but it amazed me that tens of thousands of african-americans and others rows up and protested the jim crowe policy being implemented. men, women native americans professionals to laborers. they rows up in protest and launched a protest not seen since the abolitionist momentum and used a lot of messages that anticipated the modern civil rights movement. and i want to try to go over sol of these methods with you because i think some of them were spore rat i can but most were strategic and launched on a collective level. that was pretty amazing this was the second decade of the to the century. a time when most people don't realize such a huge, mass collective movement against discrimination or racism of any kind occurred. so this was very unusual. most historians have antibiotics gated african-americans for being too divided over racial philosophies or personal jealousies, they just thought they were too divided and plus, the racism, this was a period of time when racism was at itself accident scene ith and most felt whatever african-americans did during that time really didn't matter so

african-americans felt a burst of opt mitch. he stood up and in their eyes scored at least a symbolic victory, so many felt like a step had been taken. they would shortly thereafter be very disappointed. but at least after a month or two after trotter and wilson eats meeting they felt optimistic. he would stand up on the stage and when he would stand up on the stage people would go crazy and clap for five or 10 minutes at a time. trotter would have to wait for them to calm down. they would pound their fists and stomp their feet and wherever trotter would describe his meeting with wilson, they were overjoyed and just possessed just yelling and saying amen and yes and tell the truth, and clapping. sounded like the roof was just going to explode off the church. and whenever trotter would mention wilson's name they would his and boo and talk about slowing him out of the white house and that. so these meetings were -- i'm not sure if aggressive was a good word but energetic. it was just an energetic atmosphere. very dynamic. now, was

families have an impact on the education of the african-american students as we're slowly or quicklyuit frankly how quickly we're losing african-americans students in our district but also in losing them in san francisco i think the question also the city side is are we and with our school district is the lack of the critical mass of african-american families addressing to some of the challenges that we have and if it is what are reprepared to do about it as a city and as a school district, too, and we talk about the boldness i think when you talk about the bold conversations it's about what happens when a whole ethnic group is being pushed out of a city and what impacts that has over the ones remaining and the academic achievements of the city. >> thank you if there's no further comment we'll move into the agenda consent calendar resolution removed at the previous meeting second reading o is vote on the consent calendar will be followed by p which is the discussion of the resolutions that were severed so vote on the consent calendar it was seconded and moved under section f. >> ms.

african americans are very, very much part of the political process here. and so, as americans to look at ourselves in the mirror and say, this is who we are, and that's okay. frankly, i don't know that any country's ever done that. i'm really, really clear about that, but we look at ourselves as pioneers, in terms of liberty, in terms of freedom, in terms of enlightenment values. we say that we're pioneers and i firmly believe that reparation is a chance to be pioneers. we say we set all these examples about liberty and freedom and democracy and all that great stuff. well here's an opportunity for us to live that out. >> so in an ideal world, what form would reparations take? >> in an ideal world, when we talk about social justice we would understand it as part of healing that heritage and dealing with that legacy. right now, following john roberts' line, i think what he said was "to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." what we want is a kind of color blindness. we think that's the answer, but color blind

the desire to have the african-american achievement initiative be a standing item on our curriculum agenda this year we hope this comes along with the full board those conversation took place and you know for the public and others under recent a process in the african-american design team that looked at the issues and a lot of representations that cute which that we intend to explorer fully many of the things the superintendent talked about many new things we want to see explored bigger around the intent nationality and all the things the instructor spoke about i hope 9 recommendations and fuftd recommendations we're starting that process are central to this initiative especially our role and want to thank you know there was an e-mail that went out about a special assistant and i see the miller that would intentional so the bp o miller is here and the city's commitment it has to be cooperated you know a comprehensive effort that brings out a accented approach the tremendous potential for the people ♪ city one question what is the structure to the extent mr. and mrs. or there's one a citize

why are they down in the african-american community? because black folks have been jairchged yanked out of this town based on public policy [inaudible] let me make my point. >> thank you. >> you yanked us out of here so there is no need for us to play the numbers game. still the quality of life for african-americans in this town sucks. i just left -- >> thank you. thank you. >> excuse me reverend brown. >> let me finish what i am saying. >> this is general public comment so everybody has a right to speak. we have other people waiting and you went past the dialogue. >> [inaudible] >> you can't do that. no. >> [inaudible] >> you can't do that. >> [inaudible] >> no, you can't. >> my two minutes start now. my pastor has something else to conclude. thank you. >> no. you can't do that. >> unfortunately the rules are this way. >> i will ask you since you're the commissioner with the schedule to schedule a meeting that black folks are given adequate time to speak their minds. you cannot say this in no two, three minutes of what is happening wit

first african american president, you have african american attorney general, six years their effort, we're some ways further apart. that's a tragic failure of leadership at the very top. you have the community has to respect the police. the police have to respect the community. and both have failed. >> schieffer: are you saying that this is the the fault of barack obama? >> i'm saying that the president uses language which is divisive. automatically jumps to conclusions about things he doesn't know. the attorney general clearly has given speeches that are divisive. i'm just suggesting to you just as tragic lost opportunity you would think that six years in to the first african american president there would be a sense in the community of us coming closer together. that hasn't happened. let me remind you the two people who have done the most to save african american lives in new york city were rudy guiliani and mike bloomberg. actually saved thousands of lives by focusing on crime in a very intelligent way candidly if chicago were to be as aggressive as new york you'd be saving hundre

you also have conservatives, african-americans or libertarian african-americans such as thomas noel whowrote vigorous defenses of lincoln upon published -- publishing of other lincoln books. one thing my book does is say i do think there is criticism of lincoln on the left. i think it exists. i asked one left wing political purist, corey robin, i said, what do you think the status of lincoln's on the left? he said, i think it is ambivalent leave positive. -- ambivalent leave positive -- ambivalently positive. i think, right now where you see the political influence, it comes from this libertarian movement within the family of conservatism. i think you see, and it is one of the things that was pointed out to me by larry arne hart, a conservative at northern illinois university, criticisms of lincoln has, from conservatives. rich lowery, editor of national review, published the book "lincoln unbound." richard burr kaiser, a writer at national review, published his biography of lincoln "founders son. " that is where my book leaves off, that there is an ambivalent ly positive view of lincol

the cbc has continued to raise knowledge and an active policy not only bettering the lives of african-americans but expanding opportunities for all americans. and my buddy will tell us all about this that lifting of all of us irrespective of race from the ravages of want is a major objective of us all. with chairman butterfield, i know this important work will continue. for the 114th congress, the cbc has grown to include the largest number of members in its history. comprising nearly a quarter. [applause] >> almost 25% of the democratic caucus. 10% of the congress of the united states african-americans. that is not just the color of their skin that is so important. it is the content of their character that they display on a daily basis calling us all to the best that is within us and the best that is america. members represent 22 states and the district of columbia. all five of the new cbc members for the 114th congress are women. [applause] and i remember them bringing the total to 20. almost half of the members of the congressional black caucus and in another historic first of the strength i

why are they down in the african-american community? because black folks have been jairchged yanked out of this town based on public policy [inaudible] let me make my point. >> thank you. >> you yanked us out of here so there is no need for us to play the numbers game. still the

numbers of african-americans killed by african-americans. we don't look at the big issues like the failures of our school systems. out of ten potential points it could receive, it receives two. we don't look at the real fundamental issue. i don't know if we're ready to have this conversation, but we need to have this conversation because we spend too much time doing the same things, getting the same results, which are having african-americans fall at the back of society's bus . >> ashley yates began by saying that americans at large are more aware of the state of play for african-americans. does that help us to start from the same play if we're going to start having some of these difficult debates? >> well, i think one of the issues that we have to put on the table is the identity of white america. if we have an identity problem which in my--the way i look at it philosophically is the hierarchy, in which people are supposed to be at the top and others are supposed to be at the bottom, and police officers are there to maintain the social hier

both as a moral voice and an active player in shaping policy, not only to better the lives of african-american bus to expand opportunities for all americans. my buddy barbara lee will tell us all that lifting up all americans and all people, irrespective of race, from the ravages of poverty and of want is a major objective of us all. with chairman bulleterfield at the help, i know this important work will continue and strengthen. for the 114th congress, the c.b.c. has grun to include the largest numbers of members in its history. comprising nearly a quarter -- [applause] almost 25% of the democratic caucus are african-americans. 10% of the congress of the united states, african-americans. but it's not just the color of their skin that is so important. s the content of their character that they display on a daily basis, calling us all to the best that is within us and the best that is america. c.b.c. members represent 22 states and the district of columbia. all five of the new c.b.c. members for the 114th congress are women. i will tell my male friends -- [applause] bringing the total to 20. al

i got a lot of criticism from the book. >> host: from african-americans from whites liberals conservatives. >> guest: all sorts -- liberals, conservatives, blacks asia americans. but there were a lot of people who liked the book but it did get a lot of criticism. a number of people who did not like the title, for instance. they didn't like the fact i spelled out the word, and they didn't like the positions i took but there again, i said what i believed and i put all the arguments out there. a person who -- here's one thing i do when i write my books. i want to arm a person who disagrees with me -- i want a person who disagrees with me to read my book and see all of his already ore arguments there. nobody can read a book of mine and say well, kennedy didn't bring up this argument against his position. i bring up all the arguments. >> host: "washington post" recently dade series on the n-word. >> guest: i saw that. >> host: has it been destigmatized in a sense? maybe that's not the right word. >> guest: that a big argument. there are some people who say that one way of dealing with this word

i got a lot of criticism from that book turn one from african-americans whites, liberals conservatives tried to liberals concerns, white, blacks asian-americans. there were people, i don't want to make it seem like everybody who disliked the book. there were people who liked the book but it did get a lot of criticism. i figure a number of people who did not like the title for instance. didn't like the fact i spell out the word. and they didn't like some of the positions i took but there again i thought, you know, i said what i believed and i put all the arguments out there. a person -- is one thing i do when i write my book. i want to arm a person who disagrees with me. i want wanted person who disagrees with me to read my book and see all of his or her arguments. so nobody can read a book of mine and say well, kennedy didn't bring up this argument against this position. i bring up all the arguments. >> host: the "washington post" did a series on the n-word. >> guest: i saw that. >> host: hasn't been destigmatize in a sense? >> guest: that's a good argument because there are some peopl

we know african-americans and whites have no difference in drug usages but an african-american is threemore likely to be arrested for doing it. if you go further this over incarceration of americans in general, african-americans in particular we have a higher black incarceration rate than africa. you have weird realities like the state of new jersey, this progressive state where blacks are 12% 13%, somewhere around there but over 60% of the prison population. what i'm going to do legislatively and what i'm excited about, again, red states are leading in mississippi and georgia. guess what is happening. crime is going down. making common sense changes that the federal world hasn't done. there are good legislatures, people like rand paul, people like mike lee. senator cornyn, senator scott. even senator ted cruz and i talked about this and believe we should be doing things. it's the idea time should come. newt gingrich, norcross. fiscal conservatives can change things. that's one of my things. >> i want to ask senator scott to come back and join us for the rest of the hour. i want to star

churches out of san francisco which also has to do with it out immigration of african-americans i'm concerned and want something done about this. >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon mr. chair and members of the commission to the director i want to thank you first of all, for augmenting our agenda to permit us to speak first we're here regarding a serious matter and it's the heart and soul of this city and nation equality justice and consistent respect for all people's in regards to race creed or color social station or sex call situation persons come behind me speak about discriminatory practices of the staff of this agency when it comes to parking i have spoken is to the director about it it's outstanding now for a year nothing has been done you have overly zealous employees who are ticket happy without complaints who will cite those cars that are principally in the african-american community we're not playing the race card on dealing what the deck that's been deadliest out to us when you go over into the mission the

we had no african-american's on that board.he only one of five companies in america that has both african american, lat dean know and asian board members. >> corporate changes must start with board directors before change trickles down. >> it's one of the most segregated places in our society. we have seen huge changes in our country in 40, 50 years. but it is easier to elect a black man president of the united states than it is for about 150 companies to find a black man or woman to sit on their board. >> according to the 2014 black enterprise annual report on corporate directors, 30% of s&p 250 did not have a single black board member. >> they are self organizations and pick their members. >> even search firms can't. >> they do what their clients tell them. i don't think they'll say don't bring me these people. they'll probably say on the surface do bring all that but at the end of the day the decisions are made by the sitting directors. we can anchor pratt america burr it's not going to be easy or happen overnight. >> up nex

that means we include young men and women as part of our initiative but we focus on the african-american students in our community which if you look at many indicators our we're demonstrating we have challenges in terms of how we are serving our african-americans in san francisco the reason it is too important that mayor ed lee has signed on is that i have the primg to attend a signing in washington, d.c. at the white house with almost one hundred other attendees across the united states we pledged will to the president and our community by sign object the doted like that we'll focus only african-american achievement in the community as it pertains to our school system we're align them in support of our students of color what is so important the mayor accepted this challenge on the part of san francisco and signed an agreement that he would also, if the municipal leadership prospective focus on the issue so capitalizing on the excellent relationship with the city and county of san francisco mayor ed lee and i have enlist mr. fred blackwell the san francisco foundation and together with m

to african-americans move out of st. louis into the suburbs of north county and whites move into central and south county for the most part. what does this yield? it brings with it a movement of concentrated poverty out of the city and into the north side. the red here are the tracks where income is less than two thirds of the metro average. and you can see concentrated poverty in the city of 1970 but as we scroll this moves out into the suburbs and the larger outline is the fluorescent school district and the smaller is the city of ferguson as well. and we can see this in the poverty rate is now as stark in north county as in the city itself. we can see it in the patterns of unemployment and especially youth unemployment and in the sustained fiscal crisis in these inner suburbs. so here i've mapped the ability of local school districts that generate revenue per student. and you can see in central county you have a combination of high revenues per student on a very low tax rate. in north county and in the city, you not o

they saw the incredible overincarceration of african-americans. hey are in tune with, can i find people, they don't care what color, party, what have you, correcting an american wrong that we are the leader in the globe. we are the incarceration nation, not china and russia. destroying lives in my neighborhood. they don't care about all the stuff we often talk about in washington. what they care is can we come together and get something done? if we are successful in expanding apprenticeship in the united states of america for white people black people, folks going on to get their ph.d.s from princeton and open up our economy, opportunity economy, then they are happy. that's what we need to focus on a lot more. only 13 months old is exciting to me is that despite all the noise in washington about gridlock and the like, in 13 months, i have been able to find democrats and some republicans to try to find a pathway to make a real difference to the folks i'll return to in new jersey. >> i'll start with you first senator scott. the senate is changing. th

again, they are not targeting african american communities.are targeting low fico score communities. but we really have a lot of work to do. >> we do indeed. ryan mac, thanks for coming on. >> thank you so much. >>> coming up on "real money," we'll get back to the death of saudi king abdullah and what it means and does not mean for the future of opec's most important member. that and more when "real money" returns. ♪ >>> welcome back. we want to return to our breaking news out of the middle east that's a picture of saudi arabia king abdullah. we have gotten news from state tv that he has now died at the age of 90. he served as king since 2005. his brother, salman who is 79 is now king and widely expected to continue the country's close ties to the united states. joining us now to shed more light on what this means and does not mean is our own patricia sabga. first of all, saudi arabia the world's largest exporter of oil, does anything change with this transition? >> the one thing that the saudis are really going to put out to the world is that

the san francisco explosion and felony arrests of african-american in 95 and 2009 period didn't occur elsewhere in the state and other areas. 40% drug arrests and have arrest rates higher than 50% -- i mean five times than the counter parts are in other counties. more than half youth drug felonies involve african-americans who constitute 9% of the city youth and 1/3 latino males who compromise 11% of city youth. despite this disproportionality drug arrests and rates young young african-americans in san francisco of more than 2,000 residents and non residents in the city who have died from abuse of illicit drug in the last decade six of 10 were non latino whites and more than seven of 10 were able 40 and older. in 2009 even though african-americans represented this% of the population they [inaudible] narcotic arrests. sf weekly and the data base stand out as of [inaudible] -- 59% of gang members are black and 31 were hispanic. it's a notable chunk of the city that is only 6% black. less than 20% of gang members are black. no one had a proportion higher than 29%. >> thank you for coming

not just african-americans. the members of the congressional black caucus. please stand. if you would repeat after me. raise your right hand, please. i, state your name. do solemnly swear or affirm that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic that i will bear true faith and allegiance to oh the same, that i i take this obligation freely and without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office as members of the congressional black caucus, so help me god. congratulations. >> thank you. >> okay, ladies and gentlemen. please welcome the outgoing cbc chairwoman, representative marcia l. fudge. >> good morning. there is one thing i have to do. i don't give shoutouts as a general rule. there are two members of the audience i must reck are niez. two of our former colleagues. please stand and be recognized. ms. clayton, mr. watt. let's give them a hand, please. [ applause ] i seem certain

opportunity for african-americans has bounced. that discussion goes back, in his thinking and his writing, even before the beginning of his public career in 1955 in montgomery. people have this misunderstanding of king's evolution, that he became radical. he became more interested in economic issues late in life. partly because some people talk to him about those issues, and he led them to believe that he had been convinced by their arguments that he needed to pay more attention to those issues. but that was absolutely central to his thinking back into his college days. i think it is a very significant thing. the movement itself, and the opportunity, perceived opportunity, to move economic legislation, to deal with the crisis of the inner cities as opposed to the segregated south, those become big public issues. and he spent a lot more time discussing them in public. i think they are central to his way of understanding racism, discrimination, social injustice. social sin as he saw it generally. the vietnam war, you know, it will c

white conservatives and african-americans alike. african-american conservatism abortion. both nationalists in the community historically have used the term genocide to describe the abortion and other control methods. this reduction through abortion arises through the misappropriation in 1939. the negro project which was started by her in that same year was the science of bringing black women to the south. both the negro physician and minster should work together for the project to succeed and gain the trust of the black community. he wanted to debunk claims if they arose that the program was designed to exterminate the community. they would simply turn this phrase and say that sanger wanted to exterminate the black community and not save it and would do that through abortion. that's why people come against planned parenthooda a lot. slavery is what they use in tandem with the slander to promote the idea that black people are considered less than human. using the dred scott decision, pro-life activists claim that much like the dred scott decision that declared african-amer

he is a specialist in african-american history and 20th century american politics and is the author ofce of hope: barack obama and the paradox of progress," as well as "to the break of dawn: a freestylfbx#árr(-hop aesthetic" which was a finalist for the national award ofóad+áh @r(t&háhp &hc% writing.amgtñ his collection "the devil and dave chappelle and -- " i didn't write these. but i am reading tom's introduction. he is editor of "the essential herald his forthcoming book is titled "antidote to revolution: the struggle for civil rights 1931 to '57." he's a regular contributory the new yorker which public hers reports on the ground in ferguson which will be hislm))l contribution to today's panel. his work has also appeared in "the beast," "washington post," "essence vibe," "new york times" and many other publications to be sure. and our panel will be rounded%a out by marsha chatling, an assistant professor of history at georgetown university and writes about african-american