My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments. John Hume childeldestfather Change image and share on social
They divided the city into three electoral wards, and in one ward there was 70 percent of the people, the Catholic population, and they elected eight representatives to the city council. John Hume catholiccitycouncil Change image and share on social
I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination. John Hume badderrydiscrimination Change image and share on social
Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up quite a bit of family lore and history from her, which was interesting. John Hume bitechildfamily Change image and share on social
In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of the people and that gave no victory to either side. John Hume agreementclearcome share on social
My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative Labour, dealing with employment and unemployment issues. John Hume administrativecallcivil share on social
The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about. John Hume civilequalitymovement Change image and share on social
Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity. John Hume agreementidentityprotect Change image and share on social
