and that was done in 1954 when harry cole ran against pollack, state senator by the name of mall nick cough. and he beat him. he was banked and back rolled by willie and also helped by the ladies that victorine had pulled together. to me this is the turning point so far as black politics went because to that point blacks had been nominally sort of dealt crumps from the table, if you will. and at this point they forced the democrats to take them seriously and take them as a -- it just changed the -- i was going to say changed the complexion, but changed the landscape of politics in the city thereafter. pollack reacted next year running a black candidate for city council from the fourth district. and four years later knocking off harry cole from the state senate seat with a black candidate of his own. anyway, i bit off a little more than i could chew here. that sort of i think is the turning point for politics, although there's a long history. >> what time do you all want to leave? >> i won't do that. >> real quick to my fellow panelists, apparently the folks in the back want to see you

talking to people like harry cole, mr. adams. but it is astonishing to me how -- well, i'll just say -- i'm not sure i'm making my point here, but i'm trying to underscore the importance of in answering that question just to me how important it is just as a reader and trying to understand where we are now based on what we've seen in the past. >> i've been reflecting on the role of oral history. i've been talking a lot about the photographs. but actually the kelvin jackson collection is really important for this reason. we had a peculiar race relation situation here in baltimore. the protest you could photograph, but the actual situation that was being protested was different than further south. for example, we didn't have signs that said white and black. it must have been strange to a black person who came to baltimore from some other place how they figured out what they could or could not do. because we knew because we were baltimoreans and it was a strange mixture of things not really photographable. i mean, ford theater, black

cole, wrap it up. >> i'll pass my time to melissa harris-perry. >> i think part of what i learned today that education is not for snobs. education is for everyone! >> i learned that harold ford is a champion of big oil. what did you learn, jose? >> i learned two things. my daughter lost her front tooth fairy and the tooth fairy's been giving a lot more money than i thought recently. that's what i learned. >> now ask willie, if it's way too early, what time is it? >> if it's way too early, what time is it? >> good job, my man, cole. it's "morning joe." >>> four days to go before super tuesday. mitt romney, not even campaigning in a super tuesday state. why? he's learned from past mistakes. he's focused on washington's standard caucuses, even though no delegates are awarded. will romney's "whatever it takes" strategy pay off tomorrow and on tuesday? >>> and so much for that time. michigan officials award mitt romney another dealegate. >>> and super tuesday won't just be about the presidential primaries, it's also the first round of congressional primaries. and redistricting that has left house members f