I went to a trade show and one of the displays was a booth for scuba divers.

[upbeat music] So I put my card in the fish bowl they have at every booth, and that gentleman in the booth came to me and said, "Gimme a card for myself," 'cause they had a habit of not getting back to Black applicants.

[horns blaring] He called me and I started going to the meetings.

I liked what I saw, so joined.

It was the same gentleman who said, "You know, Jose, you need to start your own club."

I said, "Oh no, I'll do the diving, I'll train people, "but I don't wanna start a club."

He said, "Well, we get a whole lot "of Black potential divers, "and no one ever gets back to 'em, "so if you don't do it, who's going to do it?"

[upbeat jazz music] We formed a club called Underwater Adventure Seekers in 1959.