they did not have sncc in mind. they put in it that anyone acting on behalf of the people trying to vote, states could not arrest that. little whate sncc a i call legal crawlspace. it enabled us to do the work on the ground so every time the state of mississippi locked of up, the justice department came and got us out. we had to earn the trust. it did not say that we were required to do that. they were permitted to do that. we had to earn the right to be people that they would go back for. then, we had the right to call on the country to come take a look at itself. we had the right -- to earn the right to call on college students from all over the in face ofcome down danger. as you know, three of them were murdered that summer. we had to earn the right to do that. , earned in this country insurgencies. that is what it will take, i think, to get the political parties, including the democratic party, up and moving on these issues. >> thank you very much. thank you for being here today and for your testimony and puttin

they did not have sncc in mind. they put in that act that anyone who was acting on behalf of of the people trying to vote, states could not arrest that. that act gave sncc a little what i came to think of as a legal crawlspace. it enabled us to do the work on the ground so every time the state of mississippi locked us up, the justice department came and got us out. we had to earn the trust. it did not say they were required to do that. they were permitted to do that. we had to earn the right to be people that they would go back -- go to bat for. we had to earn the right to call on the country to come take a look at it self. we had to earn the right to call on college student from all over the country to come down in face of danger. as you know, three of them were murdered that summer. we had to earn the right to do that. we need, in this country, earned insurgencies. that is what it will take, i think, to get the political parties, including the democratic party, up and moving on these issues. >> thank you very much

vietnam war was articulated by moses, and activist in the student nonviolent core dating ammittee, sncceleases statement in 1956 calling the vietnam war and imperial war. start -- stokely, michael popularizers -- stokely carmichael popularizers heell n, we won't go, so we have to understand that the movement, this black power movement really shipped mohammed ali in the 1960's and provides them with the strength to really find unremitting grace and struggle and that is what black power activists defined. host: samuel from pennsylvania. caller: good morning. running65-year-old man for president of the united states. that weack to me means should be an example of what god truly wants us to be. we should go back to our days and embrace the religion -- not the religion but the way of life of our forefathers. we are a holy people and we had to act like a holy people, and we should be an example of righteousness, so let's use the black power movement to bring us out of all these divisions and bring us back. host: appreciate it. dr. joseph, how did religion play a part in the black power moveme

repeatedly, that is particularly the case for the troops of the civil rights movement, i'm speaking of snccand their snyder and coretta scott king, widow of martin luther king, and andrew young, one of king's closest associates, also paid homage to paul robeson during his declining years in philadelphia. finally in january 1976, the man who was born in new jersey in 1896, passed away, but his passing, i don't think, squelched the causes to which he gave his life, the cause of socialism, which i hope and believe is having something of resurgence in the united states in 2016. the cause of antiracism, the cause of liberation of africa, the cause of progressive humanity because one of the key notes of paul robeson's life was his almost maniacal study of foreign languages. he reportedly could read dozens of languages. he sung in dozens of languages and spoke, of course, german and russian and french and spanish and english and studied african languages as well, and this was all part of a political project because for robeson's point of view, humanity was one, humanity as one were all marching to