Tommy Armstrong: Proud B.O.I.
Updated: Mar 6, 2022
Humans of Galveston: If you knew back then what you know now, Tommy D., what would you have done differently?
Tommy: “Nothing, because I grew up at a early age. I was walking the streets of New York at 15 by myself. So Galveston prepared me for that, hanging out on the block. When I’d come home from school at Holy Rosary, the seamen on the block would ask me on the way to the house, how many whippings did you get today? But if I didn’t get them whippings, I probably wouldn’t be here today. I’m blessed.”
Humans of Galveston: What’s the biggest challenge that you’ve had to overcome in your life?
Tommy: “The death of my father (T. D. Armstrong) in 1972. It was really hard, and your father (Dr. R.H. Stanton Jr.) really helped me a lot. We talked about it. I didn’t talk to too many men that I thought had as much sense. It was hard, but my father wouldn’t leave this earth if he didn’t think I could handle it.”
Humans of Galveston: What piece of advice would you like to share?
Tommy: “This world needs to be in a better fix, especially this country. This country is so capitalistic. I’m not calling it racist. Racism is money. they came across the water from England - the Blue Bloods that the Queen emptied her jails and dissidents. And they put on the money, ‘In God We Trust.’ There’s nothing in the Bible that I have read about that. “So I don’t worry about surviving because I believe in God having me survive. I don’t believe in luck. I only have blessings. And I didn’t think I’d make it past 27. But that belief and the study of the New Testament, which my religion and most religions believe in, treating man as the way you want to be treated. I don’t care what you’re doing behind closed doors. That’s your business. “But being a human being is what it’s about. We’re not human beings. This country should have free medical, free education. And when there's not a middle class, when the white middle class finally finds out that they’re being duped, maybe I’ll have to go back to the streets in revolution. I’m from the high school class of ’69 – the last of the vanguard of revolution.”
Published by Bobby Stanton
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