where african-americans don't understand this history. they know they are second-class citizens that isn't any more than though whites do the other thing is i agree it is both a movement that is ready tear take advantage of the civil-rights victories may not have happened without the cold war and they had made some progress and to make racial progress in many areas so i hold out there is hope as a scholar so it is understanding this history but i agree it is not the only weapon. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon find a comfortable seat

that is not just for african-american. -- african-americans, that is for all communities. if you look at what our membership makes up, we are not an exclusive african-american organization. we have individuals who are members of all races. we have officers and local presidents who are latino and who are white and male and female, young and old. we are as diverse as the african-american and broader communities in this countries -- country reflects. susan: mr. johnson, new president of the naacp, thank you very much for being our guest on "newsmakers." as your tenure continues, i hope you will come back. derrick: thank you. susan: gentlemen, i want to start with inside baseball with the naacp. its strength may also be some of its challenges. it is 108 years old 2200 chapters, which means bureaucracy. when you look at polling numbers of african americans and you ask who identifies for their issues, more often you are seeing groups like black lives matter above the naacp. what are the challenges that derrick johnson has in taking on this job? eugene: visibility is one of them.

this became a fundamental" for many mexican-american and african-american folks. there were some successes. in civil rights during the war. franklin delano roosevelt. the initialring years of world war ii's sign executive order 8802 that banned discrimination in the work place and call for fail employment practices, and fair housing opportunities. there are also moments against and resistance to civil rights progress. remember, we have mexicans becoming a larger portion of american urban populations. we have african-americans migrating internally to big cities across the country. eventually by the time we get to the end of the war and during the war as it goes on year by black and brown veterans returning to their old equality.cting this end responses to racism and discrimination and lack of opportunity and the entrenchment. not just of jim crow segregation against african americans in the south, but jim crow and what we might call jaime crowe segregation against mexican-americans in southern california. and elsewhere across the country is commonplace. in 1946, at

the man said jerry lee lewis learned how to play the piano that way from african-americans. the key part of that column is he said how did he know to hate me when he did not know me and had not met me before? we are in a tribe in america now. we think we know everything about a person by putting a label on them, republican, democrat, left, right, secular, religious, whatever. we don't sit down to have a relationship with somebody. that is very sad. host: among his nearly dozen books, what works, commonsense solutions for a stronger america. has it been 12 books you have written? guest: i am working on number 12. i will keep writing until people start buying them. with cal thomas. caller: good morning. i agree with what you are saying. i wanted to make a comment on the mayor in san juan. i saw the same thing with all this food and water behind her. today i was watching, and she had a brand-new shirt that said, we are dying down here, and a hat that said sos. where did she get this and you cannot get food and she is complaining? thatlso made a comment people are dying. geraldo

it causes me to stop and ask the question how was it that this african american community came to lock up so many of its own? and that is what i said to answer in this book. now, the answer to the question is in the book and i hope you buy it and i will sign it. [laughter] but i know you all will not let me out of here until i at least give you a preview. let me tell you some of the main arguments of the book. the first thing we have to understand is crime and addiction and violence and this told that it took on this community and it still takes but especially in the 1960s and again in the 1980s. in the 1960s washington dc homicide rates tripled and it wasn't just dc, it doubled in philadelphia, in cleveland, in los angeles and in dc in 1967 date tested all people and tea entering the dc jail for drugs in her system. in 673% of entering inmates in the dc jail test positive for heroin. one year later in 1968 it was 45%. that is an epidemic. it is not just the numbers, it's also the story. when i went over to george washington library they have archives of many of the former city council

many mexican-american and african-americans and japanese-americans, particularly after pearl harbor in december of 1941, support what was known as the bb campaign. the vv campaign was victory abroad against hitler, mussolini and fascism, but also victory at home for first class membership in american society. you can't win abroad without also winning at home. that you couldn't fight for american democracy overseas without fighting for equal citizenship on the homefront. this became a fundamental and core principle for many medicatio mexican-american, african-american and other folks. there were some successes in civil rights during the war. franklin delano roosevelt, president during the initial years of world war ii signed executive order that banned discrimination in the workplace and called for fair employment practices and fair housing opportunities. there were also movements against and resistance to siff righsiff -- civil rights progress. remember, we have mexican-american becoming a larger portion, we have african-american migrating internally to big cities across the country. e

in 1982 and african-american member of the city council the first african-american police chief and d.c.. to overcome awful racism. those two individuals led the city wide movement in favor of mandatory minimums. they pass not the city council but anybody who lives in d.c. went to the polls you could have voted. to pass mandatory minimums for:so that was repealed but those minimum still exist. this is one of the reasons. to get rid of the african-american and elected officials because as we speak with all that we know with their racially disparate impact at the public defender service. they cite all the evidence they're not making any headway. we have a lot of work to do. >> [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] where is is our sense of resistance? [inaudible] [laughter] [applause] >> and i think what we need to do is spend more time listening to you. [laughter] you are right. i do think that by lovell of the fighter was lost but i also think it is always the case was in the ability to fight right before it begins. so i predict that would be the case if

he is one of the most respected african-american scholars.season pages big names. -- features many boldfaced names, like scarlett johansson, larry david, and bernie sanders. here is a look. >> we match your dna against anybody who has been in my series. if you have long identical stretches, that means your cousins. >> i have some cousins? >> yes. >> i hope it is a good athlete. what the hell! you are kidding. oh my god. that is unbelievable! is it true? >> it is true. >> that is so funny. that is really funny. that is amazing. ok, cousin bernie. >> they talk about larry david and they say he does a better bernie sanders than i do. [laughter] charlie: i'm glad to have you back. dr. gates, jr.: nice to be back. charlie: bernie sanders and larry david are cousins. you never know what is hiding in your genome. this is the fourth season. dr. gates, jr.: remember, it started in 2005. it was called african american lives and i wanted to do a 21st century version of alex haley's roots. i wanted to get a prominent african-americans and trace their fam

and to be in this area african-americans have fewer places to run and ago and in addition. with native and american individuals. but these individuals were able to run away from canada us to michigan and. remember canada was not always a free place. so there is a historian here. with the underground railroad. so one thing to point you to but layperson is believed to be the model when he and his wife and child were taken into the camp to spend the night they had people that they stayed with pointed them in the right direction. >> but i am interested with those cultural differences. is there something?. >> it isn't a cultural difference but in detroit to the numbers were small. but they will see that. and then with the infrastructure in detroit. and people are using their innovation and creativity. and did not know what they were doing. and make that difficult to sit down to write these letters. and with that population and what has left a little things out. >> thanks for coming. but seen in natural disaster. can you explain that?. >> but over the last decade and then to focu

this is not something that is heard amongst the african american community.e saw images of white jesus. we saw images of white men being superior, and then you come with this rhetoric, the black man is the original, and it's transforming. >> when elijah mohammed died in 1975, his son redirected the movement. instead of black supremacy, he embraced the more inclusive ideas of mainstream islam, and hundreds of thousands of followed him. >> we thank all mighty god for allowing us to be here amongst one another again and to give praise and glorification unto him. >> 47-year-old mahaj is an imman, a religious leader who presides over worship. >> don't fall into the negative ideas. be industrial. be a productive and enlightened part of this society. >> he prides himself on his role in the community and his place as a black muslim in american history. >> we are not a new face to islam. we are the indigenous muslims of north america. >> islam first came to america in the belize of slave ships. but the story of black muslims goes all the way back to the prophet muhamm

include an african-american forced off a flight and african-american woman who purchased two first class tickets and was moved to coach while her white companion was allowed to stay in first class. naacp says these examples and a couple of others suggest racial bias and cannot be dismissed as normal or random. >> it's an unfortunate thing that this is happening to a certain set of people. >> american airlines responded to the advisory with an invitation to the naacp to meet saying we are committed to having a meaningful dialogue about our airline and are ready to both listen and engage. no word on when that meeting will take place. live at s fo >>> colin kaepernick dropping his story tole publishers. >> signed a $1 million book deal with random house. sources tell sister network espn that no deal is in place. that seems very unclear at this point. kaepernick started protesting during the national anthem last season when he refused to stand for it to protest racial inequality and police brutality. this month filed a grievance against the nfl that owners haves colluded to keep him out of t

the naacp has issued a travel advisory urging african-americans to reconsider flying american airlines. after a series of troubling incidents, the group says they're concerned about how black passengers are being treated. news 4 has more. >> reporter: bad behavior. the advisory issued by the naacp, the nation's largest social justice advocacy organization, warns of what it calls a corporate culture of racial insensitivity and possible racial bias on the part of american airlines. news 4 spoke by phone to the >> we have received a number of complaints about american airlines treatment of african-americans on their flights. >> reporter: among the incidents cited african-americans downgraded from first class seats they purchased to coach without explanation and difficulties in being able to access wheelchairs and strollers to deboard planes. shelton describes the treatment of an naacp board member on a flight from ragan national to north carolina. >> two hecklers behind him recognized him and decided to mess with him, decided to actually give snide comments about him and even threaten him

lives and i only did african-americans. the truth is that i wanted to do a 21s century version of alex halley roots and i wanted to get eight prominent african-americans. and i would trace their family tree back to the abyss of slaffery, the tomb of slaffery because that is when records for black people disappear, obviously. and then what i call, reverse the pass age through dna and find out what ethnic group they were from in africa like alex halley claimed that he did. is so i got oprah win tree, chris tucker, quincy jones, it was an experiment. and it was a big hit. and so pbs asked me to do a sequel. and we called african-american lives too and we did morgan freeman the man who played god and the president, maya ang lou. >> rose: all people who were famous and celebrities. >> yeah. >> rose: and the idea is what, that their lives will be more interesting to people. >> yeah, well, you know, viewerrers real people without tune in want to look over your shoulder. >> rose: which is the reason they want to know about people t

one of the things we did was go on local history tours, put on by african-american groups such as african-american culture and historical museum, which is our county back in ann arbor. a tour that really stuck with me, focus on the underground railroad. i learned for the first time just how active southeastern son michigan has been in the underground railroad and began to recognize some important sites not just there but in our town of ann arbor. and got to the historical museum. i hope you'll go if you've never been there, and also go to the detroit historical museum again. i'm sure you've been there. at that museum had the underground railroad exhibitor it was small but enough to get our imaginations going. so students and i in that year, this was around 2009 i think, we did research, the projects and that's what open the door for me into local history, it's what got me interested in what has taken place in this area regarding the underground railroad. that's why started with the underground railroad. i was doing research on women in particular, and a woman named laura who was from, raised in th

and the majority of the population is african-american. at the time she registered, we d no elected officials and happy to report to you that the sheriff is african-american, the so her work and has not been in vein. s you also indicated the devil busy creating tricks, the disenfranchised, voter d.d., voting polls, making it difficult for people in rural areas to get to the polls to vote especially in areas where you don't have public transportation. 100th ha mrp er's birthday should be rededicating ourselves to her legacy. d everyone loves to quote is and she is sick and tired after being sick and tired. that goes a long way with the administration being in washington now. hamer's spirit will live on. visited n karen bass her give in mississippi and it was very touching. e community in her death has really embraced not only she, a her husband and created monument to her memory. when i was a freshman member of his body, i named the post office in louisville, mississippi after her. and i'm happy to say the mayor of louisville, mississippi i

pbs asked me to do a sequel and we called it african-american lives 2.d morgan freeman. -- maya angelou. charlie: the idea with their lives would be more interesting to people? dr. gates, jr.: viewers, real people who to do and want to look over the shoulder -- charlie: they want to know about people and their families. dr. gates, jr.: right. here is when the brands changed. i get a letter, charlie, i started getting all these letters from people. i got a letter from a russian- jewish woman who says i've always admired your career and your stance on multicultural diversity. seasons ofing two african-american life i decided you're a big, fat racist because you only do black people. [laughter] my focus is african-american studies. i have studied that since i was 26 years old. i had to ask friends and pbs, can i expand the brand? we decided we would do that. why wouldn't we showed the fabulous experience with everybody? we did a show called faces of america. experiment.r-hour i know how difficult black people, but how you pick what people? and then what abo

i do not want to be just the best african-american -- i want to be the best person.y influenceses: are voted very much and being black, like all other black writers, i pulled from all sorts of literature. charlie: barack obama. does he have a different attitude about what america than you do? ta-nahesi coates: probably, yes. by his: he was raised mother who was white, he knew why people but he did not view them harshly. >> no, you did not. point,: but you make the -- -- >> i make the point -- it is not new in african-american history to have a white family, but he had a waste family that embraced him as a black person. it was not a problem that she had a white family that embraced he had a white family that embraced him as a black person. -- he was notl made to feel any type of way, any type of negative way about the fact of being black. his family and, many ways was the conduit to the african-american experience, the culture, the politics. give mother and father taking him to just clubs. that is a very different thing. i have not been encountered stories like that.

i want to talk about these african-american women during the war. the battles they waged to support themselves and to dismantle segregation and what they could for the war. i also want to talk to you about those women who worked in philadelphia elsewhere to remake their own families that had been torn apart with slavery. there are three groups of women that we are going to talk about to get an idea of the experience of women during the war. all right. we will start with the teacher. that seems appropriate. unt is where we will start. we will hear more about her in just a minute. to give you a sense of where these battles are being waged. the battle that she is going to wage against racism is in the streets of the city. emilie davis records most of her struggles in the diary. we do not know if she took a public stand against racism and segregation that she saw in the city of valdosta, but we can tell by reading her diary that her expectations rise during the war. she becomes increasingly frustrated when she comes up against limitations to her expecta

this is the first statue of an african-american in a majority african-american city.e had a conversation around taking down the rizzo statue. we got an afro pick. you know, this disingenuous way with which we treat the majority of our citizens in this philadelphia has to stop. octavius catto -- i spent moments on monday in some quiet time with our octavius catto statue, and i was moved by seeing someone who looked so much like me and on the city hall apron. and that's a moving moment. i hope that continues with more moving moments of african-americans. there are any number -- w.e.b. du bois, paul robeson -- that we could be honoring, and i think we should. >> real quick, larry. >> can i give props to sam katz? because it was like 2009 when he started talking about octavius catto, and i give him all the credit in the world, because i think that and the book by murray dubin and dan biddle really brought this to the fore. >> and the work of carol lawrence, jim straw, and jim kenney to make sure this statue came to life. >> "inside story" will be right back. >> "inside st

so i thought i'm going to have to look back into african-american history and back into the history of own family so that i can have a story to give to him, one in which he can see himself as a victor and feel and believe that he comes from overcomers. but i didn't believe that myself. so i began looking back, and very early on i found something that no one in my family knew existed, and it was sort of funny. iou learned about my grandmother appearing in a news program in the mid 1960s. andd- until i actually got the film footage, which took four years, everyone in my family thought i had the wrong grandfather, that i was mistaken, until they got to see for themselves. but this is what i saw which has since changed my life and informed the work with i've done in the last ten years -- the work i've done in the last ten years. of course it wants to restart. i think i'm good. okay, heree we go. we should have sound. i'm just going to go back to the beginning for you. >> the white men think he's a hard work, care-free negro. hehe has his own place in the negro district where he works by da

an african american.ou know what moves them the most is not knowing where they are from in africa, it is knowing the names of their enslaved ancestors and, if you're lucky, the white people. giving them dignity and finding out where their names come from. because the overwhelming percentage of african-americans took their names from some white person who owned their ancestors. charlie: there was a ben affleck story. ben affleck did not want you to disclose, and you didn't. there was a little business there was a little business about investigating that. does that happen often? was that an isolated example of how someone comes and says, this is embarrassing to me, whatever it might be? dr. gates: it never happened since, and people know the rules. you cannot ask for something after it is filmed to not be disclosed. charlie: to stay with the idea, are people frequently embarrassed? it is not all heroic or romantic. it often might be someone that is in their ancestry. someone very bad. dr. gates: someone mad

the naacp issuing a travel warning for african-americans on american airlines flight. there has been a pattern of racially insensitive incidents. in one instance an african-american man was allegedly were wide to relinquish his seat on a flight to north carolina from d.c. because he responded to discriminatory comments made by unruly white passengers. american airlines says it is disappointed in the advisory and says it is committed to providing a positive and safe travel experience for everyone. larry: ed northam hitting the trail hard today, just 13 days until virginians elect a new governor. northam started the day in leesburg, where he will be joining a panel on the virginia opioid crisis. they then are heading out to percival, berryville, and winchester. ed gillespie campaigning today in crosby county, visiting volunteers at the spotsylvania phonebank in fredericksburg. polls show them both in a virtual deadlock. if anything big happens on the campaign trail, you will be the first to know by downloading our free abc seven news app. the prince george's county volun

in its decision, the 4th circuit said the law would target african-americans with almost surgical precision. but we can't just count on the courts doing right thing. that's why senate depths continue to call for a proactive legislative agenda to increase the opportunity for people to exercise the right to vote in our country. our members have introduced legislation on election securityer, expanding voter registration, creating more opportunities for voters to cast their ballots. chief among our proposals is the voting rights advancement act sponsored by senator leahy, co-sponsored by nearly the entire senate democratic caucus. meanwhile, the trump administration continues to proprotomoat the unfounded narrative of widespread voter fraud with its so-called election integrity commission and its attempt to acquire a vast amount of personal information on american voters. protecting voting rights should be bipartisan. i think all of us feel that way. should be a no-brainer. it should be bipartisan. and that's why i'm very disappointed that republicans in congress have refused to hold any hearin

today, as an african-american leader of this company, you're obviously a visible symbol of african-americanership in the business world, but when you ultimately decide to do something different, are there other diverse leaders in this company that you've been able to recruit? do you have a lot of other african-american leaders? women? other people of different ethnic backgrounds? how have you been able to do that? yeah, i think what we've been very, very focused on is diversity. and we have a quadrat of people around the world that i think can move up in this company and i think that's important. outside of american express, you have been very involved in some philanthropic things. one that i am very familiar with as well, is the african american history enclosure museum where you've been the leader in trying to get americans to contribute to that, and very successfully, you have gotten i think over $300 million now has been contributed as a result of your efforts. how did you manage to convince people to give over $300 million to that cause? well, first let me thank you, david, because you

and was the second african-american woman ever elected to the united states senate. we need are now more than ever. now more thanris ever. she has helped lead the charge against the politics of hate and fear in washington with courage, compassion, and love. it is our honor to welcome a personal hero and champion for community, u.s. senator harris. [applause] >> hrc. [applause] hi, everybody. [applause] evening, good evening. what a fabulous night. [applause] and what a wonderful speech earlier from the other hrc, how about her? [applause] sandy, to my great friend chad, and everyone here, thank you so very much. friend marky dear to my first hrc dinner in 1999, i have been proud to stand with this organization, not only as a friend, but as an advocate and and ally. over the years, we have experienced many ups and downs, victories and defeats. success and struggle. here to we are not only reflect on progress, but to recommit ourselves to the fight we face. we are at all now point in the history of our country. i think of this as a moment like the time my parents first

. >> of the prince georges african-american museum and cultural center. >> yes. >> next to me we have angela alwaysbrooks which you know aspirins georges states attorney but she will be the keynote speaker. talk about the importance of arts in our community. malik, i'm going to talk to you first about what was the idea, the concept behind this festival and how long has it been in the works to come to fruition. >> the previous executive director, chanel compton, this was her child. she came up with the idea. she collaborated with the staff at the museum and they've been in talks earlier in year. it has been a year in the making. we hope it will be an annual festival. the idea is to only the black women of prince georges county but for all of the residents of prince georges county. >> is this the first year that you will be focusing on black women artist or is that the theme every year? >> we hoping it will be the running theme. women by far and large are not represented at the same level as men, and in particular black women and black trans. we want to be clear that the space is welcom

on the contrary, his family in many ways was a conduit to the african-american experience, the african-american culture, politics, his mom, dad, taking him to jazz clubs. that's a very different thing. >> rose: to the black culture. i've not encountered stories like that. i've encountered stories of black people with a white parent but not in which the white parent is -- frankly, the white family is that loving. >> rose: and wanted to make sure he understood and appreciated the black culture. >> yeah, that is different. >> rose: but do you also believe that it in a sense restrained him in some way because his experience had been different so that he didn't -- he didn't want to be talking about race all the time? >> yeah, i mean, i think most black people don't want to be talk about race all the time. i have my own suite of curios tees i would love to be talking to you about right now. >> rose: but you wrote the book. >> i did. >> rose: the bodge is the subject. >> the book is the subject. i think the difference is, charlie, not so much because i think actually he spent a lot of time thinking an

he is an educator and community leader and the first african-american to attend little rock high school for 10th, 11th and 12th grades before graduating in 1962, dr. sybil jordan hampton. [applause] dr. hampton: please be seated. thank you. good morning. welcome to this historic day. thank you to each of you who are here today. some have traveled from down the block and others have come from around the country and overseas. as i look out into the crowd, i see many familiar faces, many longtime friends, and i also see many new faces. no matter how far you travel to be here or how many people in this room you know, please know that we are honored to have you here. without you here in this audience, the event would not be complete. you are a key component of this commemoration ceremony. now, please rise for the presentation of colors by the arkansas 31st air force junior rotc from little rock central high school. this will be followed by the pledge of allegiance. this pledge will be led by the student body presidents of each of little rock's school district five high schools. after the ple

and was the second african-american woman ever elected to the united states senate and we need her now more than ever. [applause] over the last nine months she has helped lead the charge against hate and fear in washington with courage compassion and love. it is our honor to welcome a personal hero and a champion for their lgbtq community from the great state of california, u.s. senators kamala harris. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> hrc. [cheers and applause] >> hi everybody, hi. good evening, good evening, good evening and to my dear friends. what a fabulous night. and what a wonderful speech earlier from the other hrc. how about her. [applause] so to kristin sandy, two might great friend cass griffin and everyone here thank you so very much. you know ever since my dear friend mark leno brought me my very first hrc dinner in 1999. [applause] i have been proud to stand with this organization not only as a friend but as an advocate and an ally. [applause] over the years together we have experienced many ups and downs, victory and defeat, success and struggle. so tonight

there was this group of african-american women working at nasa. they were part of a much larger cohort of women from all backgrounds doing the work at all of the different nasa centers. there were women computers working in the army and the navy. they were working at -- which was the precursor to at&t and basically founded the communications revolution. virtually, everywhere he found technological progress that required numbercrunching, there were women! they were living excel spreadsheets. and this work was considered professional work. it was very necessary but literally, the woman at nasa were classified as sub- professionals pay which meant they were both clerical employees. they were not as high in the hierarchy as the men who were engineers who were considered professional employees. and so, i think that that is a large reason why this work was invisible. they were kind of the equivalent of our computers sitting on our desk doing the work today and yet, without them, all of these advances would not be possible. >> i'm interested in how you d

african-americans grapple with every day. african-americans are three times more likely to be killed by police than white people. that's a reality. that's not a perception. the facts speak for themselves. despite being only 13% of our population, nearly 25% of those killed by police in the united states each year are african-americans. that's a reality. that's not a perception. and nearly 99% o

labor unions made it difficult for african americans to get work for employers refusing to hire. the unsanitary living conditions in south los angeles historically segregated that was the driving force. with those two years and many of them and that was a resistance the recent surge of killings and the first recorded killing of the african-american male from lapd april 1927 the community launches a massive protest campaign. >> and the refusal of those local leads to address the issue of police brutality was the trigger for 1965. >> 17,000 in the los angeles jails today what is the california population?. >> i don't know offhand. >> as a liberal progressive beria why such a large prison population?. >> that is a good question. >> and that the state level in particular much of that is the of policies that led the rise of mass incarceration and all of that comes out of foster angeles. also about california and it is also about the country's. >>. >> and it comes back to the policies and practices with those that are policing. so those that are adopted across the country that is true

and white is an african-american recruited into the astronaut corps. those are amazing stories, fascinating stories and people involved. those are very worthy. i'm working on a next book that doesn't have to do with nasa, i spend so much time even now reading about people who were involved with the hidden figure story. >> perhaps you can write that? >> you do mention ed in the book, your name and your question. >> i am a little nervous. i saw the movie, predominantly white. people applauded, people were crying. my wife was crying, the man next to her was crying, the asian woman next to her was crying and i wonder what you felt, was revoked that deep emotion? tears of joy, tears of sadness? what about the emotional impact? >> i have seen the movie ten times in different settings and it is the same in hampton where everybody knows the people, with -- so many settings and it has been that. i think it is -- there are these ideals, things we want to believe about who we are, who we can be, and maybe what that movie does is shows us an instance of closing th

many african-americans who are our members, who are our customers. we teach them how to avoid conflict, how to be prepared, how to put themselves in a situation so that they don't appear to be a threat because that's what anyway, not just african-americans can be a nice to know how to do that. >> host: what are some of the ways of doing that? >> guest: well, one of the first ways is to get in the habit of living in condition yellow. when i say condition yellow i'm referencing the cooper colorcode system, condition white is a condition you in that's the lowest level of awareness. that's when you're walking down the street staring at your cell phone and your completed oblivious to your surroundings. condition yellow is you got a cell phone in your pocket, walking confidently, looking around, you know your surroundings. to a perpetrator, that's the last person they want to mess with because they see it coming. then there's additional colorcode for when there's an actual threat. that's a perfect example. real quickly back to this concept of every time th

the african american is the less of a man especially. a man. to change the. federal investigation is the. whole interview requests. the sheriff isn't interested in any questions. twice as high as the us average. which makes it a world record. of the sixty four sheriffs manages his prison. they are elected by fervent supporters. any explanation to anyone. for every prisoner the state pays twenty four dollars a day. the sheriff used that money as they see fit. we leave plots to meet one of these powerful men next stop the forced parish one hundred thousand residents in cajun country. illegally good work this morning the sheriff's asking about it and you come as. and we have no one to process this morning right how many have you process so for us it's ok and how many you have left the process just two more are they warrants or arrest arrests. and so person comes here and the booking officer takes over that points to start booking anyone this morning. does get a mins. ok. stefan forming question back on this want to go. down is out. and i'll visit lasted for two

it's issued a travel advisory urging african-americans all over the country to reconsider flying with american >> the naacp says this is rooted in several recent incidents involving the treatment of black passengers. news4's jackie benson is live for us at reagan international tonight. this could have a big impact on americans' bottom line. >> reporter: jim, this is an unprecedented action. bad behavior. the advisory issued by the naacp, the nation's largest social justice advocacy organization, warns of what it calls a corporate culture of racial insensitive and possible racial bias on the part of american airlines. news4 spoke by phone to the naacp's hilary shelton. >> we have received a number of complaints about american airlines' treatment of african-americans on their flights. >> reporter: african-americans downgraded from seats they purchased to coach without explanation and difficulty access strollers and wheelchairs to deplane. >> two people behind him recognized him and decided to mess with him, decided to actually give snide comments about him and even threatened him. when

or african-american females or color of experience.hy is there so few? >> you cannot give me a reason that makes any sense. you really cannot. to me, it makes no sense than it is to be changed. it does not surprise me when the response comes. >> you are a bit modest in a sense that it takes a great deal of courage and conviction and commitment to write something which has yet to be celebrated, to write something which have yet to find an audience. you were courageous to do that. in a real sense, you want a loan, you were just there first. you got there first and the rest of us caught up with the story, that takes a great deal of, takes a strong constitution to see that they might not get this now. if i write this in a year or two or three or four or five, no catch up to it and they'll get it. that takes a lot of, you know, a lot of -- yeah. >> yeah, i guess? i kind of don't know how to be. i was raised in an academic home where you follow what you are passionate about. my father is a fantastic teacher, '76, he's still teaching at the u

issues a travel warning to all african american customers who fly with american airlines will have their concerning message coming up on our team their. clothes though it is wednesday october twenty fifth four pm in washington d.c. i'm on your part phil you're watching our team america we start this afternoon with a revelation about the now famous dossier on donald trump and its true origin the hillary clinton campaign and the d.n.c. helped fund the research on trunk which contained allegations of russian connections to the trunk campaign artie's ed schultz has one story. the dust ca was produced by former british intelligence officer christopher steele he was sub contracted and hired by fusion g.p.s. after fusion g.p.s. was hired by clinton campaign lawyer mark elias according to thor hall percent from the human rights foundation fusion g.p.s. is a smear firm hired to politically destroy people all recent claims he was targeted by fusion for work he did in venezuela under cover in corruption. the truth dossier funded by the clinton campaign in the d.n.c. contains salacious details about

there are no more majority african-american districts in virginia but there are two african-american congressman from virginia in large part because of bobby scott. hello to dr. abdullah. virginia state. i am not an alum but they're in the district. g good to see you. professor robinson. good to see you, ma'am. good to see you all. this is the next front tier. educational equity. how do we achieve that, what does it look like and what does it mean. you'll develop good thoughts here today. i promise you these are thoughts this will be carried forward by the congressional black caucus in one form or another as we try to address this very important issue. thank you for being here. good luck with your deliberations. we look forward to hearing what you come up with. [ applause ] >> and now we'll begin with the program. melanie, if you will rejoin us. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, congressman scott. we are going to open with greetings from mr. john king, president and ceo of the education trust and former secretary of education under president barack obama. [ applause ] >

the director of hutchins senter for african american research at harvard university. the honorable mark, mayor of the city of little rock. cameron shawly midwest regional director, national park service. the honorable asa hutchinson, governor of arkansas. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 42nd president of the united states, william jefferson clinton. [ applause ] >>> ladies and gentlemen, please give a special welcome to the little rock nine. dr. patila bills. elizabe elizabeth egbert. earnest green. gloria ray, carlata renear. dr. terrence roberts. mini jane brown tricky. thelma mothershed, wier. and join us in remembering the late jefferson thomas. ladies and gentlemen, the little rock nine. [ applause ] >>> please welcome to the podium our mc for today. an educator and community leader and the first african american to attend little rock central high school for 10 lth, 11th and 12th grades before graduating in 1962. dr. civil jordan hampton. >> please be seated. thank you. good morning. welcome to this historic day. thank you to each of you who are here tod

to appeal to his base. fight with african americans to appealto his base.ess, he says i disagree with the kneeling protest because it alienates people who could be persuaded to the cause. it is difficult. you have to explain dr king's philosophy. it is not a matter of whether he is wrong and their right and his right or their wrong and his wrong, it is about understanding the context in the spirit of dr king. i think both are right because the negotiation and direct action are part of the process , direct action are part of the process, but you have to note when direct action comes into play. —— know. and so i would say that i support people's right to stand by their conscience and what they believe is right. my father used to say we have a right to protest for right. do you think is approach is releva nt right. do you think is approach is relevant in the 21st century? there has always been a debate. people can debate until the cows come home. truth always prevails. at the end of the day, it is very relevant to bite this african—american lawyer said in octo

saying that african-americans political power, african-american citizenship itself is inherently illegitimate and that's been at the heart of the political project of white supremacy from the very beginning of things. that's what toppled reconstruction and a river of blood, that's what overthrew the government of north carolina, the democratically elected interrelational fusion movement, not perfect, far from it it was overthrown by force and by murder in the streets, by theft and by guarding the ballot boxes. there were counties in north carolina which had a black majority and went 90% in favor of this new constitutional amendment to disenfranchise themselves. i suspect that not. they overthrew the government, they put in place the jim crow order of the segregated south and a racial cash system, echoes of what we are still living with to this day, but which began to shake and tremble in the 1950s and one of the largest tremors came from money mississippi where 14-year-old boy was butchered like a hog because he had violated the racial added to of the jim crow south. this crisis of race that

then one body you the most the target african-american. with under their own heart and not. in the same boat as log out of your man ya know that's why i got to know. the people there really is a fake us man good one john. many relaying silence to for fear of reprisals. they don't. they don't. communicate always aggressive. press and try to search. for. any one of them as it is about. this that they won't do that lone they don't give a damn if you didn't show the nut. low if you can beat a good beating. there's a good line of. god to a. car with no. one to two thousand ford and about a. course or just the courthouse. status some people leaders from saying then your parish. they come in pairs like coming back in time because they have jim crow mentality. that the african american is less of a man especially the male is less of a man. to change the. federal investigation is the. whole interview requests. the sheriff isn't interested in any questions. twice as high as the us average ten times. which makes it a world record. the sixty four sheriffs manages his own prison. and the