It really was the Confederate currency that got it started. Dick's contribution was one of the first that was significant enough for us to know the Atlanta History Center was going to be able to acquire Sherman's orders.

One contains a note from Sherman to his aide about making a collection for the records, the aide responds, and the document ends with something back from Sherman. The last person we have touching this is one of Sherman's aides.

I just thought it was a perfect fit for Atlanta because of the controversy, because of how much Sherman is still hated down there. It's definitely a place where people will come see them.

My contribution is: I was the first DJ to make the turntable an instrument.

Obelisks don't grow from the soil, and stone men and iron horses are never built without purpose.

I don't want to make this a racial thing, but it is significant because it is the first. All the guys who played the game before me as African-Americans have to share in this a little bit. This is the crowning jewel to my career.