>> guest: i teach african-american history, and because of my research on motown, i teach a lot of courses on the history of american popular music. and from this book, of course, i can now teach about the history of death in america as well as the history of the civil rights movement. >> host: when people walk into your class, do they often expect an african-american professor? >> guest: yes, they do. and it's one of the most, one of the things i love about my job. i love surprising students, i love helping them to learn that the color of one's body does not define the body of knowledge that someone has. and i often tell students if i walked into the classroom and, um, i taught chinese history, you wouldn't ask the question as much, you know, why isn't this person chinese necessarily. or nobody says do you think of a problem you didn't live in the middle ages. but i love, like, i've had students, african-american students tell me at the end of my semester, one student came up to me, and she said, dr. smith, when i first met you, i was so angry that you were white, and i wanted to stump yo

this will be the first african american, not just african- americans, but african-american women to hold such an esteemed position. this is the lady that will carry our city, that will hold our city accountable, that will make our city richard, that will make our city better. i do not have a whole lot of words to say about her qualities, because i know you all know what naomi's qualities are. unquestionable. [bell rings] i want to thank the mayor for making the nomination, and i ask that you will support something that san francisco needs. thank you very much. naomi kelly. supervisor kim: i will call up the next five cards before mr. hernandez. we have sulu, teresa, david, larry and dr. annette schulta ahelton. >> ok, no applause. respect what you say, ok. on behalf of the 3000 members of the city and county of san francisco, i think the mayor made the right choice to choose naomi kelly. there cannot be a better person to represent that office. i am happy to be here with all of you guys and get thei have t. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you, mr. hernandez. >> good afternoon, a board o

known as the oh, -- association for the study of african-american life and history. the local chapter of that group is what is now known as the african-american cultural and historical society. so it's an honor. we've been doing this for many, many years and it's great to see so many faces out here today. right now what i'd like to do is thank our partners and acknowledge them for their participateation. the san francisco public library much the california cultural arts program and we couldn't do it without the good folks in the mayor's office of neighborhood services. what i'd like to do now is strue -- shall truce -- intro duce tanish hollins from the mayor's office of neighborhood services. >> good amp, family. happy black history month. could we hear it one more time? [applause] >> we are so honored to be here. we look forward to this every year. it's a hall mark event for the city and county of san francisco. an opportunity to reflect on the many, many contributions of african-americans in this city and how each of us has changed the gee graval and cultural land

the story of african-americans and the american revolution is often rarely told. and this is a horn that was carved by an enslaved african named prince simbo. and he lived in connecticut. he fought in the american revolution from 1778 to about 1782. what is powerful about this is first of all, because he carved it, we know a lot about him. but on the other side of it is this amazing sort of symbol. it is the dove. and in the mouth of the dove is the word "liberty." and so the notion of an enslaved african being the person that helps define what liberty means in america is really a very important piece for us. and so this is going to be one of those rare things that people are going to be surprised to see. with this theme of the sort of military experience, one of the things we know is that african-americans from the revolutionary war really through afghanistan used the military as a way to prove their worth, to prove their worthy of citizenship. and this was never truer than during the civil war. and what you see here are two types of civil war soldiers. and as you

i'm al williams, president of the board of the san francisco african-american historical society. welcoming you all to this annual 2011 kickoff program for black history month. first of all i'd like to say that the chairs to my right are vacant and will be filled shortly. the mayor will be arriving about 11:30. he had another engagement that he was they'd at. and supervisors -- he was delayed at. and supervisors -- no, that's not them -- miracle arim aye and coyne are in committee and i understand they will be finishing up shortly and then they will be joining us to bring greetings. i want to thank pastor curran and ms. suites for their participation in the program. and ms. suites with her wonderful voice, we use this program as an opportunity to present cameos of people who are otherwise engraged shall -- engaged in black history month programs and ms. suites is going to be appearing next tuesday, february 8 at yoshii's. and of course pastor is appearing weekly and a couple times sunday at jones united methodist church. so let's certainly visit and support her at jones united mem

no outreach to african-americans in a state where we have a african-american republic congressman no effort made whatsoever to reach out to the african-american community and attempt to convince them their policies or their positions are better and adding insult to injury, of course, is the debate on martin luther king, sort of ignoring martin luther king's birthday. let me point this out. >> bill: whoa, who is ignoring martin luther king's birthday? who is doing that? >> mitt romney, newt gingrich, santorum. >> bill: why would they be ignoring his birthday? how do you know they are ignoring it? >> well, they have made no statement about it. they -- there was a march here in columbia where many, many people gathered to commemorate his birthday. and,. >> bill: do you think it's fair to say they are ig norgs it? you don't know they are ignoring it you are offended they are having the dog and pony show which these debates are inevitably on mic -- martin luther king day. are you offended they chose that day? >> here is my point on that. in 2003 i hosted a debate as chairman, george steph

only 5% of the african-american people have at least 12.5% native american ancestors. the 58% of the african-american people have at least 12.5% european or white ancestry. those high cheekbones and that straight black hair came from and for sexuality or even the complicated relationship like julia chan, sometimes a willing relationship between generally a white man and a black woman. 35% -- if i did the dna of all the black men in this room and in the nba or in the united states, 35% of you which you inherit from your father. 35%. that is extraordinary. well, what if we could get our children to do their family tree back to slavery, back to the senses when our ancestors were slaves first appeared with two names and then look as we did with oprah winfrey, look in the same county in the 1860 census for someone named winfrey who owned a male slave and the same schedule 10 years younger than constantine winfrey, her great, great grandfather awake that in 1870 cents at them and teach them how to look through the state record of this white man named winfrey to see if he and

that document the story of the african-american community.called the -- called the kinsey collection, shared treasures of bernard and shirley kinsey, where art and history intersect. it's been on tour to six city as -- cities and opened at the national museum of american history at the smithsonian institute and we anticipate more than 2.5 million folks will visit that exhibit. how's that for success? terrific. their wonderful book it that documents the kinsey collection has been selected by the florida department of education for the curriculum to team african-american studies to 3.6 million students throughout the state. so that's also a wonderful accomplishment. it's indeed mip pleasure to welcome a man to waves a wonderful cultural narrative of a people. please, give a warm welcome to bernard kinsey. bernard? [applause] . >> first of all i want to make sure you can hear me. who has the sound in here? just bring it up a little bit so we can do this. first of all, luis, thank you so much to the san francisco public libraries, stewart, shaw,

only 5% of the african-american people have at least 12.5% native american ancestry. but 58% of the african-american people have at least 12.5% european. those high cheekbones and straight black hair came from such wealthy or rape or complicated relationship to that sometimes a willing relationship between generally a white man and a black woman. 35%. if i did the dna of all of the black men in this room and all black men in the nba or the united states, 35% of you in your dna from your father not from a black man at all that from a white man. 35%. that's extraordinary. well. what if we could get our children to do their family tree back to slavery, back to the 1870 census when our ancestors who were slaves first appeared in the federal census with two names and then look as we did with oprah winfrey look in the same county in the 1860's census for someone named winfrey who owned a male slave in this league schedule ten years younger than constantine when free her great-grandfather whom we found in the 1870's census and then teach them how to look through the records

but if we do have an african-american president we have an african-american first lady. >> we do. >> stephen: doesn't that shatter the stereotype. >> i guess i would say that no, she doesn't senate-- shatt them but she does challenge them, at the same time that for example we're holding up the help. we have simultaneously a challenging figure in the person of michelle obama as first lady and reinforcing stereotypes. >> stephen: the help is a historical document. >> it is not. >> stephen: it is. that is how it once was. it was never. there were a simpler time. >> jim crowe was never like big fun in the kitchen. >> stephen: in some ways don't all women says ter stereotypes. >> all women face ster why types and the point isn't to say there is no oppression olympics where things are so much worse. >> stephen: who would say if there was. who would win. >> let me just suggest this, the real point of the book isn't that there are these bad things that these other folks are doing to african-american women. the real point of the book is that it parters how we feel about ourselves. that africa

they do not nominate african american actors. they do not win. we were raised holy hell when it comes to what hollywood does not do to tell our stories. when a guy like george lucas goes to the end of the earth to get the story told, puts his money into it, has an all black cast, telling a story of her right americans who happen to be african-american -- if we do not show up to see this, i will have some commentary about this. if we get the numbers that black people did not turn out -- we have to do that. that is my own commentary, although you did not ask. that is the black part. what made this story, for you, such a quintesstial american story? >> you have to think this country finds itself in a similar place as it was back in the 1940's. i make that statement because at that point we were living in trepidation. the threat of europe, was taking place over there, what had happened to their economy, even though we had seemed isolated from it -- the threat of what was taking place there could spill over here. you jump 67 years ahead. now we are in

for our children, our african-american children and for all american children.because the black story, black history is american history. there is no american history without black history, and ironically, there is no black history -- and there's no african-american history without american history. they are inextricably intertwined, and we do a disservice when we separate them. i want these stories to be a fundamental part of the american history curriculum. but i also want within our own black institutions, institutions like jack and jill. you remember jack and jill when you were growing up? you said, man, i would never go to jack and jill. jack and jill for those of you who don't know, that was learning how to be -- [inaudible] [laughter] that was to learn which fork to use if you were ever invited to the white house. it was to learn how to be middle class. why can't jack and jill be black history class? why can't that be a fundamental part of what jack and jill does? and i'm not singling out jack and jill, it's just a convenient example. take our sunday scho

>> well, first of all, i think that republican african americans or african americans who are republicans giving their leadership some leeway that they don't deserve just like democrats would not deserve to be for given easily if they made those kinds office statements. one of the first things is, if republicans, black republicans are really committed to trying get more african americans in the party, what they need to do is make sure that all the candidates that are running for president in the republican column are visiting memorial services for martin luther king, doing something to observe the birthday of a great american. number two, i think that we are at a very ugly point where these statements are made and african american leaders are reluctant to just come in with both guns firing because, you know, then we are the ones who are playing the race card. and, so, for the most part these guys are able to say this. >> it will be interesting to see how to gop celebrating martin luther king day, we know there's a republican presidential campaign. it will be interesting to see if issues o

and one of the things that i realized is that as new orleans was devastated, often the african-american community bore the brunt of much of that devastation. one of the things that i realized that was very important for us is to document that. and as we thought about what are the things that were documented i kept seeing the picture of people being rescued, of the helicopter t coast guard, going down and having people jump into these baskets. so, i had a colleague from the museum of american history, david shea going down. i asked him, please pick up a basket for us. so, this basket was one of our earliest acquisitions. and this is a basket actually used to rescue people during katrina. so, what you've seen in many ways is a snapshot of the more than 15,000 objects that this museum has collected. and that these objects really are at the heart what if the smithsonian is, because even if you have the most amazing technology that's possible, it really is the artifact that really brings the public to the smithsonian. and so for us, the fact that we're able to find these wonderful materials

how many of you out -- i'm just speaking to the african-americans. ow many of y'all have an ancestor with high cheek ounces straight black hair and know you have native american ancestors? [laughter] for those of you can see, all the black people in here just raised their hand. none of you all got any real native americans. only 5% of the african-american people have at least 12.5% native american ancestry. the 50% of the african-american people have at least 12.5% european or white ancestry. those high cheek own semi-straight black hair came from before sexuality or even a complicated relationship like julia chins, sometimes the willing relationship between generally a white man and a black woman. 35%. if i did the dna of all the black men in this room or in the united states, 35% of you to send on your dna which you inherit from your father. not from a black man in all, but a white man. 35%. that's extraordinary. well, what if we could get our children to do their family tree back to slavery. back to the 1870 census, when our ancestors were slaves f

many were african-americans. same time republicans are criticizing the job losses, they are contributing to them by cutting government funding. >> do you think the republican message of cut, cut, cut is not going to cut it with federal workers? >> with all voters i don't think republicans are suddenly going to get the african-american vote. there could be nibbling around the edges. we have job creators. we have job creators saying we need policies to change, different tax rates. we need to make job creation deferent. it takes a small percentage of people of all colors, races and ethnicities to understand that. maybe they like this president personally, but whatever he's doing isn't working. he was supposed to lower unemployment to 6%. >> 8%. >> he said it could wouldn't go higher than 8%. he said 6%. none of this happened. >> nobody knew -- this has been so hard to predict. >> things add up. >> here is the problem with what cheri is saying. i think obama and the democrats are focused on the demand side. the wealt

the thoughts of many white people in both the north and the south, who envisioned a day when african-americans would be treated as equal americans and an equal part of society, just not right now. or, in the foreseeable future. those who criticized eisenhower on civil rights often point out that he did not use the bully pulpit of the presidency to push this issue forward. to play a role in changing people's hearts and minds about the issue. his reticence came to the for, most glaringly after the supreme court issued its decision striking down segregated schooling in the brown versus topeka board of education case. when the supreme court announced the decision in may 1954, the president made no public comment about the ruling other than to assert his willingness to obey the court's decision. his perspective on the brown ruling may have been expressed best in remarks that he made to his staff. quote, it's all very well to talk about school integration. but you may also be talking about social disintegration. we can't demand perfection in moral questions. all we can do is keep working toward a go

as you see, i am an african- american. i am here to speak in a parallel situation to the way city government is run here could i am appalled. i view this city as the most racist city in the united states. right now, we had a mayor that i have known over 20 years, and it seems to me that if this is a neighborhood service this situation, i am here to give a couple parallels. the oewd, dcyf, american cup, the fillmore center, in some parks around here, i am here protesting, and i will at every meeting that i can do you have got to understand the history. i am responsible for the city government channels that you have got here. years ago, i used to take my little camera and take it down to channel 25 and air the board of supervisors meeting. 20 years later, i am scrutinized, got to fight with being in the press room to show my credentials because i am a black man. because of the african-american population going way down, there is a problem here. i am reading over some of these items coming up in your different agendas, coming

what we have tried to do in the book is resurrect a more complete story of these courageous african-american and latinos and native-americans, journalists, and tell the stories in their words, not in our words. we try to quotas much as possible from the newspapers of the time, from the radio shows, to show exactly the huge battles that were occurring over what kind of a media system will we have. and one of the things we were stunned by . i did not realize how much massacres, how many race riots, how many programs were organized by media, by newspaper editors and publishers. i'm not talking about biased coverage. i'm talk can about actually stoking and organizing racial riots and the one we talk about now in a couple of interviews on "democracy now!" that i referred to quite often is the example of daniels, in 1898. there are many. you'll find several dozens listed in the book. but in 1898, in wilmington, north carolina there was the only successful armed coup in the history of the united states. right after the spanish-american war, the white supremacists in north carolina were upset that t

we proved hollywood wrong, people will come out and support and all african american history. why am i doing this now? black history is american history and deserves to be celebrated every single day of the year. on behalf of the board of supervisors, i am here to say thank you. if it weren't for your work, i would not be here. and so i have a proclamation naming today, january 24, 2011, the tuskegee airmen day. [applause] the mayor sent his regards and could not be here to be personally delivering it to you, but he is very grateful to your dedication and service to our country. on behalf of his body, i have prepared your certificate of honor and also to publicly of knowledge and welcome you back home, not so much to welcome you but to say thank you for your commitment and dedication and leadership. thank you. [applause] now i would like to invite the airmen who to speak at the podium to share a couple of words with us. >> i want to thank you for inviting us and bestowing this great honor. often i feel very sad because so many of the tuskegee airmen have passed and are not her

people ask me how i feel about having an african-american president. i said i had ambivalent feelings. on the one hand, i know that he is only one man and he can only do so much, and he only has four years to do it, but we as a people have to unite locally in the city, and first, you start in the home, and then you go to the community, and our churches, where the movement began, in our churches. i still feel that barack obama is doing the best he can for one man, from what he inherited from the other administration. [applause] >> thank you. first, i would like to say thank you to awele and the san francisco unified school district and the african american center and everyone else involved in bringing this program to the san francisco public library on black history month. secondly, you were speaking about the constructing the narrative paradigm, okay? what indicators and trends? because of your work that you have done in the prison systems, particularly with young people and older african-american males -- since they are under attack, what indicators w

liberal african-american voters, moderate african-american voters and conservative african-american voters vote heavily democratic. non-hispanic whites on the other hand sword etiology. you can see that white liberals get 10% to 20% of dutch republicans. moderates split 50/50 while conservative white kid 80% to 90% of their vote to republicans. latino voters do more or less the same thing that white voters do. conservative latinos don't vote is heavily republican as non-hispanic whites do. liberal latinas but about the same and moderate patino so slightly more democratic than their white counterparts do. but latino voters cite a verse of the voting pattern. what makes latino vote heavily democratic is there and it's been a concerted latinas as conservative whites. we see the same thing if we do it by income. you see african-american voters regardless of income and talking about race is a difficult thing. i want to make clear that you have to generalize if you're going to talk about voting patterns. but it's clustered to bottom. similarly, white folks clustered towards the middle and richar

: so why as african-americans would you be fighting for the latinos?se they didn't fight for you guys. >> this is my-- this is martin luther king's birthday celebration. >> stephen: i'm familiar. >> and he famously said that injustice anywhere will affect justice everywhere and hb 56 is a threat to me and all americans. >> stephen: listen. i have come out against this bill, okay. because if the hispanic illegal immigrants are not there to pick our crops, i don't get my caesar salad. okay. you seem like you want me to be against it because i want justice for people who are not american citizens. you can't make me want to give them rights. >> that's what martin luther king said. there's no document written by a human hand should be used to the humanity of any man. and this-- . >> stephen: all right, if you want to go, you want to go old school on me here, okay, you have said i want to make sure i get this write, you have said that hispanics are the new negro. >> yes, based on treatment, just like the criminal crowe laws are arbitrary laws capricious give

he also appointed the first african-american, e. frederick moreau, to be a white house counselor. finally, nichols emphasized the president's use of federal power for civil rights. eisenhower was the first president since reconstruction to use the military to protect the civil rights of black people when he sent the 101st heairbor to little rock, arkansas, to guard nine black high school students who wanted to attend little rock central high school. when this incident occurred in september 1957, he drew the ire of states' rights activists in the south. yet as eisenhower stated after the brown ruling, quote, the supreme court has spoken, and i am sworn to uphold the constitutional processes of this country, and i will obey. unquote. in another exercise of federal authority, the president encouraged the development of civil rights acts in 1957 and 1960. both of which were designed to protect voting rights. attorney general brownell helps draft the legislation and wanted stronger provisions than the ones congress passed. for the president, voting rights were of paramount importance.

the hip-hop generation represents the most unchurched group of african-american since the plantations. so we have to begin to ask questions about where is the church? princeton university recently asked is the black church dead, because that institution that is so -- it's been on the decline in terms of actually influencing that generation because home training was brought. wasn't just at home. so anybody in church could smack you and tell you to shut up and tell until you to spit your gum out. so those two things are really important to thank you for that question. very good. >> anthony, good to see you again. i want to follow up on something very important. my sister is black adopted into our family and she is 17 so going through significant questions that force questions in our family. these have been questions that have been addressed long before now but it's different because there is a draw in the hip-hop culture, there is a rap sheet now. my sister has been involved in some activities and i won't get into details of that other than to make the point of the draw to activities th

we have records to know everything we want to know about the african-american migration.he mayor's detailed with holding against a wall, grabbing my fingers. we have been told by the chief for someone to hold you back from the mayor. it happened to be the day when the mayor was being pressured the mayor was being pressured about who he will have in the