In October , after almost 19 years behind bars, Carruth was released from prison. He moved to Pennsylvania to live with a friend and start a quiet life. He has a job and can work from home on his laptop. Living a simple life out of the spotlight, Carruth told the Charlotte Observer he is a changed man. He has hopes and dreams like everyone else.
In his case, he has one particular hope for the future. She has raised the now year-old and been with him each step of his challenging journey. You have to let it go. Only love promotes peace. In , Adams received an anonymous check for several thousand dollars designated for Chancellor. There was no note.
There was no return address. There was no phone call. A note from a court official showed Carruth had sent the money. Like all Vance students, Chancellor Lee will be allowed four guests at graduation. Although he will always need a live-in caregiver and usually speaks only a word or two at a time, Chancellor Lee has learned how to order his own food at a restaurant and understands the concept behind a credit card.
Every day, for years, he and the other young men and women in the EC program at Vance recited a class motto. As I sat with Chancellor Lee and Saundra at that picnic table, they decided to say it together. Chancellor Lee will be part of the last graduating class at Vance; the school is changing its name to Julius L.
Chambers High School. Vance owned slaves and, once the Civil War ended, attempted to keep Black citizens from voting. Chambers, a civil-rights icon, did landmark legal work that led to the desegregation of Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools in the s. Our story has been a story of transformation from the very beginning. You can take something that seems to be so bad and to have so many negative connotations, and you can end up making good of it.
Saundra has done some motivational speaking about the power of forgiveness and may do more of that. Of the 10 random people that walked by our out-of-the-way spot, at least five recognized him immediately. They wanted photos or fist-bumps.
Several broke out into spontaneous applause when they saw him walking by a small grove of river birch trees. A real blessing. When the last photo had been taken, it was time to go. As they took the final few steps to the car, a monarch butterfly lit on the ground in front of them. I looked around, startled, then realized Saundra was speaking to the butterfly. The butterfly flexed its wings a few times as the Adamses approached.
As they slowly passed by, it stayed put. Chancellor Lee smiled toward the butterfly. His grandmom opened the car door for him, folded up the walker and put it in the trunk.
The butterfly remained. Skip to content. WBTV News. About WBTV. Send us your photos! Cabarrus County. Submit your first-day photos! Collect to Connect. Now that boy has turned into a young man who is graduating from a Charlotte high school.
Chancellor's grandmother said she was looking forward to the graduation ceremony but warned anyone attending she may get a little racous. I wanted to talk to him for theobserver. He has not seen his son since he was born.
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