as you mentioned, i had the privilege of working with justice thurgood marshall. great american and he faced positivist prejudiced. the hearings were a disaster for his opponents. the questioning you outlined suggested that the essential tenor is, can a muslim be a true american? let's pass by that. the criticism has retreated because of the fair charges of islamophobia. >> it has sort of exposed itself. >> this cannot be our position. so they moved on to the suggestion that he is somehow supportive of a tax -- attacks on law enforcement. and this is work after the alliance for families for justice. i know a lot about that case. we did one case for them. nothing more. nothing less. our firm has no connection with the alliance of families for justice. however, they sent us a case in new york state and we represented, adeel mangi represented the estate of a deceased prisoner, a man named carl taylor who was mentally ill and had been -- got into a fight with law enforcement. with guards at the prison. they handcuffed him and all of this was on video. they then took h

that movement was supported by an aggressive strategy in the courts that thurgood marshall and others to try to knock down these walls. it was litigation andour predecx stood 1963 with 250,000 americans at that great march on washington. they had a demand. we want a civil rights act and voting rights act and we want it now. so we come forward. i'm going to -- i have been asked on a number of news shows, what has happened? has the civil rights act worked? i looked at theboth women and as and other people of colorrace 't all of these great media organizations and i say, you would not be here. not just the african-americans, but the women. and the latinos and asians and others. you would not be here. but for the civil rights of 1964. so cynics and sometimes what i call polite prevaricate orprevay nothing has changed. i say,■/ well, were you living n 1964? if we suggest nothing has and, we e disrespecting the work of many. and it took a martin luther king and a whitney young, it took a malcolm x and it took a rosa parks and thurgood marshall, it took the uaw supporting the march on washin

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and it took martin luther king and dorothy hyde, and it took malcolm x and rosa parks thurgood marshallerg and the uaw supporting the march on washington, and it took lyndon johnson, who knew how to break a 17 year filibuster. we don't know how many projects he promised. [laughter] we don't know howany deals he cut, but whatever he did, it worked, and the civil rights act we are progenitors of that work. the second part of this state oy index and each and every year for the past 20 years, we have said let's put the facts when it comes to the numbers of social and economic conditions out there so we can understand clearly what the comparative is when it comes to the social and economic conditions of black americans and white americans so that we are not having a discussion with a billion opinions only. yet we are also not having a discussion with the misinformation and of the the lyingthat goes on when it co progress or the lack ereof in this nation. and of the third part of the report is a report on president biden and whether he has lived up to the promises he made in writing on paper

marshall and charles hamilton houston and so many of those freedom fighters.ho would have thought in 1964 when america still had a white supremacist immigration act in place where so many of you couldn't even come to america because you had to be from western europe to get here given the white supremacist immigration act of 1924. it was a black freedom movement that push that through. you know what? there are magnificent human beings all around the world and let's look at africa and let's look at latin america and the middle east and let's look at india and pakistan and bangladesh. oh my god. things are going to change because i can tell you all this. when i used to come through texas in the 1960s to see big daddy and see my grandmother, i didn't see too many muslims around. i didn't see too many folk from india and bangladesh are the middle east. how come? immigration policy was still at work and it was the 65 immigration act of that opened those stores. who would have thought that in 2024 was the litmus test of the some sense of morality and inane overwhelmi

and that movement was supported by an aggressive strategy in the courts that thurgood marshall and hamiltonted to try to knock down all of these walls. so it was litigation and activism. chevron and melanie our predecessors in thed in 1963 wi americans at that great march on washington, they had a demand. we want a civil rights act and a voting rights act and we want it now. so we come forward. and i've bsked on a number of news shows what's happened and has the civil rights act of 1964 worked? and at the correspondents, both women and african-americans and other people of color w grace the anchor desks at all of these great media organizations and said, you would not be here. not just the african-americans, but the the latinos, and asians, and others, you would not be here but for the civil rights act of 1964. so our cynics, cynics and sometimes what i call polite prevaricators will sometimes say, nothing has changed. i say were you living in 1964? if we suggest that nothing has the work of many. and it took, yes, a■ martin luther king and a dorothy height and a whitney young, and it took

all right, it's thurgood marshall's first big victory, a case that he argues in the supreme court.and it strikes down the all white democratic primary in texas. and throughout south. a very in south carolina, too right where the justice. burns yes. yes yes, yes, absolutely. and yet all of the southern states basically had and everybody knew the particular case was texas, but everybody knew that it was going to have implications. all of those other southern states and. and again, it's very a part of the kind of the context of the case that we were fighting a regime based on racial supremacy. and here the, you know, this this very blatant discrimination in voting was presented to the supreme court. and it was at a time of great civil rights, ferment and turmoil in, the country connected to the war know the african-american community had embraced what it called the double the campaign victory over fascism abroad and racism at home. and there were civil rights demonstrations and also the dislike haitians of the war economy, with so many people being in the military and being away opene

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marshall.t's also the birthplace of red biting. it's where red lin of using disy lines to determine where people can live and what the values of their homes should be. roach to tracking the issue of unfair appraisal values in redline neighborhoods becausegreatest drivers of wealt that we have seen in our history. so make historic investments in being able to train appraisers. being able to come up with fair values for people in private homes and neighborhoods and making sure we can adjust the hoing issue onheisis without dog that focuses on or screams either displacement or to -- or gentrification or wealth theft. some of these have been delivered on, but i think a key lesson learned, going backt it, versus how western maryland will look at it is, you have to be very deliberate and very regional in the wayhe focused, f progress that we are looking for. >> fantastic discussion, want to add one general point. i know greg is doing this in montana, but when i hear about us trying with zoning, in am

marshall and she were discussing that question, he was a little little me. he said, i don't know if i've really accomplished any you think sandra said, my goodness, they're good. you've accomplished more than i think anybody on this court is accomplished. what is your legacy going to be said? i know what i'd like it i'm guessing from what i've heard. he said he tried you tried. that's the virtue of that job >> it gives you a >> chance to do your best. it's not the applause i was told by a president the applause dies very rapidly, very rapidly and then you're left with the jaw and the virtue of that job is it requires you to forget about yourself. you know, it can go all brace everybody, ban vasodilate india, he'd been ambassador and one of his colleagues said, yes, untrusting interesting, can and he said, you know, it's so interesting. i found i didn't think about myself for seconds at a time that's it. >> all right the book is >> entitled reading the constitution, why i chose pragmatism, not textualism. dragan to learn a lot more about textualism and pragma

marshall and it's a birthplace of babe ruth. it's also the birthplace of redlining. it is where redlining began. and the idea of using di lines to be able to determine where people can live and what the values of their homes should be. and so we've really tried to take a very aggressive approach to addressing the issue of of of of unfair appraisal values and historically red line neighborhoods, because those have been one of the greatest drivers of wealth theft that we have seen in our state's history. and so making historic investments in being able to train appraiser is historic investments in being able to come up with fairer values for people inside of homes and neighborhoods and making sure that we can address the housing issue and the housing c something that that focuses on or screens either displacement or gentrification or welfare. and so it's something we've been very deliberate on. but i think a key lesson learned going back to how montgomery county looks at it versus how the eastern shore will look versus how western

>> i can't do better than say what sandra o'connor told me when thurgood marshall and she were discussing that question he was a little little me he said, i don't know if i've really accomplished anything sandra said, my goodness, they're good. you've accomplished more than i think anybody on this court is accomplished what is your legacy going to be said? i know what i'd like it to be >> guessing from what i've heard >> he >> said he tried he tried. that's the virtue of that job. >> it >> gives you a chance to do your best. it's not the applause i was told by a president the applause dies very rapidly, very rapidly, and then you're left with the jaw and the virtue of that job is it requires you to forget about yourself. you know, it can go all brace everybody, ban basso, but india he'd been ambassador and one of his colleagues said, yes, untrusting interesting can and he said, you know, it's so interesting. i found i didn't think about myself for seconds at a time that's it. >> all right. the book is entitled reading the >> constitution why i chose pragmatism, not textualism. dragan to l

marshall and the birthplace of babe ruth.s redlining idea of using dy lines to be able to determine what people can live and what the values of themi homes should be. we have rlly tried to take a very aggressive approach to addressing theav issue of unfair appraisal values into the store uldeaause those up in one of the greatest drivers of wealth gap that we've seen in our state's history. so making historic investm to tn appraisers, historic investments in being able to comepr up with their values for people inside of homes and neighborhoods, and making sure wean can address the housing issue and the housing crisis without doing something that focuses on four screens either displacement or gentrification or wealth theft. it's something we been delivered on but i think a key lesson lene the montgomery canyon looks at evs have used in trouble look at it versus how western maryland will look at it is you have to be very deliberate and very are focused to have the kind of progress that were looking for. >> fantastic discussion i

marshall in 1940.ormed by the on the ground election protecti w that we must do every election cycle in order to ensure that black voters can cast a ballot and have it was th anniversary of bloody sunday when patriots, like genre lewis were brutally beaten i selma, alabama for simply demanding the right to vote. and their courage and action led to the passage of the voting rights act of and the true start of our multi-racial democracy. we need congress to follow in the steps of those foot soldiers ■y with courage and action today. it is it has been more than a decade since the shelby county decision where the sup court gutted the heart of the act. in the decade of congressional in action, states that were subject to preclearance have aggressively and systematically trampled on voting rights, especially those of black citizens. alabama, north carolina, texas an of discrimination advanced harsh voting restrictions within days, even hours of the shelby decision and a wave of voter suppression followed acr

marshall in 1940. and it is also informed by the on the ground election protection work that we must do every election cycle in order to ensure that black voters can cast a ballot and have it counted. last week was the 59th anniversary of bloody sunday when patriots, like genre lewis were brutally beaten in selma, alabama for simply demanding the right to vote. and their courage and action led to the passage of the voting rights act of 1965 and the true start of our multi-racial democracy. we need congress to follow in the steps of those foot soldiers with courage and action today. it is more than a decade since the show where the supreme court gutted the heart of the voting rights act, and congress still has yet to act. but in that decade of congressional inaction, states that were previously subject have aggressively and systematically trampled on voting rights especially those of black citizens. alabama, north carolina, texas, and other states with histories of discrimination advanced harsh voting r

marshall in 1940 my testimony is also informed on the ground election protectionwork to black voters can cast a ballot and have it counted. last week was the 59th anniversary of blood plenty sunday. when patriots like john lewis were brutally beaten in selma alabama for simply demanding the right to vote. their courage and action led to the passage of the voting rights act of 1965 and the true start of our multiracial democracy. we need congress to follow in the steps foot soldiers with courage and action today. it has been more than a decade since the decision with the supreme court guided the heart of the voting rights act in congress still has yet to act. but in that decade of congressional inaction states were previously subject to preclearance have aggressively and systematically trampled on voting rights especially those of black citizens. alabama, north carolina, texas and other states with histories of discrimination advanced harsh voting restrictions and days and hours of the shelby decision. i wait voter suppression laws followed across thehe country. more recently, the big

an old thurgood marshall or a young inaudible?will fight for and who you will fight for and so, that's what this election will come down to, what your freedoms are. we know donald trump is raving about ripping away the freedom of women to control their own bodies by appointing three right—wing justices to the supreme court. we know donald trump is always talking about the elections and putting more restrictions on people exercising their right to vote. we see that donald trump is promoting candidates like mark robinson in north carolina, who is calling the lgbtiqa community felt, who believes women should go back to the time when women shouldn't vote —— filth. that's what we see in the republican party but we are a party of freedom and hope. why are those messages not seeming to be landing with voters? again, in a lot of the polls — and it's a long way from november at this point — but donald trump is beating joe biden at the moment.— biden at the moment. most important — biden at the moment. most important poll _ biden at the mom