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's maya angelou develops a toothpick. grandmother takes her to a local white dentistry woes for money and a favor. the dentist refuses to tweet her, saying quote, my policy is i'd rather stick my hand in a dog's mouth, then he ends it with a racial slur. tell me a bit about this. >> i mean, this is the kind of everyday violence that characterized the segregated south. this sort of persistence of insults and degradation. and so when you see in the text how she moves from that to these moments of greatest, of celebration of oneself, a grooming, of a commitment to elegances, you actually understand that is a sight of resistance. so it's not simply the case that people endure, but people actually built themselves up. but that's history. that's truth. i think it's really important for us to understand how persistent and how ugly those types of behaviors were. ants that was not long ago. that was my mother's lifetime. >> you've written about maya angelou quite a bit and her memoir, in your book, may we forever stand, you recoun
's maya angelou develops a toothpick. grandmother takes her to a local white dentistry woes for money and a favor. the dentist refuses to tweet her, saying quote, my policy is i'd rather stick my hand in a dog's mouth, then he ends it with a racial slur. tell me a bit about this. >> i mean, this is the kind of everyday violence that characterized the segregated south. this sort of persistence of insults and degradation. and so when you see in the text how she moves from that to these...
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maya angelou, i know why the caged bird sings. and though whole world fell away from me.was the first book, at 15, i ever read with a black protagonist. that book gave a voice to my silences, my secrets, it gave words to my pain and my confusion of being raped at 9 years old. . before i didn't know there was a language about what happened to me, that is the power of books. and yet, and yet, i know why the caged bird sings is among the top 100 most banned books in the past three decades, the third most banned book from 1990 to 99 and then 2009 and then the ada from 2010 to 2019 because there's so many other books ahead of it, it's currently bad in libraries in pennsylvania and despite that, tonight at night table, i have the honor of sitting beside two- time national book award winner and author margaret most recent book, let us to send, jasmine ward. in 2022, jasmine's first novel, salvage the bones was challenged in north carolina and thanks to the efforts of teachers and parents and students and citizens, just ordinary folks, came together, stood together, the book rema
maya angelou, i know why the caged bird sings. and though whole world fell away from me.was the first book, at 15, i ever read with a black protagonist. that book gave a voice to my silences, my secrets, it gave words to my pain and my confusion of being raped at 9 years old. . before i didn't know there was a language about what happened to me, that is the power of books. and yet, and yet, i know why the caged bird sings is among the top 100 most banned books in the past three decades, the...
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but that about six mostly i've got to i guess they forgot one of the messages, one of their maya angelou of an actual naval vessel. just ask expense later the iran-iraq war was over so they were afraid what ronald w reagan would do next.he they decide to live with iraq in that war. if you want the attacks on our troops to stop come if you want to prevent a mass casualty attack, which am afraid is going ehappen soon, you have to take decisive action against what iran hold most dear. its key leaders running around the region promoting and supportingse these groups, or is military facilities ships, aircraft, refineries, something critical that iran does not want to lose. only then is iran going to pull its force. >> sort of having the biden administration adopt the court unquote reagan approach to the gulf. you've been taking some action in congress and to wonder if you would expand upon it? because the line between what israel is enduring, whether rocket attacks on its sovereign territory, we are talking about hezbollah's arsenal, the attacks on u.s. forces in syria and iraq.f and, of cour
but that about six mostly i've got to i guess they forgot one of the messages, one of their maya angelou of an actual naval vessel. just ask expense later the iran-iraq war was over so they were afraid what ronald w reagan would do next.he they decide to live with iraq in that war. if you want the attacks on our troops to stop come if you want to prevent a mass casualty attack, which am afraid is going ehappen soon, you have to take decisive action against what iran hold most dear. its key...
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. >> maya angelou used to say when people show you who they are, believe them the first time. >> peopled that lesson. >> when he says dictator for a day, did that trouble you just a bit? >> yes. if somebody said, i'm not going to punch you except for the first day, that's -- that means that you will come -- >> are going to get punched. >> it's something people have to be mindful of. it seems like a lot of republican strategy is undo whatever the democrats have done. that just seems to be the agenda. of course, if trump is elected, he will -- >> everybody was laughing. who among us would not want to be a dictator? how do you hear this? you are a person who everyone thinks is, he is telling it like it is. >> charles is telling it. >> when you hear trump speak like that, do you take it seriously, literally, figuratively? do you see someone who speaks in a way regular people can identify? >> the thing that concerns me about him, if he were to win again, i think he would spend the next four years trying to pay back people who said or did anything to him. >> it would be about retribution. >>
. >> maya angelou used to say when people show you who they are, believe them the first time. >> peopled that lesson. >> when he says dictator for a day, did that trouble you just a bit? >> yes. if somebody said, i'm not going to punch you except for the first day, that's -- that means that you will come -- >> are going to get punched. >> it's something people have to be mindful of. it seems like a lot of republican strategy is undo whatever the democrats...
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caroline: maya angelou, i had her read at my wedding. i would say b. ed: nice. fair.e is harder. joan of arc. ed: i wasn't around at the time of joan of arc. [laughter] they are both paintings. i would go with a. caroline: we are cleaning up on this one. napoleon bonaparte. b. ed: b. caroline: we got it wrong. that is our first dud. ed: it is hard. caroline: i think it is obvious. a. ed: b. caroline: i would be right, but that is a good one. ed: b is clearly high definition. let's make this the final one. it's hard. b? caroline: i think that that might be right. at least we got winston churchill right. that showing ultimately how easy it is to make it difficult. the fact that we got one wrong, i think that i got eight out of 10, but what is notable is that some ai created photos are becoming the most popular answer on google now because people are being so confused by them. a selfie of a main image that comes up for tank man. this is originally meant to be a famous photo that is now an ai selfie that is proving to be totally misleading. ed: it is a fantastic tool if y
caroline: maya angelou, i had her read at my wedding. i would say b. ed: nice. fair.e is harder. joan of arc. ed: i wasn't around at the time of joan of arc. [laughter] they are both paintings. i would go with a. caroline: we are cleaning up on this one. napoleon bonaparte. b. ed: b. caroline: we got it wrong. that is our first dud. ed: it is hard. caroline: i think it is obvious. a. ed: b. caroline: i would be right, but that is a good one. ed: b is clearly high definition. let's make this the...
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. >> maya angelou wrote when great trees fall.hants lumber after safety. when great trees falls in the forest, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. when great souls die, the air around us become light, rare, and sterile. we breathe briefly, our eyes of fields of hurtful clarity and our memory suddenly sharpens, examines the words unsaid and promises of walks never taken. but did you know that in isaiah, chapter 40, verse 28 says, do you not know and have you not heard the lord is the everlasting god, the creator of the earth. he will not grow tired and weary in his understanding no one can fathom. he gives us strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. and even youth grow tired and weary and young men stumble and fall. here's where i shout and get happy, for those who hope in the lord will renew their strength. they will soar on wings like eagles. they will run and not go weary. they will walk and not faint. i'm going to have chip carter come and tell you about a great soul. chip: i wan
. >> maya angelou wrote when great trees fall.hants lumber after safety. when great trees falls in the forest, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. when great souls die, the air around us become light, rare, and sterile. we breathe briefly, our eyes of fields of hurtful clarity and our memory suddenly sharpens, examines the words unsaid and promises of walks never taken. but did you know that in isaiah, chapter 40, verse 28 says, do you not know and have you...
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the quote that you have from maya angelou for credit, i just have to share it. it's born a cornflower and destined to become a steel magnolia and, that's that's that's her in a nutshell. she's just fantastic to cookware kitchens. one is what it was dr. king's like internal reaction being hated. everybody, blacks, whites in the government and also do you think that he did see the end from the mountaintop speech king was depressed his friends thought he was clinically depressed and tried encourage him to get help. he was afraid that the fbi would find out he was seeing a psychiatrist, so he didn't go. and one of the really ironic unintended consequence of these fbi wiretaps is that we can hear how depressed and how frustrated he was we can hear him saying doesn't understand why the media has turned against him when he speaks out against the vietnam war. why is washington post calling him a fool? why is the new york times calling him ignorant and he doesn't quite yet appreciate the fact that part of the reason that the media has turned on him is because the fbi has
the quote that you have from maya angelou for credit, i just have to share it. it's born a cornflower and destined to become a steel magnolia and, that's that's that's her in a nutshell. she's just fantastic to cookware kitchens. one is what it was dr. king's like internal reaction being hated. everybody, blacks, whites in the government and also do you think that he did see the end from the mountaintop speech king was depressed his friends thought he was clinically depressed and tried...
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. >>> the late maya angelou said, quote, when people show you who they are, believe them. now, donald trump is again and again, day after day, showing us exactly who he is, and exactly what a second trump term would bring about, which is fascism. it's dictatorship. it's the end of it american democracy. it is, this time, we believe him? here to discuss, ruth ben-ghiat or, a professor of history and author of strongmen, mussolini to the president. also with, us eddie -- that donald distinguished university, at princeton new -- and msnbc contributor. thank you both for coming back on the show. ruth, you literally look -- you wrote the book on mussolini. do you, like me, see this as a pretty obvious comparison with people just dismissing the threat from trump like they did with mussolini? >> absolutely. by the way, mussolini declared dictatorship in 1925 to escape prosecution. he was under investigation for having ordered the murder of his chief political rival, a socialist. it looked like he was going to go down. it took the leap, he declared dictatorship. there were many si
. >>> the late maya angelou said, quote, when people show you who they are, believe them. now, donald trump is again and again, day after day, showing us exactly who he is, and exactly what a second trump term would bring about, which is fascism. it's dictatorship. it's the end of it american democracy. it is, this time, we believe him? here to discuss, ruth ben-ghiat or, a professor of history and author of strongmen, mussolini to the president. also with, us eddie -- that donald...
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so tara, the former president, when i thought of what he said, i also thought of maya angelou who saysn someone tells you who they are, believe them, right? is that what you saw here happening with him last night? >> absolutely. he's been telegraphing what he plans to do for quite some time. this really isn't new. he's just become more and more brazen in the authoritarian aspirations that he has. i mean, he said he wants to tear up the constitution. he has said that, you know, that he's -- you know, that he plans retribution against people who have been against him, and i mean, he has said some really extraordinary things that should alarm every american who values their freedom in our democracy. this year -- and i'm glad to see that the media is covering this with the urgency that they should and the intensity that they should because the idea that an american former president and current candidate for president would even entertain the idea of being a dictator on day one or not because we all know, you and i both know you don't become a dictator for a day and all of a sudden decide y
so tara, the former president, when i thought of what he said, i also thought of maya angelou who saysn someone tells you who they are, believe them, right? is that what you saw here happening with him last night? >> absolutely. he's been telegraphing what he plans to do for quite some time. this really isn't new. he's just become more and more brazen in the authoritarian aspirations that he has. i mean, he said he wants to tear up the constitution. he has said that, you know, that he's...
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angelou, if you have an untold an experience that knows about because they are not there running onto a battlefield to try to save your comrades knowing that the cost of that may be you lose in your life never seeing your children again, never seeing wife your husband again. nobody knows what that is like for you and someone else who doing that. that is an exceptionally powerful experience to try and articulate it so is difficulty of wanting with every fiber of your being as a trained doctor to help to save lives to heal while simultaneously with every of your being wanting to recall you wanting to run away from the battlefield because you don't want to die. that's such an interesting unusual set of experiences. and i think for anybody to have the privilege as a reader to read that firsthand told sincerely and truthfully by a medic trying do that job in ukraine is captivating. so to do it and my my, my simple advice would be don't try to write good words don't try to write or fancy words words that some editor in an office thinks you should provide. write what is here just write what
angelou, if you have an untold an experience that knows about because they are not there running onto a battlefield to try to save your comrades knowing that the cost of that may be you lose in your life never seeing your children again, never seeing wife your husband again. nobody knows what that is like for you and someone else who doing that. that is an exceptionally powerful experience to try and articulate it so is difficulty of wanting with every fiber of your being as a trained doctor to...
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maya angelou and. most recently. tracy dee hall, former executive director of the american library association. tonight's recipient is a life long bookseller who has paved a path forward for readers and globally. and here to present the award to paul yamazaki is 2011 literary and recipient himself mitchell kaplan native of miami beach, florida. mitchell is owner of the storied books and books the village, the venerated establishment in miami, and the co-founder of the miami book fair y'all. it gives me great, good pleasure to welcome to stage mr. mitchell kaplan. wow. wow. i want to thank oprah and lavar for those remarkable opening comments and. i'm also here to thank who's a friend who's a friend to all of us in this and is doing all of the kind work that we heard. lavar oprah talk about. and i'm going to start with a little story because we're among storytellers. so i was at nine years old once. believe it or not, it was 1974. i was english major then at that point at the university of colorado. and they ended up
maya angelou and. most recently. tracy dee hall, former executive director of the american library association. tonight's recipient is a life long bookseller who has paved a path forward for readers and globally. and here to present the award to paul yamazaki is 2011 literary and recipient himself mitchell kaplan native of miami beach, florida. mitchell is owner of the storied books and books the village, the venerated establishment in miami, and the co-founder of the miami book fair y'all. it...
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. - having maya angelou on-- i mean, whwhere would d you haveve seen her r otherwise?mp back. "held her hand and squeezed it tight. jump back, honey, jump back." - he didn't just have black people on his show. [audience cheering] but if you were hip, you wanted to be on "arsenio." - thisis is someththing that i d a political analyst talking about recently. he said you kind of were-- i used the word "chilling out." he said you were pulling back a little bit. you've been instructed not to say as much or be as outspoken. no? - i don't--i've heard that, but i never know who says it. i think it's wishful thinking on the part of some people. - [laughs] hmm. guess who suggested to bill to do "the arsenio hall show" if you wanna get a y younger de. hihill dog. - [plalaying "hearartbreak hot" on saxophone] ♪ ♪ - he attracted a lot of people who weren't fans before that night. ♪ ♪ - the '90s was a glorious moment for black television, becacause you sasaw these represesentationss that you'd'd never seeeen befor. ["yoyo home to b bel-air" byj jazzy jeffff & the freresh pr] the e p
. - having maya angelou on-- i mean, whwhere would d you haveve seen her r otherwise?mp back. "held her hand and squeezed it tight. jump back, honey, jump back." - he didn't just have black people on his show. [audience cheering] but if you were hip, you wanted to be on "arsenio." - thisis is someththing that i d a political analyst talking about recently. he said you kind of were-- i used the word "chilling out." he said you were pulling back a little bit. you've...
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. - i ththink maya a angelou saiat "i"if you don'n't like something,g, change itit, and ifif you can't't(fire e extinguishsher hisse) (audiencnce laughs)) - - we are thehe ones who o e sasaying, "thihis is who w we. this i is why we m matter. this is s what we wawant you u to underststand. wewe're writining stories s fo" - - what's thihis neighborord tetechnically y called, isis? - oh, sosomeone toldld me its the black k beverly hihills. is that trtrue? (upbeaeat music) - guys, , i really d don't kn, but i do k know we havave a lot t of work toto do, and d this benchch needs to go overer there. cocould you- - oh, bubut we just t moved it . - - oh, don't t question my authoririty. thanksks. - you know what? that looooks like fifire! - comedy w without blalack peoe would be l like the nbnba withthout black k players.
. - i ththink maya a angelou saiat "i"if you don'n't like something,g, change itit, and ifif you can't't(fire e extinguishsher hisse) (audiencnce laughs)) - - we are thehe ones who o e sasaying, "thihis is who w we. this i is why we m matter. this is s what we wawant you u to underststand. wewe're writining stories s fo" - - what's thihis neighborord tetechnically y called, isis? - oh, sosomeone toldld me its the black k beverly hihills. is that trtrue? (upbeaeat music) -...
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. >>> when it comes to writing, poet and civil rights activist, maya angelou said the idea is to writers created "black love letters, a collection of letters and original illustrations that bring together a number of influential black figures to write to the people, places, and moments that mean the most to them. joining us now, the book's co-editors, author and political commentator cole brown, writer and illustrator natalie johnson. she's also responsible for the collections of ridge natural illustrations she's written for "know your values. "natalie, i'll start with you. congratulations on this. >> thank you so much. >> well done. tell us about the concept of this book, what inspired it? >> so "black love letters" was based on a project i started in the spring of 2020 when the world felt like it was on fire. and america was in this deep moment of pain and profound social isolation. i wanted to create something for black people to come together and reflect on our deepest emotion. and so i created this idea for a collection of places and things that meant the most to them. as an illus
. >>> when it comes to writing, poet and civil rights activist, maya angelou said the idea is to writers created "black love letters, a collection of letters and original illustrations that bring together a number of influential black figures to write to the people, places, and moments that mean the most to them. joining us now, the book's co-editors, author and political commentator cole brown, writer and illustrator natalie johnson. she's also responsible for the collections of...
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how would maya angelou write this sentence?y to begin with, but listening to him and listening to you talk about him, part of his key might be, and you tell us, is he knows who he is. i mean, he has a real sense of who he is, and i was just looking at -- you were on cnbc the other day, your keys to success, and you had 11 of them, and several of them were very fascinating. people -- successful people ask for advice, not feedback, but one that really jumped off the page at me is they open doors for people who are underrated and overlooked. that's most of us. >> it really is. it's amazing how many late bloomers there are, and i think you can see this in music especially where for, you know, for every prodigy who might stand out early, there are going to be multiple people who did not have natural talent. if you look at the research, who were not recognized by their early teachers, even their own parents as having superior ability, but through real passion for learning and through seeking out coaches who can make them better, they
how would maya angelou write this sentence?y to begin with, but listening to him and listening to you talk about him, part of his key might be, and you tell us, is he knows who he is. i mean, he has a real sense of who he is, and i was just looking at -- you were on cnbc the other day, your keys to success, and you had 11 of them, and several of them were very fascinating. people -- successful people ask for advice, not feedback, but one that really jumped off the page at me is they open doors...
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as a child who endured sexual when i read maya angelou why the caged bird sings, i was not alone. books save lives, i mean that. my bill would recognize by ensuring libraries offer diverse books and i urge my colleagues to support this legislation for all of the people who are saved by books each and every day. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, last night in a pipe manner, the house passed my legislation whole milk for healthy kids. this bill addresses the importance of providing whole milk in school cafeterias. milk is the number one provider with 13 nutrients and long-term health benefits including better bone health, lower blood pressure, reduce risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. this is crucial for development of our nation's youth. milk has been demonized. this bill will give child
as a child who endured sexual when i read maya angelou why the caged bird sings, i was not alone. books save lives, i mean that. my bill would recognize by ensuring libraries offer diverse books and i urge my colleagues to support this legislation for all of the people who are saved by books each and every day. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise...