he is 1/9 african-american. he buys his ticket, he gets on the train, so it's in the conductor comes, he says i am 1/9 african-american, and i refuse to sit in the black car. the conductor immediately has him arrested and put in jail. he is bailed out, and is brought back to court several days later. in the court, he is put on trial by judge ferguson. judge ferguson rules that he has broken the law, and that louisiana has the right to regulate how people can travel within the state. plessy and other states say no, this is not true. we have laws that say you cannot do this. they appeal to the state supreme court in louisiana who support ferguson, but then they give it to the supreme court of the united states. the case goes to the supreme court in 1895. make into do a decision in 1896. a vote of the 7-1, the court says and upholds the law created in louisiana. they say that in fact, as long as the facilities are separate and equal, that there is no harm done to anyone. that in fact it is within the measure of the

were african-americans. about 45% of the population which was really different from most cities. many of them came to washington, d.c., because of the opportunities that were available in the federal government. but also interested in the opportunities connected with the educational institutions located in washington, d.c. places like howard university, which is renowned for educating african-americans which was beginning of the rising of the civil war. also of great interest was the preparatory school for colored youth in the city. it was the first public high school in this area. it attracted college-bound african-american students from all other the country. many of you may know it better as m street high school or dunbar high school. parents were known to move from all over the country to bring their children to washington, d.c., to be educated here. the teachers there were among the best educated individuals. they were highly respected and noted for their ability to train young people to go on to higher

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great trailer eugene what do you make of it when you make of the depictions of african and african-american characters. i really appreciate coming from and i appreciate it attempt at depicting africans with the sophisticated and i have to. take my hat off to that. they'll always be a lack of. that. something that i would missed in the movie civil war with black panther made its first appearance i think that a bit of trouble with picking out you know what language. isn't it because he was out of that didn't i have any problem with that too i mean i was actually the source so the problem that i have a problem with it i have. no idea do you have this well well if i can finish i mean i'm totally impressed with the idea of african on a thing technology that. that every other country. terry terry has managed to figure out i appreciate that one african the being depicted as i'm terrific and sophisticated and able to manipulate elements that the people can't because one it credits will not go on or is it will frank but for mental aptitude and i think that that's something that's been lacking in mai

we had probably 100 that were african american. it was such an incredible time. some people were enjoying the spectacle of what was going on. others we were moving. it was a difficult time for everyone because of the fact we had assumed in detroit this was not going to happen, that things were ok. people assumed it was not going to happen. the police department unfortunately was woefully unprepared to handle the situation of the things that occurred in 19 ski seven. --1967. >> why do you think that was? >> the police department assumed everybody was happy. they had not looked at what had occurred that precipitated this series of incidents. we had horrible police community relations. we had horrible relationships with the black community in particular. a lot of people had been beaten up. i was one of the people severely beaten by the police and made the decision i was going to become a police officer. this was commonplace in detroit. it was probably around that time the naacp attentive to integrate , and thee department police department went on strike. we had all

[applause] and so zena is in that great tradition of african-american women. and there are some living heroines among us. one who was here the other day. i do not know if she is here today. for those of you who don't know, she helped change that institution which is very hard to do. and bernice johnson reagan. turning that battleship that is the smithsonian. marquette will probably tell you that. and i do not have time to tell you what michelle torres does. and i will not mention ager and brooks or any of them because we , do not have time. darn it. so -- ok, if i get crazy now, it is her fault. you know me. i have to do quotations. here goes. only the black women can say what? that is why i like talking to you all. when and where i answer -- enter. with undisputed dignity of her womanhood. without violence and without suing without special patronage, , then and there, the whole negro race enters with her. who said that? yes, ma'am. she was born in north carolina. her birthday is coming up. august 10. ok. leave me alone. [laughter] so in that tradition, univer

history, and who is african-american himself, read the book. the manuscript, once it was done, consulted with him throughout the process. certainly having the family of robert smalls, whether he was white, black, or asian, was very important to me because i -- my goal as a writer is to -- is not to put anyone down. that's not -- my goal was to get the accurate story and in this case i wanted to elevate someone that i believed was a hero. but it was very important to me to listen to any issues that came up, like when michael's mother mentioned the -- we were going to use the term "slave" on the title. his journey from slave to union hero, and she was opposed to that, and i completely understand why now, and we made that argument with the editor who was very gracious about and it understood, and the last thing i warranted to do was to insult people that i was really trying to help by telling the story, the smalls family. was a dawning thing i. don't know if i fully realized how daunting when i started. was just overwhelmed by his story and i thin

what happened to african-american cooks in the administration?e rozsival ministration there's more openness and more, rhonda and openness between the staff and first family. it didn't have the rigidity that you saw in hoover and the coolidge administration. coolidge would come in and critique what they're eating and say it seems like everything a lot of food here. he was very nosy. which is not his persona. >> what about the wilson administration? >> even during the wilson administration they still had segregation but wilson was a southerner. a lot of reports of him celebrating the southern food cooked by white house staff. so i don't know about interaction between wilson and the others. where the harding administration. but he love their food. >> so the harding administration did work. >> there seem to be a feeling of calm robbery. harding was big on waffles. he loved waffles. it is a lot of waffles. the cook that make the waffles would celebrated in newspaper articles. her name was alice howard. he waffled in a good way as a president. >> you k

[applause] my sister is in that great tradition of african-american women. they are heroines among us. i spoke to one. is she here today? for those of you who don't know she held change that institution which is very hard to do. turning that battleship that is the smithsonian they will tell you that. sayn't have enough time to anything about adrian rooks because we do not have time. -- ok if i get crazy it is i have to use quotations, here we go. woman can -- that is why i like talking to you. with and where i enter. with undisputed dignity of her womanhood. without violence or without special patronage then and there it enters with her. who said that? yes ma'am. she was born in north carolina. her birthday is coming up. tradition the university -- it hasa trained been throughout her career instrumental in leading the kinds of space that we have entered. they make you or cultural organizations. they have been spectacular withnity landmarks did civil and cultural engagement. she was invited to this regulus group today because she has something in common with

he was taken around to african embassies in china. he basically spoke about how well treated he was in china, how awful things were for african-americans back in the united states. so, dubois also, he even wrote a poem, something like, i praise china. so china really established bonds with -- a limited number of african-american radicals. it did try to use them for propaganda value in competition with the united states among african and asian countries. how did the u.s. respond to this? it often responded by emphasizing china's treatment of especially muslims and tibetans. suppression of the 1955 uprising in tibet was a gift that kept on giving for american propagandists. the usa made films and arranged for them to be shown in theaters throughout parts of asia and africa. this is actually a somewhat effective strategy. a lot of the regions that the united states and china were competing in in south asia, southeast asia, africa, were either heavily muslim, or heavily buddhist. this was an important counter dimension. who treats its eth

persons of african descent. organize into a special force. they would make that normal means for recreation -- ,equisition, transportation arms and equipment of such volunteers. with this authorization by the governor three regiments from massachusetts were formed and designated all-black units. although the most common enlistment of lax -- these three units retained their state designation of massachusetts. the bureau of colored troops was organized by the 133. in may 1863. in section four it stated no person should be allowed to approve troops except for the war department. section six states that they should be accepted by companies to be organized by the general. the numbers to be turned -- dvd-rom and -- to be determined the adjunct general. following this change in policy however. the work had to be done by massachusetts governor john andrew with edwin stanton. was thatd up happening he wanted to keep his men as state designated regiments. go tothat he had to washington, he sent delegates them to washington to talk to stetson and try to

teaching school for free african-americans in washington, d.c. this is before the civil war. it was also called the minor school for colored girls -- the miner school for colored girls. she established the school in 1851 with $100 in her pocket. most people thought it cannot be you bere and worse that arrested or killed when she told them what she wanted to do. although she rallied support of abolitionists and others that sympathized with her cause, when she came here it was her own independent project. she mightght that have been some kind of tool of the abolition movement, really she came on her own at the start. schoolst established the by the force of her own well, something which is unimaginable given the cultural forces that a poster at the time. this is a woman who came by to a city's you never visited before where slavery was still legal and she wanted to start a school for free african-american women in the decade leading up to the civil war. although the initial experiment only lasted 10 years, her project funded a succession of college

background on the conflict in central african republic. the people of the central african republic have become used to violence for months now and bria thousands have been forced to live in self-made camps after renewed fighting between rival muslim and christian groups the soldiers of the u.n. struggling to contain a four year old conflict that's never been resolved. that what happened here was terrible we were forced to bring our children here where they sleep like animals because of the fighting always gunshots we hardly have anything to eat we have no access to health care our houses were burnt down we have nothing. but tensions go back to twenty thirteen went into religious and ethnic violence broke out. thousands died as a muslim and christian warlords battled for power and money. now a nation that's grown too used to grief threatens to again spiral out of control. since may fighting has escalated and it's not just between religions but different factions within the groups hundreds have died and more than a million people have either

african-americans were voting. some historians have said they manipulated the vote but at least for african-americans, this population and in this us who were leaving the plantations of mississippi, arkansas and some respect is louisiana going north, those that didn't go to detractodetroit, milwaukee, cle, came to stop and the ones that populated and has at least saw been listening to the concerns when nobody else would even care about their issues, so they did didn't give their political allegiance. now the book contains a lot of characters who were either courageous or cowardly when it came to racial equality and took fairness. this was an enjoyable experience for me as a person that grew up around memphis but living in mississippi, he was from mississippi and i also talk about ida b. wells the first african-american millionaire,ins robert church also was fromom hy mississippi and who lead for good and sufficient reasons, but the one thing that really stuckt out for me when we talk about custody politics is this,

if you combine it with the plight of african african-americans during the civil war it illustrates so much. telling the story during the civil war which is the focus of the book and then also telling the story to understand history you have to understand some the issues the african-americans are facing. and some issues that our country was dealing with at the time i learned so much in the recent parse process of this book. an idea how much of a decision it was whether or not to free the slaves for so long so when robert smalls actually sailed to freedom he was considered contraband. mostly they did not see themselves that way. technically the government in the united states have not decided what they were going to do. to get some of the racial issues that we are dealing with we have to fully understand the full story. and robert smalls' story he was in the center of everything. when that others took it over. who had no food and did not know how to care for themselves. the government had to figure out how to help them. the first efforts as a reconstruction happened there. he made the c

to the african-american in the civil war. the more better way to relate is to delve into or explore the ordinary folk of that area. using that approach in my research, i examined firsthand accounts such as personal diaries, pension affidavits from the administration and official battery reports of the compilation of the official records of the union army. furthermore, genealogical research discovered personal aspects of the lives of many of the soldiers that served in the regiment. public records such aso pitcharies, marriage and death records, newspaper articles from the time revealed the flavor of the era and added essential facts to the narrative. traveling to historic sites such as museums, national parks, historical societies, cemeteries helped in completing my overall history. in the research i found very few published works relating to the regiment. from the beginning it was a personal quest for myself to do a genealogical research about my relative who served in the regiment and later developing into a more detailed r

arture ash was a local african-american hero. and they decided to, that it would be too difficult or not the right thing to take the confederate monuments down. there was no political will for that. there was political will for erecting this arthur ash statue on monument avenue. there were protests. the sons of confederate veterans did not like the fact that a famous african-american was going to be celebrated alongside confederate veterans. i don't know. i would call this monument inexpertly done. it's not my favorite monument in the world. probably a better one is down here off of monument avenue. in near the river near the james river. actually in the area that was burned during the fires at richmond at iron works. this is a an iron works for the confederacy. this is the place where the confederacy made so many iron mints. a statue to lincoln was placed. at this public site that's now owned and operated by the national parks service. what does this monument say to you guys? >> not really grand. >> what do you mean. >> it's on

they bring in their own high-paid personnel, and they may use the africans, kenyans as a small amountthe work force, but the majority of that money is going back to china. and it's really a catastrophe when you talk about these newer countries like the south sudan who i worked with in their attempting to get -- to separate from independent nation. here they are oil rich and what have you, so the chinese, of course, are there building the oil fields, manning the oil fields. work is going on all else around, but they are safe from it, and they're taking the resource out of there, but they're also taking the jobs, the high-paying, family-supporting jobs as well. >> kelly, maybe there's some diabolical stuff going on here. maybe the chinese are trying to find a way to defeat africa without firing a bullet or any kind of arming there because if you continue to build. i mean, you're crippling them in the worst kind of way. >> and it's interesting talking about the violence and stuff going on in the region. china actually has some military installations in africa. it's not just about money f

african elephants are the largest land animals on earth and one of the most intelligent. their brain is similar to humans in structure and complexity. they feel emotions like grief and joy. they learn, play, display compassionon andltruruism. some experts say they even have a sense of humor. their primary predator is man, and because of man, they may soon be extinct. thornton: no one really even knows how many elephants are left in africa. someme people thinink it may bes few as 300,000 animals, so we might t be losing 1/6 ofof the contntinental populalation of africa''s s elephants every yey. peters: in many countries in afririca, the elephantnt is alry ecologically extininct. [gunshots, elepht trumpe] narrator: every 20 minutes, an elephant is killlled for its tusks. the reason: greed. the price of ivory has skyrocketed. raw ivory sells for as much as $3,000 per pound on the black market, but the cost for humanity is unfathomable. elephants may be gone in 10 years. ruggiero: the problem begins very simply y with demand. narrator: and china drives the demand for ivory. k

the response has been when african-americans achieve, when african-americans succeed, when african-americanse to accept the subjugation, a range of policies come forth to undermine and undercut that advancement. i track it from the end of the civil war all the way through the election of barack obama. >> and the source of their anger, the source of their angst or rage is what? >> black achievement. >> yeah. >> and black refusal to accept a subordinate place in american society. african-americans demanding their citizenship rights. and that quest for full citizenship and then achieving that creates this incredible response, coming out of the courts, coming out of the white house, coming out of congress, coming out of school boards to find ways to, in fact, undermine and undercut that to move african-americans back in their place. >> to those white folks watching, and we're on pbs so there are a bunch of them watching -- thank you, prisht it. thanks to viewers -- i appreciate it. thanks to viewers like you, i'm here every night. to viewers watching saying i don't connect to what carol said, i

the wellspring for everything african and spicy.and move constantly. it's a place where everybody is sexy. where even the ugly people are hot. unsurprisingly, this is where artists come from. african spiritualism, occult magic, candomblé, capoeira. caipirinha? and caipirinhas. did i mention caipirinhas? they do those here too. i like them. i like them a lot. what's magical about this cocktail is the first taste. it's like, i don't know man. it's a little too something. and then like that second sip, it's like, aw, that's kinda good. then the third sip, it's -- where are my pants? fortunately food in these parts tends to be, shall we say, hearty. for instance, a delightful meal of fried meat with plenty of absorbent starch product, like farofa. the perfect accompaniment to many, many caipirinhas. oh, excellent. obrigado. now we're talking. it's a tough town for vegetarians. oh, chorizo, good. and i'll have six more of these please. people are staring at me. they're saying, "look at that -- heathen hump of an american, how much he's e

african-americans citizens have sacrificed so much for this nation. they have not and died in every war since the revolution. and from the pews and the picket lines have lifted up our country. that was candidate trump when he was saying last fall -- >> he didn't say that. somebody wrote that -- >> wait, slow down, keith. what i'm saying is that was candidate trump trying to reassure people he wasn't biased or he didn't harbor racial hostility towards african-americans. once he's elected he now turns around and is quite willing as larry was saying to go after f african-american players. he's willing to say whatever it takes, and in this case he's willing to play this wedge issue where he knows oits going to rile people up and do the exact opposite of what you're calling for, selena. >> right, and what i was talking about, patriotism and protesting, i was trying to take -- it's kind of difficult -- trying to take trump out of the equation and try and talk to you what people were saying and how they felt about the moment. >> listen, i want to get this no

i am an african american. i'm african, i'm an american, i'm an immigrant and i'd better drive this conversation because you know i'm looking forward to have the conversation with my son about all of this-- - how old is he now? - he's just a couple of months, but when he's 15, he's gonna say to me where were you in all this? did you help out in this conversation? was all this stuff, did you just avoid the dialogue? so i'm preparing myself to have that conversation that every black man have with their son, and saying hey, hopefully when he grows up he doesn't have to say, i don't have to tell him when you see a police officer avoid him, look down, walk away. hopefully i can say to him when you see a police officer, give him one of our sweet potato doughnuts. - right, that, i like the fact that my takeaway from this conversation is that sweet potato doughnuts are the thing that will make everything better. i think that's actually-- - we agree on that. - hey i like that very much. i want to ask you about growing u

he had the first african-american secretary, and welcome the first african-american to a cabinet meeting, jay ernest wilkins as assistant secretary of labor. i would note any president prior to ike could have done any number of these things by executive order or personal decision. they did not. eisenhower did not get the credit he deserved dental records released to the eisenhower presidential library enabled scholars like david pulls to for the whole story together. , an image ofbooks ike as a do-nothing president on civil rights prevailed among scholars. i think part of the problem can be traced to his words, or lack thereof. this can be traced to his core belief in both leadership and the role of the chief executive. ike's creed was to simply expressed in his motto, we all know harry truman, the buck stops here, but do we remember ike? it is not well known. gentlemen manner, strong in deed. this is reminiscent of theater roosevelt. speak softly and carry a big stick. the idea is your actions are more important in your words. ike did not have to say he was honest or humble or he believ

and conciliation in central african republic and this was done in liberal. on the seventeenth of july twenty seventeen we want to welcome this major step forward it marks a firm commitment of neighboring countries the african union. and i c g l r to the success of our continued search for peace i would like to also welcome the very promising outcome of the first meeting of the facilitation panel. of the african initiative which took place in banking on the eleventh of september and here i would like to reaffirm my form of commitment to the african initiative as well as my commitment to ensure that it is successful and that will benefit my can. patriot's and this is done to the satisfaction of the countries in the organization which support as. it has become a uni federating framework. and reconciliation determined leadership of my government. wouldn't comes to the implementation of the did you see our programme. work carried out by the advisory monitoring committee continue. the program. has just launched. a pilot project which was launched on the thirtieth

speaker, that the war on drugs was an effort to vilify african-american leaders and to disrupt the african-american community. admitted that the war on drugs was contrived to diminish the reputation of african-americans. and indeed they were successful because the burden of this failed war have fallen overwhelmingly on the african-american community. in 2014 african-american adults accounted for just 14% of those who used drugs, but close to a third of those who were arrested for drug possession, and although african-americans and whites consume drugs at a similar rate, african-americans are significantly more likely to be arrested. now, this proportionate endorsement of drug laws in the nation in which racial groups use drugs at the same rate points to one fact, mr. speaker. it can only be explained that race has played an inappropriate role in law enforcement's priorities and tactics. it's worth noting that in face of the 1980 crack cocaine epidemic in black communities, the public policy response was incarceration. here in 2017 in the face of our current opioid epidemic in predominantly white co

kneeling for this cause would be african-americans. to keep it honest, he is calling a lot of us, and i feel, he was calling myself an sobt ok. amy: and hugh hefner, creator of playboy magazine, died wednesday in his mansion at the age of 91. hefner considered himself an advocate for free speech and sexual freedoms. but critics say he degraded women as objects. in a 1963 article, gloria steinem went undercover as at a playboy nightclub where waitresses dressed in skimpy bunny outfits and exposed harsh hours, painful uniforms and crass customers. another feminist critic challenged hefner to "come out here with a cottontail attached to your rear end." and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. unescobroadcasting from headquarters in paris, france. we begin today's show looking at the political turmoil here in france. it has been less than five months since the centrist political figure emmanuel macron defeated marine le pen of the -- to become france's younges

to put this in prospective the very first african american rights case, 1857 in the first women's rights case in the supreme court was 1870 broadway versus illinois illinois and about those cases the african-american and women lost. first corporate rights case in the supreme court was 1809 and the corporation one and it's been that way ever since, corporation steadily gained nearly all of our individual rights. >> host: today, corporations people argument is a liberal conservative f is a liberal conservative fight; correct? >> guest: interesting, polls show issues of corporate rights transcend the usual partisan lines. you have strong majority both liberal and conservative in america believing that the supreme court has given corporations too many rights and to expansive protection under for instance the first amendment giving them the right to participate in influencing electoral politics in the case like citizens united for the right of religious freedom in the case like lobby. polls show 75 to make 80% of americans thinks citizens united is wrong and that cuts a pot-- across the perso

there's been a lot of talk over the last couple of decades about african-americ african-american capitalism and why that's important. this didn't help. it trashed african-american businesses and white businesses, too. my dad owned a jewelry store. he effect left in 1969 not because of this. it's because a junky came in with a gun and took everything. and i think you know about this, but there was a lot of heroin, the old french connection being flood on the east side. and it became flat out dangerous. this had nothing to do with the riot, nothing to do with the uprising, had nothing to do with race if you want to know the truth. it just became crazy, and that was not good. >> i'm glad you mention marsha. she was my neighbor. we talk about this quite often. this was not a race riot. this was an equal opportunity riot. and you would see more and more people looting. but i think it was an exceptional opportunity for people to do things. but during the course of this, the first two days or so, people would go into stores, break windows and things like that. but it was almost comical. like for i

they needed access to african a male dash african-american male teachers. opportunities during the school day where students could be in front of an african american male teacher. they can feel safe and proud and get a sense of who they are. having teachers that mirror the experiences is very important. >> black and brown boys especially are getting detention more often, they are looked upon as troublemakers more often than their white counterparts. there needs to be a huge culture shift, not just what is happening in the classroom. >> that is right. these men up conferences are elevating our kings, our students. if we don't deal with the structure and the system, it can be for not one important thing for students is to have access to their history and legacy. part of the problem right now is, when we frame conversations around black and brown children it is deficit oriented. >> my little boys have come to me with the word slave. we don't joke about that. we don't rolled around on the playground. this is heavy stuff for 7-year- old. >> our history did not s

patel, it is more prominent in african-americans. do we know why that is? >> no, i think one of the things we should know -- that we know very well is it may be a little higher incidence, but when it appears in african-americans it tends to be a younger population, it tends to be more aggressive, and we don't know what the characteristics are of this disease in this sub type. part is the only way to know these things is to have people participate in bigger numbers in clinical trials, and so we have a little more ethnic diversity than most clinical trials. the population tends to be caucasian so when you try to break it up into sub groups about what is different about an asian population or african-american, it is difficult because you have small numbers to look at. we don't know really. we know it is mo and earlier. >> we are talking about blood cancers this morning and will continue our talk right after this. ♪ z2i1wz z16fz y2i1wy y16fy >>> our topic this morning is blood cancer and what you need to know about this. dr. dipti patel-donnelly, i want to talk

were also of african descent. so you had this diverse, multicultural community that were tuned in to this percussive music and to dancing. and this was -- there were places like that in other parts of the city, but nowhere were the percussive traditions as strong and as public as in the bronx. in the south bronx, music and dancing were everywhere. and nothing was more prized than music that forced you to dance because of the powerful beats. for the 30 years before the hip-hop jam, the bronx was swaying to the multiple rhythms of the african diaspora indoors and outdoors, in parks and schoolyards, in clubs and community centers, and in streets where people took record , players out in the summer for block parties and outdoor jams. well before bronx djs started hooking up sound systems to the panels at the bottom of light poles, small puerto rican bands called tiki rikis, in imitation of the sound of roosters, where doing the same thing with their amplifiers when they played in parks in hunts point. something that w

african-americans. after the violent acts of terror in charlottesville perkins started a national conversation about white supremacy. i don't think i heard that word as much in my life and i think that is a good thing in that conversation is long overdue. it's been somewhat encouraging. political leaders have a repugnant course for american life to prosecute hate groups those are appropriate and welcome but incomplete we cannot have it all conversation without also talking about the right to vote and we cannot defeat white supremacy until congress acts to ensure the state sponsored discrimination is between voters of color and the polls. it's always been essential to the american white supremacy for decades state and local jurisdictions suppressed the boats with taxes, literacy tests and needlessly confusing registration requirements. today they use the strict voter id laws for the citizenship requirements it's the same in different forms. since 2014 there've been at least ten federal court decisions fi

in an predominantly african-american league. i think that, too, is a part of the donald trump pattern. he's willing to say whatever it takes, and in this case he's willing to play this wedge issue where he knows it's going to rile people up and do the exact opposite of what you're calling for, selena. which is people talking to each other and not past each other. >> right, and what i was talking about, patriotism and protesting, i was trying to take -- it's kind of difficult -- trying to take trump out of the equation and just sort of talk to you about what people themselves were saying and how they felt about the moment. >> listen, i want to get this new reporting in, guys. here's what it is. i'm reading, i'm just getting it. this is from a meeting. the president had a private dinner on the nfl issue. president trump sounded very satisfied on his comments on the nfl, according to a person who attended the dinner. it's really caught on. it's really caught on, trump said, of his nfl comments to attendees at the dinner. i said wha

the african americans themselves. what i want to look at here is how he was trying to get those stories out to the broader public. his own interviews, these are based on his own interviews and his advocacy for the accused and they play two roles. first of all, they serve as documentary evidence. eyewitness testimony to the workings of new york's justice system revealing case is not es not seen normally by the public and specific detail that was impossible to come by. he names the accused, the claimants, the sheriffs and judges and many details of the ir cases. the articles provided a semblance of a public voice for the accused. probably obviously control the narrative, he tried to convey some sense of experience, emotions and ideas of the accused themselves. many of these people were not actually fugitives, they were free people in new york. what i want to do is give you a sense of the detail of that voice, if we can call it that , and explore the degree to which the perspectives of the accused are represented in the

in october 2016, harvard center for african-american and african-american research, received a $10 million grant from its name sake foundation. the research project that will fund is a longitudinal, ethnographic, and big data study of what he calls multidimensional inequality. people in the neighborhood subjected to many simultaneous racial and economic hardships. it will dig deep into the lives of poor residents, to better understand the interconnecting disadvantages that perpetuates poverty. the ultimate goal is to collect enough solid data to generate insights that will influence public policy. speaking to the harvard gazette in march 2016, wilson said here's my problem. how do i fight pessimism. i fight it all the time. i try to keep thinking eventually we'll come around to addressing our problems. so bill how is that pessimism going? it's been a tough day. we're about to find out. ladies and gentlemen our 2017 award winner, william julius wilson. [applause] prof. wilson: that was quite an introduction. you know, it's a real honor to return to the center and deliver this lecture. i'm e

, more african-americans in the senior ranks. did he answer the question? >> no, he did not. >> and he didn't because instead of having things that actually matter on his mind that are consequential, he was still stewing over the fact that some people -- how many times have we heard this? some people have said which is usually a euphemism in his own mind or enablers telling him stuff, but that was actually an important question. because donald trump isn't surrounded by any credible african-american conservatives for party purposes or -- >> who are the senior african-americans? >> amrosa, who is an absolute joke. she worked for clinton. >> she supported hillary clinton early on. >> that's correct. and she has a terrible relationship. she's antagonistic to everyone that deals with her. and people who are serious black conservatives, who have dedicated their lives to conservative policies and trying to help the black community are being stone walled by her because she's not there to serve the people. she's there to serve herself. i