▁good ▁condition , ▁with ▁an ▁order ly ▁yard . ▁Mitchell ▁was ▁taught ▁by ▁his ▁parents ▁not ▁to ▁" take ▁anything ▁from ▁anyone " ▁when ▁it ▁came ▁to ▁ra cial ▁issues ; ▁the ▁older ▁children ▁taught ▁the ▁younger ▁children , ▁too . ▁Clar ence ▁spent ▁time ▁at ▁the ▁Y M CA ▁( Color ed ▁– ▁Young ▁Men ' s ▁Christian ▁Association ) ▁learning ▁how ▁to ▁box , ▁and ▁earned ▁the ▁nick name ▁" the ▁Sh am rock ▁Kid ." ▁ ▁Mitchell ▁excel led ▁in ▁his ▁early ▁child hood ▁education ▁and ▁worked ▁hard ▁to ▁learn ▁less ons ▁taught ▁to ▁him ▁by ▁his ▁ill iter ate ▁mother . ▁When ▁Mitchell ▁was ▁in ▁elementary ▁school , ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁teachers ▁was ▁the ▁mother ▁of ▁Th ur good ▁Marshall , ▁future ▁att orney ▁and ▁United ▁States ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁Justice . ▁Mitchell ▁worked ▁many ▁odd ▁jobs ▁throughout ▁his ▁child hood ; ▁from ▁ha uling ▁ice ▁and ▁coal ▁in ▁a ▁w agon ▁for ▁money , ▁which ▁he ▁subsequently ▁gave ▁to ▁his ▁parents ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁household ; ▁to ▁working ▁with ▁Th ur good ▁Marshall ▁and ▁his ▁father ▁as ▁a ▁bus boy ▁at ▁the ▁Gib son ▁Island ▁Club . ▁ ▁Education ▁Mitchell ▁attended ▁Old ▁Doug lass ▁High ▁School , ▁and ▁after ▁gradu ating , ▁he ▁en rolled ▁at ▁Lincoln ▁University , ▁a ▁histor ically ▁black ▁college ▁in ▁Pennsylvania . ▁He ▁excel led ▁at ▁his ▁studies . ▁He ▁wrote ▁the ▁song ▁for ▁his ▁gradu ating ▁class ▁at ▁Lincoln , ▁but ▁was ▁not ▁able ▁to ▁join ▁his ▁fell ows ▁on ▁stage , ▁as