederacy. And I said it was just so much more personal to think of the journey of my family and the possibilities when decisions are made by people not knowing if they will ever see the fruits of their labor, but believing that tomorrow can be better. So it was all. It's always been personal for me. I want to stay with your family just a little bit longer because your own parents are also a big part of your story.