african-led rapid interception forces.not there yet, but one thing the international community can offer is the logistical support. these things are not easy to organize and only some countries like the u.s. can provide enough lodge it's u.s logistical support for these communities to intervene rapidly, i think that's the issue. >> we have a very short time left ambassador, he mentioned the u.s. as being one of the countries that could pull this off. is there much interest in this country in doing that? >> i think there is tha strategc interest because of it expanding and impacting other countries. when i was ambassador to the republic of congo i mentioned earlier to you that c.a.r had a coup during that period of time and the impact on congo with the refugees, so i think we get it. i know we are very much involved in dialogue with the french, i know that we tend to provide lift in those particular circumstances, particularly for humanitarian assistance, i know that we are doing that as far as c.a.r is concerned. one thing

african-led intervention forces.we are not there yet, but one thing that the international community can offer is the logistical support. these things are not easy to organize, and only some countries like the u.s. can provide enough logistical support for the regional groups, really, the regional communities to inter convenient rapidl inte. >> is there much interest in doing that? >> i think there is strategic interest in what is happening in c.a.r. because of the potential of it expanding and impacting other countries. when he was ambassador to the republic of congo, i mentioned that the c.a.r. had a coup during that time. and the impact was refugees. i think we get it. we're very much involved in dialogue with the french. which tend to provide lift for those circumstances, particularly for humanitarian assistance, and i know we're doing that as far as c.a.r. is concerned. one thing we haven't had in c.a.r. we haven't had an embassy, an active embassy at c.a.r. for some period of time. >> we'll have to stop it ther

wise there are more african americans on twitter. we know they will always be relevant, but what we are seeing now is twitter is leading them instead of them leading twitter. can they get back to the front? >> what you make of her conversation with the other civil rights leaders? how would you characterize what they view his agenda? >> like the rest of the americans, i think that there is an overall frustration at the pace of the recovery since 2008. she said something interesting, she said we are not in lockstep, but she will not elaborate where. that speaks to the larger -- just like the democratic party does not like to air the differences going on, she was hesitant to criticize the administration or the democrats on specific policy angles. >> one of the things that we know for a fact is that there has been strong criticism from some members of the african-american community of the obama administration as they do not think the white house has paid enough attention to these bedrock supporters. the white house has been concentrating

he has been outreaching to the african-american community. on monday he will be at another predominantly african-american university. he has spoken at other african-american communities in the past. what can the republican party do, lorraine, to maybe break up that bedrock of support that the african-american community seems right now to have had for democrats? african-americans are about their issues. republicans have fought that. i mentioned earlier that the president had put forth the jobs regret the beginning of the administration, and it was defeated. it had never had the kind of support in congress it should have. african-americans see this. , sos clear, it is evident you vote for who support you. we have not seen a lots of support from the republican party. that, there are many members of the house and the whote, who are republican, understand the issues in the african-american community. we just need to connect those dots. work together. i believe we can do this. we are willing, and the naacp -- are willing to extend ofir hand in an e

and ammadu si, with the african growth initiative. mark schroder, how much of the current problem in the central african republic has to do with the fact that there was already a long, troubled place? >> if sfwe look at this most immediate episode we have to take it back to 2003 when the previous president came to power, himself, through a coup. he was overthrown almost a year ago, march last year, and the country has continued to deteriorate and struggle with trying to manage its own security, security gains we saw foreign troops on the ground there, african union and france more troops won't cure what ails the country now? >> the troops will be helpful in doing that. you have to at least create a peace corridor so that refugees that need to get out and the idps that are there that are at least safe so that humanitarian assistance can be provided to them. in the long-term, you are absolutely right. troops, alone, are not going to restore peace to car. it's going to be the people of car coming together to do that. >> right now, they s

the african-american community a separate history from white americans in north america. that had a particular history. much of it is subordination that within that subordination has created a community of culture that are worth preserving as opposed to the deep integration assumption is criticized by the black nationalist of 1960s and 1970s are basically imagines the black community should cease to exist once integrationist and succeed, but there will be a kindness painless genocide is african-americans are integrated into mainstream majority white institutions. so that is the thesis in a nutshell. the good and well-intentioned people in the 1960s and 1970s embraced racial justice that limited the amount that would need to be reformed in american society. for example in legal education s.a.t. schmidts university virginia school of law come a segregated institution by law until the late 1960s was part of the never say die persistence of the state of virginia. when i got there in the early 80s the school had been integrated at least there is no racial exclusion. integratio

in 1923, the african national congress was formed.d by the influence of a young nelson mandela, among others, and formed an armed wing called the spear of the nation. >> do you see africans being able to develop in this country without being pushed out? >> we have made it very clear in our policy that south africa is a country of many races. there is room for all the various races. >> in 1963, mandela was charged with sabotage and conspiracy and sentenced to life imprisonment on robben island. it would take another 27 years of silence and injustice before the inevitable would happen. >> do you believe in apartheid? >> i believe, according to god's will, that the white race should be preserved. >> with south africa's white minority under international sanctions, internal political pressure and the decline of the communist threat, mandela was released from prison in 1990. in '94, he was elected president of the new, free south africa. ♪ there have been very few figures in the entire history of the world as revered or as important as nel

c-span: no african-americans? >> guest: yeah, no african-americans, for complicated reasons. i can see why -- because first of all, they're going after a very unique group of students. you know, these are students who are performing fantastically well. and they're the ones who are, well, all a little crazy. they're the ones who will go out to the desert for two years and commit to helping run a cattle ranch. you know, not many people of any racial background want to do this. and so it's very hard to get someone who's african-american and male who got into harvard. you know, there's a lot of pressure if you're the first in your family to go to college, you know, harvard's offering you a big scholarship, to say, "hey, i'm going to go to the desert for two years instead." so they're working on it, but this shows how even when you're working on these issues in good faith, you can't always just fix them. you can't wish them so. let me give you a very quick example of these racial patterns because i always try to make this concrete when i talk about race. i don't want people to thi

not exactly a very large african-american population. has an african-american governor.tates pretty color blind. there was a time when it was not a color blind city. why do you think massachusetts has gone -- >> being elected post reconstruction to the senate, a great public servant, served well at the state level. massachusetts voters are very sophisticated electorate and vote on values and vote for people who espouse and live those values and they've been open, certainly in recent times, to looking at things a little differently than perhaps other parts of the country and not just judging books by their cover. i think you've seen that with our governor, duvall patrick. i'm proud to be the second black senator from massachusetts. i'm also the second black senator from north carolina. that's where i was born and so was hiram revels, the first senator. >> the south is a different story. there's been -- you're poised to make history. you are pointed but you're poised to make history. the assumption is that you'll win this special election that you're in. it's been a toughe

bbc news, in the central african republic. >> for more on the situation in the central african republic, i spoke a brief time ago with a mirror woods -- -- with amira woods. thank you for joining me. i would like to start with the point and are made in his piece, that earlier intervention may have kept this country together. france is now sending 400 troops in. is it too little, too late? >> for quite some time, people have been clamoring for african union peacekeepers, and for them to be blue helmet did -- blue helmeted u.n. peacekeepers. the central african republic is good at emergency responders. but we need long-term sustained engagement. one colonial power with its own interest, particularly in a resource rich country like the central african republic, may have to short term a window. short-term a window. we need long-term support, resources, backing, and political will to be able to come in and use all the tools in its toolkit. not only the peacekeepers, but those who can most skillfully do the political negotiations to get at the root of the crisis and bring a comprehensive reso

tavis: you were one of the only african -- you were the only african-american in the building.e you ever maltreated? >> not a bit. i was simply another young artist looking to get a job in this fascinating business. i never thought of myself as the first african-american or the first anything. i was simply another artist trying to get my foot in the door. lone: but you were the negro. >> it caused a good deal of amusement for my coworkers as well. tavis: in what way ac? >> i was the only black face in the studio. a writer referred to me in his book as "the lone negro." it sounded to me like an african-american western hero. tavis: [laughter] >> it could have been. it was great. i had a fantastic time working at disney. though i was, in a sense, the couldegro, other people apply for a job. as a person of color and a black man, it is one thing to be applying for a job and wanting to get one. how you wound up inside at disney in a moment, but take me back prior to this. you had a life and the talents long before walt disney discovered you. how did you get into the world of animati

she strived and urged uzas community leader to reach out to the african maench community. this think this is a great way to celebrate and [inaudible] my honor today is to acknowledge and i'm so humbleed he is with us and a lot of colleagues from had ymca are here with us. i would like to ask [inaudible] if anyone else would like to come up from the y as well--oi dpirs met chuck as we worked on a healthy [inaudible] his leadership is amazing. charles cauline is president and chief executive officer of the ymc in san francisco. he is codhaired [inaudible] and he is a leader in building healthier communities and educating all of us about the dangerous riskoffs sugary drinks and unhelty foods that effect especially low income communities. his wife and the team are here as well. mr. caulines was appointed chair by mayor nusem of the physical activities counsel and the cochair [inaudible] ymca of u.s. from 2002-04 he ran as president and ceef executive office the familyancy that does work in san francisco. from 83-2002, he is president of wge ventures ink, which were engaged in

the african troops of their new cd. yes that was providing got the wrong days and the you remember that in december. african union and decided to deploy six thousand troops. the idea we'll see some troops plus the french of course that it's probably in a country and i smiled restaurants it's not enough and we need more troops and more deployments in the country. so although the french president also along asking the un secretary general to accelerate the preparation of the un peacekeeping force for the central african republic david brown when you look at that report. to get the sense that it's going from bad to worse essential up in . yes there certainly is a period of. extreme violence in december. this spring essentially. one western chancellor for education porch. it's been a very serious the muslim population in western corporate apple as other many deaths. departure to their neighboring country of cameroon. sometimes she said. two of the court's north northeast parts of its core. so what works and this is the secr

or all africans born into the americas were muslim.hese west africans -- they were brought out of different places across theica and atlantic and marched across the whole of the americas and over the andes and tracked her movements by following the islamic calendar. they rose up on the holiest day of ramadan. there is a way in which islam -- one of the things i try to make the case for implicitly in the book and explicitly the essay wrote in "the nation," this nation of the clash of civilizations between islamic world and the western world and .he fault line it is just nonsense when you think about the history of slavery. you might as well say islam was present in america from the so, tong, often covertly the institution of slavery. 4, this is the time ,1803, 180 of the first slavery uprising. >> haiti declares itself independent in 1804. a generationpens after the american revolution from a generation before spanish-american wars of independence from the haiti, the first and only slave revolt that leads to the creation of a republic,

and both latino, and african american wealth are the lowest on record.have not had a time since we have been keeping records that black and latino wealth are as low as they are now. and that's the direct result of the housing crisis, and other factors of the economy that exposed those communities more to the hazards that were faced recently, and they are long tail tailed. and we can see that from unemployment rates in those communities. african american unemployment raid is in the double digits, and latino unemployment rate is almost 50% higher than what is the case for the general population that is recorded. if you look at what is happening in terms of black and latino youth unemployment. that's an even more dire picture of what is going on. so these are generational consequences, and usually what happens is that if these things are going to turn around in a recovery, they are sort of a v-shape, so it's going to be a prolonged claw back for those communities as a result. >> and unprecedented numbers of households with no net wealth at all, but that mea

senate has two african-american senators and they're both republican.nificant. >> it's not. >> michael steele, thank you very much. trivia time. it was bill clements jr. who was elected governor in texas in 1978 and became the first republican to hold the office since 1870. congratulations to today's winner, steven anthony. re rheumatoid arthritis, like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. for many adults, humira is proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer, have happened.

i'm african and i am proud of being an african woman.re i come from, the family that i come from, they listen to every different kind of music. can you imagine me bringing james brown music to the village? they will kill it. [laughter] so who is going to tell me we are not allowed to do that? we have to get permission again from the colonizer to do what we want to do? powerl not give them of division over us. no, i don't care. i will live the way i decide to live. it is not easy. the music business is male dominated. when you are a woman and an african woman on top of it. but you know what? you have to stand for something or you will fall for everything. i want to look at myself in the mirror at the end of my life and say i have done my share and no one can take that away from me. they don't like it? i don't force anyone to listen to my music. blues comes from africa. rock 'n roll comes from africa. everywhere you go, africa is there. r&b, hip-hop, name it. go go to africa, just and remove all the barriers you have in your head and go fr

he stepped out to help, african american children. because, we were not sure if the district could help us and he said that i am going to take that chance. superintendent carranza, thank you, thank you, thank you and from the top of the house as they say on the restaurant to the back of the house as they say in the restaurant, this sfsud shines for african american students and we say thank you. and we know that one day, superintendent carranza, and president fewer, there will be some of them sitting in your seats and they will say, remember that i was on the african american honor roll, and you have been with us from the beginning and we say thank you. many of you have written checks for us and we say keep writing those checks and i will take those checks with me tonight, and he always sends me a check and i always say thank you thank you thank you. make sure that we get main stream media attention and we thank you for that. and kevin, and his staff goes beyond the call of duty to help us. and angel la down stairs and adam down stair

the university of memphis has a strong african-american presence and the majority are african-american so they are curious. for many of them they didn't understand why would you want to teach african-american history? it's not your history. it's everyone's history as americans a more broadly in the world. our culture shape the world so for me i come at it from that broader narrative and sort of broader perspective as an american historian. it's just my perspective. >> host: and in terms of forming a perspective, what historian shaped you? what historian would you recommend everyone reading as truly provocative and memorable that teaches us something? >> guest: i can focus that question on the civil rights movement but if you are interested in this narrative history and want to read a more expansive book there is a great book by taylor branch. the subtitle is -- and it focuses in particular on martin luther king but it's a much broader story and does a wonderful job of painting the broad sweep of the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968. for many academic historians they appreciate p

i don't really like the term african-american. we are black people.i think that speaks to an experience we have had. but i think there is no more important thing we can do. we look at black boys being shot in places like florida -- not just florida -- with compete -- complete impunity. people can just say i felt threatened. and if you look at enough images of black boys and black men, you can understand, because we are always playing despicable and depraved people, not dimensional eyes, not fully human, subhuman, as a matter of fact. the 3/5 human thing was something propagated that gained a foothold, and i think perhaps we as a filmmaking people now are adding more fuel to the than then more so dominant culture. i am here to provide a remedy to that. i do not circumscribe anybody's decision to make an artistic statement, but i know a lot of black people, a lot of black men who spend time with their children, love their wives, do the right thing, and i never get to see them. i am trying to provide. the bible is my third film. h four, which you mention

up until that point, although african-americans, particularly free african-americans in the north, hasen organized and those policy issues around slavery, they simply had no access to the white house or to policymakers. lincoln opened up some of that. part of what moved lincoln from being not just anti-slavery, but that you hadnizing to eliminate slavery, that abolition was the only path from hisin part, came discussions with black leaders. not only church leaders but people like frederick douglass. alsois in the film, but conversations with elizabeth cech lee. she is the woman who is alstom -- often seen with mary lincoln. the film is a little bit disingenuous in that you can think that maybe she was a servant, but she was an independent business woman who had basically become best friends with mary lincoln, but she also spent a great deal of time at the white house having discussions with abraham lincoln about race, slavery, the future of the country. her story is important to be was part of ahe contingent of african-americans who is thought to have influence the presidency, addresse

their names, like myself, to african names, to try to embrace their heritage. only looking back, but looking forward to try to develop new societies and new communities and to be able to give our children a legacy that is connected to a liberation movement as opposed to a legacy that was connected to slavery. -- forery much believed instance, one of the major issues as we talked about jackson, he felt the curriculum needed to be changed in schools to be able to give our children more knowledge of their history and heritage. he thought that was connected to low academic achievement in mississippi, which you know generally rates and one of the lowest achieving school systems in the country. he believed in that. i also want to point out that chokwe was an internationalist. one of the last times we spent extensive time together, we were in haiti. i know, amy, you have covered the fight for democracy in haiti. we went there in 2010 to examine what was going on after the earthquake. chokwe and i both held a press conference in port-au-prince, looking at many of the f

fewer than a third of african americans invest directly into the stock market. about 70% of whites have invested in the stock market. another number that's worth looking at,ar mayry mentioned it, home ownership. more than half, almost 70 -- is it 70%, or 73% of the white population, owns their homes. most people middle class people, the way that their wealth comes from is their home. most of their wealth is their home. latinos it is just a tick higher, neither over 50%, so. >> to finance two -- other things some folks don't have it. this number of black and brown people under water. >> right inside you have people that are using false terms getting people to sign on the dotted line, they didn't know what they were signing for, about a third of african americans and maybe 40% latinos could have gotten regular loans but they got sub prime loans because who was giving the loans to them? all of this has to do with the differences in wealth. >> well, chris christopher we have most of 2014, still stretches out ahead of us. do. >> at least it is friending in the right

million african-americans have been disproportionately impacted by the laws.lorida, kentucky, and virginia, more than one in five americans have lost the right to vote. during his speech at the georgetown university law center, he called the laws "unnecessary and unjust." >> after reconstruction, many specificallyes targeted african-americans and diminish the electorate strength of newly free populations. resulting system of unequal enforcement and discriminatory application of the law led to a situation in 1890 where 90% -- 90% of the southern prison population was black. and those swept up in the system too often had their rights rescinded, their dignity diminished, and the full measure of their citizenship revoked for the rest of their lives. they could not vote. in the years since, thanks to the hard work and the many sacrifices throughout history, ed.outlaw we are brought about historic advances in the cause of civil rights. we support critical protections like the civil rights act of 1964 in the voting rights act of 1965. despite this most unimaginable p

quite the amulet that moment to be elected as an african head of state. leo the head of state of the country which is torn apart and sank and on and seek his help or hindrance to the woman in this situation when the mailman the prison told the crew from hospice to say that it's a of my femininity into the tunnel feelings mean michael tackle such problems with lots of realism and sensitivity. i know there are many difficulties ahead of me that i truly believe that we will succeed in your corner the woman thank you for giving us this into the presence of times. laura i i are. sch. i had. the row lulu. eye. i am. you will the eye. the roll over the least it's all a great job. the president buckle them up. the shed. overnight the audience as being false busy but maybe she was the force that is interesting citroen says says universal values and we have feelings for one another. we love america and sold it wouldn't always say sir and you don't have friends that is sometimes too sorry to say so to be told. we said the same you need us to use freedom democracy. e

he's an african-american president. he's a president of all people but, again, he has a responsibility as president to help everyone but he is a black man. and as i said, he understands the issues that we as african-americans face more than any other president that we have had they used to call bill clinton the first black president just for fun but, yes, i think he has more of a freedom. listen, in his first term he didn't do that much about gay rights and gay marriage and it started to happen in the second term. he had to prove himself in the beginning. he had probably more criticism than most presidents because when you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you. he's a spectacle in a way. everyone is being looking to hit him and everyone is looking to punch him and i understand that. as journalists, you weigh whether you should -- how much you should criticize the president because he's black or what have you but then you have to do it because ultimately you're a journalist. he gets it fr

i think the situation of african-americans points to other communities in america. it is time to critically questions of sham ideology that distributes wealth and nauseating lee in american society it is time for communities to join other economic subordinate to the days to overthrow the power. i help critical thought can be some kindling to start a flame to reignite a march 4 justice the likes we have not seen over many decades. >> host: when you were going through school in the '60s and '70s did he seek integration was of good thing? >> i gravimeter georgia i started school with segregated schools i have the typical liberal views that i described. islanders stand will be the people embrace these but i did not have any knowledge access to the alternative way to think about it i describe it to be articulate with my vision but it goes back to the early bid the teeth century in the african-american community. but i do understand that it looks like integration was on the faculty of my high school by putting african-americans and similar positions of the legitimate auth

the independent locally folks don't higher african-american. i live in the fillmore i'm up p there all the time they have wonderful clothes there i don't shop there because they don't have black folks working there. and interesting enough if there was an old navy or gap they'll hire african-americans. in fact, if you go in and out of the shops in fillmore you'll be lucky to find two or three african-american there and if you do they'll be walgreens or starbuck's. let me say i've been here almost 50 years 46 years this year and you could go both a store restaurants anywhere in this city in the old days and you'll see an african-american working in one of the places but not anywhere. things are worse now rather than then. where we had the fight over the home depot i went into every shop longer than the corridor and so you no african-american working there. if you don't go to lows walk through there and look for african-americans. this is one of the most important services that this is look at this so we can get pro-active. thank you >> thank you.

christian militias retaliated. >> for years the central africans got along fine. they came to liberators. it was them who became dangerous and killed the people. that sparked the revolt. >> fear of persecution has been compounded by the discovery of 13 bodies in a mass grave, founded in a camp occupied by rebel soldiers. france is stepping up the country's military commitment. president holland announced it would take 400 troops, taking the numbers to 2,000. >> the generations are being ripped apart. communities with no history of violent conflict, if left unchecked could lead to decades of debilitating conflict. >> now, a full u.n. peacekeeping mission could be sent. on tuesday the secretary-general is expected to ask to send troops to the central african republic. if members follow ban ki-moon's lead, it could be months before soldiers were on the ground. >> security forces in venezuela have dispersed hundreds of protesters who blocked a main highway. police used water canon to break demonstrations on the third day of protests. president nicolas maduro narrow lo

regrouping in eastern central african republic. third there's the really good the commercial that she knew who you are in keeping with that. according to the united nations hundred thousand people have fled their homes bought half of them the capital frosting cats reporters catherine are scant and sometimes so are stationed in north and ninety the synthesis report. three hundred and sixty km north of the central african republic capital where in the town of tiger balm durant. he and the second rebel point is still patrol the streets the rooms that accompanied the huge convoy of muslims being honest the jury. it's not safe. now there's no security or study can see there's nothing that's what with the bottom. i bet if necessary escort the town is surrounded by cool pics of christian and to recommendations. windows down the chance to read it again the army has not disarmed it allows muslims to kill which is not ready to live on the other side of town committee said during his sixteen civilians from the region on me creeping feeling fi

john is the first african-american to win a ski racing medal in the paralympics.he is called one of the most inspiring women in america. marc lamont hill has more. >> i grew up in san diego, california, which is unusual for an african-american with one leg, with no snow, to end up becoming a ski racer. >> voted one of the most inspirational woman in america, bonnie st. john was born with a birth defected that stunted the growth in one of her legs and at 5 years old doctors told her she'd have to amputate. she was determined to have an ordinary life. it was a high school friend who introduced her to skiing. >> it's amazing, she's white, i'm black. she reached out and said, hey, let's go skiing together. so it's -- it's amazing how somebody can change your life. i started skiing and found out there were a lot of other amputees who skied and raced and this is my chance to really find out what i was made of. and see if i could make the u.s. team and so i really went for it. >> did she ever. bonnie made the team in 1984. >> i got to work and see the finish line. i've m

we have got to get more african forces in there. the european union has stepped up with a commitment of 500 or 600 troops. deploying them quickly will be very important. and figuring out what we do next, whether it is a you and peacekeeping mission, you know, the central african state has basically vanished. it is not sustainable for the international community to be the finger in the dike. we have to work together, and through the united nations from the civilian side, the political mission, to build out the state again. supporting theon african troops on the ground at this time. >> that is the u.s. ambassador to the u.s. there, interviewed by our international affairs editor earlier today. a lot of interesting stuff in that interview. let's focus on mali. she seemed to be very clear, the u.s. will help but it will not be sending troops anytime soon. >> yes, no earth shattering revelation in that spirit we have known that the u.s. has not been in a mindset recently about -- following its other middle eastern war advances or misadve

african-american history in particular. it provides a narrative dimension that i just find it fascinating and i want to work with. >> do people ask you that >> more often when i'm teaching a class that deals with history and the university of memphis to teach the course of the majority will be african-americans are curious sometimes because for many of them they didn't understand why would you want to teach it it's not your history d i try to explain it is everyone's history of americans and more broadly in the world. so for me i come at it from the broader narrative perspective it's not the only way. spin it into perspective what would you recommend everyone reading it truly provocative and memorable >> guest: i can put us on that if you're interested in this history and want to read the more expensive works that there is a volume of the movement by taylor branch into those are stories the subtitle they focus in particular on martin luther king, but it is a much broader story than that and he does a wonderful job of painti

to honor our heritage and so many things that are important to the african american community. if you are around tomorrow between 6 and 9, come by and enjoy the fusativities. we hope this can become a annual event where wree celebrate art and culture and the amazing things about the community in san francisco. far too often thaings that are not so great are highlighted and it is time that we remember an occasion like this where we honor amazing people that have a history of committing their life to make a difference in the lives of others. that is what the african american community has always been about and will continue to be about through celebrations like these and the one tomorrow kw how we live our liferbs every day by giving bam to the community. i want to thank you so much for being here and hope you will continue to come back not to just go through the stress of deal wg your faxes and paying your bill, but to participate in the politicalicate process and make sure your voice is hard and push the legislation that makes a difference in the community. wree look forward to