it depicted violence on stage against african-americans. in the first year of its tour, neither of these claims was the basis for censoring the play. the play is not stopped, although there is significant criticism. so the play was controversial for inflaming racial antagonism, but it was not banned in any city until the aftermath of the atlanta race riot in september 1906. "the klansman" may have played a role in stirring up violence in atlanta. when the play appeared in atlanta in 1905, near the end of 1905, the audience became unruly and police worked to silence the racial hostility in the audience. after the atlanta riot, african-american citizens had more success asking local officials to stop the play. city governments were now more likely to agree to censor the play after this context of racial violence that seemed to be associated with the play. in philadelphia, in october 1906, a large group of african gathered outside of the walnut street theater when "the klansman" was scheduled to appear. 2000 african-americans came to protest a

non-present more african-americans than actual african-americans. we fight for poverty no matter if it is like poverty or minority poverty. theanted to offer him opportunity to engage and the benefit of our years of experience as community activists. we wanted to create solutions for problems that we say. were are many areas where ofagree with the policy solutions prescribed by his budget. i will tell you that it was a meeting where both sides does -- talk about our disagreements. thaturprising part was when we talked about goals they were more similar than they were different about how to get there. how to get there is what you may see, that is just education and differences. the president suggested and was willing to have further engagement on a consistent basis. he offered up, we requested and he offered up his cabinet secretary so that we could go more in depth on the policy solutions would we look forward to meeting with some of the cabinet secretaries to give him that experience that we had radios come to some of those same goals that were in

one was to underscore the heterogeneity of the african-american experience. in our own time we hear common reference to a phrase that is one of my pet peeves, the black community, as if 42 million americans formed an indistinguishable block. african-americans are certainly not a monolithic group today, but nor were they even in the time before the civil war. the second reason that i focused on the black elite is because they put and highest delete the absurdity of a white supremacy. they were not works in progress. they had achieved high levels of education, accomplishments, gentility. they were prosperous. they were doctors. they were lawyers. they were businessmen. they were entrepreneurs. they were district or federal office clerks or held higher titles. so they gave the lie to the contention by white supremacists the black americans were incapable of contributing to mainstream society. now, daniel murray was born in washington sister city of baltimore, and he came here at about age 18, after the civil war. someone who lived it was a caterer command at the

there was a political coalition and town between fusion and republicans as well as the african-american population that managed to gain political power back. they had power through a lot of the 1890's. inre was a power base here wilmington for whites and people of color. >> a weekend american history tv is featuring wilmington, north carolina. recentlys staff visited many sites showcasing the history. was namedhat the city after the first earl of england. when more about wilmington, north carolina all weekend here. >> we are here in the neighborhood called sugar hills. it got its name because of the prominent african-americans who live here that were doctors, teachers, dressmakers, shoe carpenters, was a beautiful neighborhood. it still is a beautiful neighborhood. , it is ae old houses close community. after the civil war, african-americans were flocking to this area because of opportunity. there was a great need for medical help, there was a need for rebuilding. that is why you will find a lot taxrchitectural and carbon -- carpenters, you will find them here. you will find their histo

prospects over the span of race lifetime through 1925 the rise of prospects for african-americans after emancipation brought to a glorious harvest of clippings and in particular 14th and 15th amendments to united states constitution which granted americans of every color albright's -- albright's including the right to vote later the federal government in the name of reconciliation with the former confederate states, brought about early abandonment of reconstruction and ushered in a denial of the rights of african-americans and bedded in the very constitution. there was renewal in the south of discrimination discrimination, segregation and intimidation and terror. i have long been a student of slavery given my work at monticello and want to year. -- want to leave your by was of little slower to understand period between imitation in the modern civil rights era is just a central. sometimes you mention the word reconstruction they're not sure that was a good thing or bad thing i will show you an anecdote about my own ignorance prior to my intense study of this era. i had a picture in my he

i am an african-american. i love my american people and i just love people period. you know? as far as race is concerned, it is like, the elderly that endured in the pain and endured in the time they were enslaved and didn't work and when you dealing with the holocaust, and the africans, americans were enslaved and came over on boats and they came over on boats and people were picking cotton and working for me and you know, and some of us people, young people today haven't even endured none of that but our ancestors have. so being our ancestors endured that why can't they be c compensated for that? we can be one as a community and happy as being americans because at the end of the day when we bleed we all bleed read. not purple, orange or green. >> host: thank you. let's hear for professor ibram kendi. >> guest: thank you for the question. you know, that is a question that is called representation activists have been asking for more than a century. they have been asking for the people who were forced to labor and did not get any wages as a result to be compensated or their de

i recognize i was born in the united states and african-american culture so as a practitioner and as a descendant of african slaves in consider myself pdf. >> national book award winning book is called steven from the beginning calling in from hampton and virginia. >> professor kendi thank you so much for your very illuminating comments. as a pertains to your about you had opportunity to read the book hidden figures the book that has taken the world by storm and eliminated the contributions of african-american women of the space race and i am wondering whether or not you had an opportunity to read that or if you subscribe to the belief that african-american women have faced a double edged sword to be both will black as well as female this is a question for women's history month. >> think if so much for your question natalie have had the opportunity to read the book also to me to the author for the finalist naacp image award and i was glad to be there with her and celebrate the to your question more specifically i actually chronicled the history of racist ideas i also chronicle each an

before they were dominated by african-american women. but when jacqueline kennedy says i want european food by european trained chefs the african-americans in the kitchen didn't have that expertise. >> host: we look at emma lewis who comes around the sa time -- >> guest: right but the ones in the kitchen had not gone through the training. wright, the one i talked about, was the last african-american to leave the kitchen and she was an interim because the chef hired und under the kennedy's couldn't handle the johnson. you heard of chilly con queso? he called it chilly concrete. there is a lot of tension. she runs the kitchen and manages to get a raise while he is looking for another chef. the only person offered the job was patrick clark, very well known chef in new york. he was working at the hey adams hotel across the street from the white house but he was auditioning for the job because the clinton's and other staffers came over. he was offered the job but turned it down because it was a paycut. he was making a couple thousands at the

for my masters, i had done african american studies as an undergraduate. i was an ardent feminist and i wanted to see women included in the landscape of american history. the reading list for my doctoral qualifying exams included the foundational text, "the age of jackson." it remained a standard undergraduate reading list well into the little did i imagine 1990's. mightthe age of jackson" give way to a new era of harriet tubman in my own lifetime. my princeton mentor was a pioneer. many of you might know his "battle cry of freedom." one of the most successful civil war texts. but he was a pioneer of african-american history. he published a pathbreaking collection in 1965 entitled "the negro civil war." the revolution was underway to showcase african american contributions to the battle to end slavery and the consequent freedom struggles for equal opportunity which continue. now, women's history had not yet cracked the graduate curriculum by 1976. but the double burden of trying to expand the horizons of social history and tell stories from the bottom up wa

they are african-americans. at programs such as that where you are going to be decreasing the number of housing vouchers that will assist people with moving out of public housing into a rental home where they will have a decreased rent because of the government's ability to assist is extremely troubling. you want to get people out of a bad neighborhood to a decent neighborhood to assist them and at some point moving on to a market rate apartment meaning they can pay at market rate with anyone else. that's problematic when the president said i want to revitalize the inner cities, etc. when you are cutting programs that will hurt people who you claim to want to assist. that's hypocritical to say that. many african-americans are not concerned about a border wall. many are not when there is a large number of people living in communities where they will have to worry if they are currently relying on a housing voucher, is that still going to be there. if you are a single mother and rely on wic, that will program still

and then of course the interactions between police and young african-americans, americans. people who deserve dignity. so in addition to your presence here today, i want to respond. i don't think one republican should be left out of meritorious legislation that deals with the crisis of michael gardner,mir rice, eric trayvon martin. because it's got to stop now. i have a lot of statistics and i look forward to listening to you but i want to end on this note. i wanted you to see the picture of these three little children of color and i want you to think about the fact that you are here for them. you're here in their names. on april 4 will be the 49th commemoration of the assassination of dr. martin luther king. in his day, he was reaching out for civil rights and economic rights and peace against war. but our numbers were comparable that we were also incarcerated, incarcerated as well and struck down because we wanted more rights for our people. i think that his dream is living thru you. but our civil rights is in another context. and we cannot cease. i will not rest until we

you he did his film in the new of "shaft" and movies about cool african-americans involved in various criminal activities. this was a film about a real african based on a real african family trying to live their life in difficult circumstances. he did a film with danny glover about african-american culture. if you want to see one film on slavery that is a great film, it's by disney, if you can believe it, about a girl who is taught to read by another african-american who comes to the plantation. he directed halle berry in a film called "the wedding" on tv. it was wonderful to connect with him because he and another guy called frank christopher, a documentary filmmaker -- they came to me -- they tried to talk to everybody who knew about net turner in the country -- about nat turner in the country, we hit it off and i agreed to join them. i have never met a group of filmmakers or anybody who were as ethical as they were, as gentle, as kind as they were, and they had in interracial group, so we had amazing conversations about race. we went out, we went across the country, including styro

overall 250 african-american men were killed in police incidents in 2016. against this backdrop, thees these same communities have been ground zero in the so-called war on drugs. there is bipartisan agreement that our nation has a crisis of overincarceration. mass incarceration. 2.2 m with 2.2 million people imprisoned in this country. that's a ratio that's higher than i think anybody -- any other nation that we know of. one of the main reasons for this catastrophic level ofca incarceration is the use of mandatory minimum sentencing, which often imposes sentences that are not appropriate for the facts and culpability of individual cases. once released these people face the prison after prison where they can experience both housing and employment discrimination due to their criminal records. these burdens can be so great that over half are re-incarcerated within three years of their release. all of this dis proportionately impacts african-americans and is a major factor impacting the quality of life in our families and communities. sit emmers down and spread

he vowed to help poor african-american communities.k those voters are feeling tonight? >> well, i think they're learning about the budget right now, and so it's incumbent upon us to tell the truth about what's in it. what's in it is a cut to the small business administration after this administration, including ben carson today, tweeted that small businesses are the backbone of this country. this is a budget that cuts the minority business development agency. this is a budget that cuts the program that ensure that kids and mothers and families can stay warm during the winter. there is cuts to wic, to snap program benefits. that is a fact. there are cuts to department of justice programs that we all know, love, and care about. there is an increase in funding, and earmark of -- i'm sorry, 2.6 -- >> sorry. got to go angela. >> $2.6 billion for a border wall. guess who's paying for it? he lied. it's not mexico. it's me and you, your mama and your cousin too, period. >> don, if i could -- >> i'm out of time, guys. i'm sorry. thank you. that

for my masters i had done african-american studies. and ian ardent feminist wanted to see women included in the landscape of american history. the reading list for my doctoral theifying exams included foundational text "the age of jackson." little did i imagine that that book would give way to a new era of harriet tubman. my princeton mentor was a pioneer. many of you might know "battle cry of freedom." he was a pioneer of african-american history. he published a collection and 19 five called, "the negro civil war." the revolution was under way to showcase african-american contributions to the battle to end slavery and the consequent freedom struggle for equal opportunity which continue. women's history has not yet cracked the graduate curriculum by 1976. the double burden of trying to expand social history and tell stories from the bottom up was a great challenge. my generation of feminist historians felt we had our work cut out for us. in narratives which did mention harriet tubman she was always heralded as an underground railroad co

is sometng that we as african-americans have to live with every day. i'll tell you that back, back 1st of march i was out at walter reed army medical center going into the gate and, i had my suit on, gray hair, rushing for an appointment, looking distinguished and everything as i always do and, had a little incident at the gate with a guy, probably about 23 years old. hot firecracker in terms of how he wanted to talk to me and how he approached me in a threatening way, in a threatening voice, and if ts guy had been a civilian, because he was a military mp, but if he had been a civilia if it had been under other circumstances liket was dark, and we were somewhere off by ourselves, and he had the gun, and i did not, itould have been an explosive situation. and so something that even i as a congressman, you know, going to a military facility, have to deal with, and so as a follow-up to that, even trying to get it resolved, by higher ups, still don't have a resolution as of yet. . . so we had to go extra to make sure that we protect ourselves from these th

of african-americans. but also, something else. i cannot do this by myself. without other communities in this country buying into that notion. america,rica, latino asian america. our cases not only impact african-americans, but they help asians,erica, latinos, because it is the law. and the up once you change the impact on the law, it it affects everyone. and i make sure i have white lawyers on my staff. i don't have to have white lawyers on my staff that they bring something of value. ,o if you look at our staff there is an issue. and i will take a case to go to the supreme court, involving the right of a 62-year-old white woman, and asian discrimination case. and the name will come to me, it was a few years ago. , and agewas discrimination case. and she thought she was about to be fired. and she took the documents home and she eventually was fired. she and her lawyer, from tennessee, they won the lawsuit and they were dismissed. theyg the deposition learned that she took the documents home. so they said,

he received 73% of the asian american vote but 93% of the african american vote. - right. - the african american vote has been much more so than white, or latino or asian american monolithic politically. - right. - has that served the black community well? - that's an interesting question. did you see the saturday night live skit when they're interviewing a black woman saying what would it take for you not to vote for barack obama? - yes, yes, yes, yes. - and then they go like. what if he became jewish? they said shalom, barack. - exactly. (everyone laughs) - adjust your yamaka. (both laugh) - yeah, right. - two interesting questions, ken and i, ken burns and i had dinner last night. - ken burns has another series on pbs soon. - [dr. gates] that's right about jackie robinson. - about jackie robinson which he says is as much a race, or more a raced film than a baseball film. - it's true and you know much of ken's work. - [evan] deals with race. - the subtext is race without a doubt. but i remember vividly, i was 10 years old when jfk and nixon squared off. - [evan] yes. - and my parents

the african-american museum would not be where it was today if it were not for black college graduates who have fueled this economy, done so much. fallen to wars. we've done everything and finally america is everything what it's supposed to be. we're grateful and thankful for this moment in history. i looked in the oval office and said more african-americans in the oval office than ever before in the history of the united states of america. who knew that it would take president trump to make this happen? we are thankful and we look forward to helping the federal government realize the promise of the executive order. it's not over yet. we still got to get our support that we deserve. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i'm marcia from bleu field, west virginia. this is an exciting and historic day for all the hbcus collectively but also for each one of our institutions individually. and many who otherwise would not have had that kind of opportunity. today's action shines a spotlight on the accomplishments of our institutions. continue to work with our students, so we continue and lo

african-american population being imprisoned. you you imprison a woman, affect the life of the you affect the life of the children. to teach them a skill or a trade, it is very concerning to me. dr., i heard you clearly. what is your priority? to me, that is the key. we can talk all we want. if your priority is not driving your actions, then your words mean nothing. if you tell me criminal justice reform is a priority, but you don't legislate it, then your words are not truthful. i am very concerned about that. i just want to thank you. we have to continue to understand we need to address the issue of women. an increasing number of african-american women being imprisoned. we must fund second chance programs. all those things we need to do to ensure if i made a mistake, if i did something wrong, if i is a young person made a decision that was not the best, or i just didn't know -- i was hungry so i committed a crime. in society, in america, we believe that you can be rehabilitated. then your laws and your funding should reflect th

no african-american would agree. mr. blight: wilson did not invite too many african-americans to test it. >> or to the white house as theater roosevelt had. mr. holzer: here is sort of a daring question but we might as well and with something provocative. how much is modern-day felony disenfranchisement legacy of the post reconstruction era? felonsor foner: disenfranchisement has a long history. there were some states that had that before the civil war, but before the civil war, there were not a lot of felons. in the south, slaves were not thrown in jail. that would be beside the point. they are supposed to be laboring. there was virtually no prison system at all. there was very little prison system anywhere before the civil war. what happens after reconstruction in the south manycularly is that many, new crimes are redefined as theft,s -- minor stealing a chicken, is now a felony. these are directed mostly against blacks. the judicial system is worked -- warped so that white people are not prosecuted for these things an

percent had will be through gender and conscious means specifically goals on the contracts for african-americans in construction and women for all the contract and 9 percent achieved will make essentially a continuation of fte program we're excited to enhance our irish-american successful fte program with specific tools that will start the efficiency of identifying the disparity study that is specific dbe tools for individual firms that have been unable to compete in the fte program so today we are asking you to authors the commissioners revised goals a beaked through the fta to have the implications and look forward to seeing the results thank you very much. >> answer any questions. >> directors my questions for her before public comment. >> seeing none, do i have public comment. >> madam chair you do 8 members turned in a card requesting to speak on this item. >> go ahead and set a 2 minute time period. >> yes. madam chair (calling names). >> the honorable commissioners and director reiskin my name is eddy i represent the asian-american association called capping pa i'm here to speak in suppor

african-americans are in the white house, the president is an african-american, and this is a house builtwhat was the emotion that night? oprah: it was indescribable. i don't think there are words that, i heard dave chapelle on saturday night live talking about looking over and -- it wasn't the same as inaugural night. it felt surreal, and obviously you are looking at all the paintings on the walls of past presidents and leaders who were all white. it was surreal. i remember walking out afterward with gayle and her kids and we were like, did that just happened? it felt surreal. david: barack obama was the first african-american to be elected president, now we have had somebody who is a media figure, you might argue. now we have never had a woman elected president of the united states, so have you ever thought given the popularity you have we haven't broken the glass ceiling yet for women, that you could run for president and be elected? [applause] oprah: i -- i never considered the question, even a possibility. i just thought, oh, oh. david: it is clear you don't need government experienc

african-americans are in the white house, the president is an african-american, and this is a house builtes. what was the emotion that night? oprah: it was indescribable. i don't think there are words that, i heard dave chapelle on saturday night live talking about looking over and -- it wasn't the same as inaugural night. it felt surreal, and obviously you are looking at all the paintings on the walls of past presidents and leaders who were all white. it was surreal. i remember walking out afterward with gayle and her kids and we were like, did that just happened? it felt surreal. david: barack obama was the first african-american to be elected president, now we have had somebody who is a media figure, you might argue. now we have never had a woman elected president of the united states, so have you ever thought given the popularity you have come we haven't broken the glass ceiling yet for women, that you could run for president and be elected? oprah: i -- i never considered the question, even a possibility. i just thought, oh, oh. david: it is clear you don't need government experience

but for african-americans the graduation rate is about 72%. and lower for african-american boys. i can tell you, it is the lowest group. we can't afford to pull more resources from the department of education, a proposed budget -- of $13.-- 13.5% in the 13.5 president of, -- 13.5%. in the double digits. resources that have been dedicated to lifting up all children, but particularly children of color and children from low-income neighborhoods. president trump's budget, that from about $9.2 billion education. what's being cut? not only the programs that i named, but about 20 other programs. $3.7 billion in grants for teacher training, to make sure that children not only receive the best education that money can buy, but also have the best, most qualified, most prepared, most trained teachers . programs aimed at helping to ensure vulnerable children and low-income neighborhoods are able to succeed. they too really deserve a fair shot. these federal programs were created to ensure that every child, no matter who they are, has access. completely eliminates supplemental education and o

they were first dominated by african-american women.hey didn't have the expertise. >> some of the techniques passed down. >> the one i talked about was the last one to leave the kitchen and was an interim chef because they couldn't handle it anymore. johnson would ask them to make not chose. you have heard of chili case case of. in the transition while he was looking for another chef, she runs the kitchen and gets a raise while she is at it but the only other person offered a job with patrick clark, very well-known chef working at the hotel across from the white house but he was auditioning for the white house because the clintons would come over there and eat so he gets offered the job that turns it dow but turnee there was too much of a pay cut. at that time it was around 58,000 or something like that and he had four kids so it was easy math. >> the different administrations and presidencies that you write about try to present an image and the extent even early with washington then there are people like thomas jefferson like whatever

all of these districts are majority-minority african-american districts. it is not like they are applying one roll and see if it fits. they are all very similar districts. the second thing is -- keep in mind, whatever role you adopt is not just for relatively sophisticated state legislatures. it is going to apply to all school boards and sewer districts. i just don't think the analysis is you have to go district by district with regression analysis in order to comply with the voting rights act. i don't think that's the will you want to lay down. in response to justice kennedy's earlier question -- the idea they have on the other side is that they are against racial target and they think -- and they agree it needs to be majority-minority districts. there will be is with the common sense judgment based on the evidence in front of a message be 55%. they want more use of race in more minute details you go district by district and say, if this 75%, it will be 55%. if it 77%, it will be 56%. i do not think that gets us further along in the equal protection claus

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and african-american families. and the full repeal will snatch the safety net from out under the black community. despite the lies that our colleagues across the aisle and the white house want to spread about the a.c.a., my colleagues and i will continue to defend it to the very end. because it turns out the black community has a lot to lose under the republican health care plan. and i'm so glad that so many of our colleagues came out tonight. i'm glad that you're helping lead this hour. because we need to get the word out. we can stop something really devastating from happening here and the thing about it is that we need to be trying to stop something devastating from happening on a bipartisan basis because people lose their health care, getting left out in the cold, being kicked off of their health insurance, being -- tried to figure out if they have a pre-existing condition, how they're going to afford the -- being pushed back in a high risk pool. what is this going to do to so many americans. we're here to focu

this is very important, this was worn by the african-american soldiers of the 92nd division. there were two african-american divisions in the war, 92nd and 93rd, both of them were segregated from the rest of the army. most of the soldiers, of course, enlisted soldiers were african-american and most of the officers were caucasian. even though they fought alongside their compatriots in the war and fought along with the french during the war, they were segregated and were not treated very well. as we progress through the museum into the rest of the american section, we are going to look at a special exhibition dealing with american women's service in the war and showing some of the uniforms they wore. a lot of people do not realize the american women were in uniform during world war i. front of an exhibition case that shows many of the uniforms in our collection from american women's service during the war. one, in particular, is a recent acquisition to the museum. this is from a woman who was in the united states corps of telephone operators. to operate the telephone exchanges

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african americans were skilled artisans down at the milk compresses, they were the skilled artisans in the cotton mills and it was a great place and a cute friday black middle class. they had taken political power from the old democrats. remember in other states democrats and republicans were reversed. in 1898, the state democratic party's decided to quote unquote take back their state and their cities from what they thought was negro domination. their way of putting it. they wanted to take back all their elected offices there were coming up in 1898 which included a lot of the state offices, senators, but it didn't include city council what was then called the board of alderman. what they did was basically stole the election from inmidation, shotguns at the polling booth, stealing ballot boxes and leading up to that we had a war of words. a war of words took an interesting turn. there are kinds of anti-black speeches all all over the state the famous orator, was an x federal kernel. there was another piece of writing the featured primacy. alexander manley published a newspaper that he

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

the african-americans, because of oppression, have been forced respect,ays to gain acceptance that white americans have never had to do. story,s been an unending from jack johnson to jesse kareem abdul-jabbar, muhammad ali, and even today with lebron james, colin kaepernick. so, in a perfect world, for instance, if there was a perfect world of opportunity, the nfl would not be two thirds black. the nba would not be 80% black. 13% basketball players, football players, and 13% scientists, teachers, computer geeks. you name it. i just needed to say that because on one level african-americans have an particularly resourceful using sports to seek respect. also have from really been an unfair playing field. side in trying to make this brief is, indeed, african-americans, jesse owens trying to prove to hitler and the nazis are humanity and equality. the bestali giving up years of his boxing career to protest induction into the military during vietnam. -- we have kind of forgotten many athletes boycotted other olympics. we in america as a general society put sports on a pedestal that also is exa

ofare currently airing six the interviews with prominent african-american women. dr. pinn share stories about her family. she also talks about her experience as the only african-american and only woman in her class at the university of virginia medical school in the 1960's. this 2007 interview is about 90 minutes. host: thank you for joining us. i want to begin with some questions about the decision in 1954. do you remember what it meant you a time when you first heard about it? dr. pinn: i'm embarrassed to say we sort of heard the decision was made but it didn't have an immediate impact on her school system and what we were doing. it's the relevance and importance really only struck me

different people whether they'd be african american or not african american object to -- >> you're telling me what people describe to it. i'm asking you whether or not it is suppose today represent the people of mississippi. is that what it's supposed to do? >> your honor, here on behalf of the governor, i cannot speak to what the flag is supposed to mean. the answer is it means different things to different people. just as mr. moore was not particularly bothered by other symbols that have been associated with mississippi's past, other people may be equally bothered by other things as he is with the flag. >> with the marilyn flag? >> yes, i am. >> describe the marilyn flag. >> if it's the flag i'm thinking of, different colors, i think the university of maryland actually incorporates that as part of athletic aconcern dornment. >> you're not a flaggologist. >> i'm not a flaggologist, your honor. in closing, we believe the court was correct in applying the article 3 standing. we spent most of the time talking about injury and fact -- before you close, this is a -- do you have any scholarship

the effect on african-americans was strikingly visible. the traditional leaders opposed the new southern governments, denouncing them as corrupt, inefficient, embodying wartime to feet and -- to feet and black supremacy. the most basic reasons for opposition to reconstruction, however, was most white southerners could not accept the idea of former slaves of voting, holding office, and enjoying equality before the law. they had always regarded blacks as an inferior race whose proper place was as dependent laborers. reconstruction, they believed, had to be overthrown to restore white supremacy and to ensure that planters had a disciplined, reliable labor force. the violence after 1867 was pervasive among organized, and explicitly motivated by politics. in wide areas of the south, reconstruction's opponents resorted to terror to secure their aim of securing democratic rule -- capital d -- and white supremacy. secret societies sprang up, whose purposes were to prevent blacks from voting and to destroy the ever structure of the republican party

african-american sheriff deputies and so on. to beingn went back ruled by this contrary of whites of what -- cadre supremacist. i think about,gs ove so many people on the white side when on to have prosperous lives. all of whom stayed here. they built her wealth for many generations. some became really great philanthropists. we owe a great deal to them at the university and elsewhere. manleya were gone. he came back searching for property he owned and was told he never owned property here. of land hehe deed owned on chestnut street. where the situation leadership of the black community is basically wiped out for generations. from there we are looking at something now more than 100 years later, and people are asking the questions, what can we do to change that? wilmington, behind every decision about rezoning or redistricting schools or neighborhood schools or whether or not we should have at-large voting for city council or district voting, all of that has a legacy directly tied to 1898 because we are the future of that history.

it was written by willy holtzman, and i said, "i've never seen a movie about african americans and nativemericans." and, you know, in the 120 years of movies, you're sitting there going, "huh?" i mean, does that... that far... >> hinojosa: but how hard was that movie to make? i mean, when you show up in a hollywood executive office, and you're like, "we've got this script about an african american basketball coach who's going to go into a reservation," are their eyes just glazing over, or are they engaged? are they like, "you know what? there's an audience here." what's the reaction of these folks who you deal with? i don't know how you do it, but you deal with them. >> i think the reaction is kind of a glazed look sometimes... >> hinojosa: it happens, yeah. >> ...which is, "huh, now, how do i put that in that box or that hole," and you know, if it hasn't been put in that hole before or that, you know, square hasn't been put into that triangle, it's hard for people to make that leap, you know? >> hinojosa: so how do you do it? i mean, chris, you are so laid back; you're a very calm, clear

. >>> philadelphia's african-american museum was the first institution in a major u.s. dedicated to showcasing works by african americans, this year the museum is celebrating the 40th birthday. karen rogers has more in 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: the african-american museum is known for enlightning divorce- diverse communities. >> we'll look at two different cities. >> reporter: new york and philadelphia. >> it's a wonderful exploration african american a neighborhoods. >> reporter: harlem u.s. shows black and white photographs in the 1970s. >> he captured african-americans in context, shop keepers and barbers on the street. they bring humanity to a subject. in the church of broken pieces, the artist color photo portraits are influenced by african-american folk painting. being blackout ways one's blues. the photo exhibits run through april 2 and then this summer the museum will launch a citywide celebration. >> we're going to join with other african-american will he he -- legacy institutions and talk about the black arts movement. >> it was founded in honor of the

scores came in martin luther king outperformed the district with english language learners and african-american students latino students and chinese-american and almost all of the lovingly separate indicators the support of teachers has enabled us to show the district what they're capable of as writers and i thinkers those core values emphasis the students needs first and standing with those most vulnerable at the community don't take away the earth and the other teachers thank you. >> (clapping.) >> i know we're not supposed to comment the board members like the blue shirts as well and we're willing to pay for them. >> see you tomorrow night. >> i'm okay torment wednesday at the 5:30 >> had you i'm a parent of two students in the merchant program at the alvarado and the e lack executive board and this is my first board of education meeting not my last i've been here not only on behalf of el dorado but were the immersion programs some around for 20 years i'm here to request that the educational materials instructional perils materials be translated in the language of instruction one example is

is that a denial of equal protection for the african-americans who live in mississippi? absolutely, but it doesn't happen. we have the symbolic endorsement of the same thing. >> i find it interesting that the complaint -- looking at the third amended complaint, don't have the fourth one in front of me, it is basically an equal protection class of one claim . he is not seeking really for himself and all other similarly situated. it is an equal protection class of one. mr. scott: it is like murray. jdg. barksdale: we are talking about the establishment clause. mr. scott: i agree, but there are numerous reasons why the establishment clause precedent should apply here. jdg. barksdale: i think, in your brief, because i was very curious about that. in your brief, you say you are not raising claims under the 13th amendment, that you are not claiming there is flag-inspired racial vionce. counsel.nish, 6, you reply briefy, at say you are not raising a question about the establishment clause, but your showing that it is an analogous situation. in your brief you seem to be saying i

scores came in martin luther king outperformed the district with english language learners and african-american students latino students and chinese-american and almost all of the lovingly separate indicators the support of teachers has enabled us to show the district what they're capable of as writers and i thinkers those core values emphasis the students needs first and standing with those most vulnerable at the community don't take away the earth and the other teachers thank you. >> (clapping.) >> i know we're not supposed to comment the board members like the blue shirts as well and we're willing to pay for them. >> see you tomorrow night. >> i'm okay torment wednesday at the 5:30 >> had you i'm a parent of two students in the merchant program at the alvarado and the e lack executive board and this is my first board of education meeting not my last i've been here not only on behalf of el dorado but were the immersion programs some around for 20 years i'm here to request that the educational materials instructional perils materials be translated in the language of instruction one example is