saying that mainstream agencies couldn't market to black america. only black agencies were qualified to do that. in making their stand they cemented the constitution constitutional bias that kept them out of the industry. but i resist it. i could see it. still working at ben ton and bodle -- throaft stake their claim across the street marginalizing themselves the moment they stepped out the door. if they wanted black accounts with few exceptions that's what they would get. despite the drawbacks with the black advertising niche became available and many agencies quickly defected. they offered a comfortable atmosphere. no black ceiling, decent money, and the chance to do important work. with no pressure to replace the black agencies didn't. when they checked black on black hiring in the industry the percentage had fallen from a high of 3.5% to a new low of 1.7%. both of those numbers include cuss dollial and clear clal positions. madison of a forgot about black people. they were free to go back to snorting cocaine and banging their secretaries. the bas

recent interview with black enterprise magazine president obama said he is not the president a black america he is the president of the united states of america still that hasn't satisfied people who believe he needs to do more to help african-americans in poor communities the fact that black unemployment is consistently fourteen fifteen percent. twenty plus percent for african-american males that's that's a crisis. african-americans overwhelmingly supported president obama four years ago but since then blacks in the u.s. have also been disproportionately affected by the economic downturn i've been they've been around here my whole life and i've just seen the structures crumble while the u.s. unemployment rate remains right a bug eight percent the jobless rate for blacks is near great depression levels in places like los angeles one in five african-americans is without work yet while it is unconscionable. we don't know what the side of the we don't know a lot on this trip that he's in the united states i'm not there but we don't know that things are so bad the congressional black caucus and

gotten worse and that is some black leaders asking if obama is doing enough for the black for black america our kids are mungle indo has the story. this is the mess the united states is a mess trash on the streets poverty and homelessness urban decay these unsightly scenes are really witnessed by the obama's went fund raising in los angeles but it's something you want to caleb and her neighbors are faced with every day i think he needs to come down to the lower level and see what we're going through in a recent interview with black enterprise magazine president obama said he's not the president a black america he's the president of the united states of america still that hasn't satisfied people who believe he needs to do more to help african-americans in poor communities the fact that black unemployment is consistently fourteen fifteen percent the size twenty plus percent for african-american males that's that's a crisis. african-americans overwhelmingly supported president obama four years ago but since then blacks in the u.s. have also been disproportionately affected by the economic down

he is the president of black america. you know that you are, and you know that's why we elected you. we wanted to see one of us in office. and we're -- we are at the very -- we're the base of barack obama, we're his base, and i think -- you would see george w. bush talk directly to his base sometime in clear tones in way barack does through code switching but doesn't talk districtly to his base. sometimes as a black person that is frustrating. >> what other american president, when he tells the story of american greatness. they all do here is why america is great. what other american president has made the contributions, the life stories of black americans and black women in particular, the core of how he tells that story? on the night he's elected, he stands there in grant park in chicago and tells the story through the eyes of anna mai cooper. i hear you, okay, maybe he doesn't. for real like who else ever in the history of american politics, and they were just having a talk, made us the center of it? i'm not sure i buy

we asked black america once again to step up and do what we need to do. we do not endorse a candidate. we do say vote for what is right, what is scriptural, and what is honorable, and we do not want america to go down the drain, starting on a slippery slope with a black president. it might look good today. he might be finished today. he might be proper today. but when your children, and tell you they're going to marry a person of the same-sex, you are not going to be very happy, and very angry you it into the big lie. thank you very much. if there are any questions, i am available. >> if president obama does not change his stance, is the coalition ready to support kennedy mitt romney? >> we are not going to support any candidate. that is not our role. we are going to let our mission be known, and our mission is to keep marriage between a man and woman. we will not get into the politics of it. we have a social issue that we will invest, but not get into the public -- political realm. >> what about critics who are against gay marriage, and the administratio

as i say, in the title of the chapter, chicago is the political capital of black america, and particularly the southside of chicago. of the, what, four u.s. senators that have existed at least since reconstruction, you know, of the u.s. senators we have had, most of them come from the southside of chicago, senator barack obama, and then the gentleman who is put in to replace him, all african-americans. and it's really a part of the paradigm of the city itself in so many ways. chicago has long been one of the most racially segregated cities in america. and so it's a paradox that segregation has led to this very compact, to mostly large black communities on the website of chicago, and particularly on the southside of chicago, that has continuously delivered large number of black folks for democratic party candidates. and so that's one of the paradox of white house political strength of the other is that the role of blacks lay within the democratic party, in many ways, and they read dealt from the machine, particularly started in 1970, that many who went on to become mayor, started out in the

what is diablo for poor black america? i disagree with you. do not think we have made any strides -- what is the outlook for poor black america? i disagree with you. i do not think we have many strides out of poverty. he has looked out for the gay and lesbian divinities. he has looked up for illegal -- gay and lesbian communities. he has looked out for illegal immigrants. look at many cases were young black men are being killed right and left. anyone with half a brain cell can understand that mitt romney and paul reihan are not really looking out for -- host: did you vote for president obama in the last election? caller: no, i did not. when i did our research about him, he has no idea what people like me are about. he has been basically cultivated by white america. host: are you going to vote in this election? caller: are not going to vote for either one. host: no connection to either of the candidates. guest: in terms of african- american progress in this country, it would be responsible for anyone to say we have not made economic, social, ed

what is the outlook -- what does the outlook out of your eyes, poor black america because i disagree with you. i don't think we made strides because the black president, but what cultivated by white america, and he was so much of a black president for the black people, then how come we're still -- not to make light of it, but last on the totem pole? looked out for the gay and lesbian community, illegal immigrants, and yet, we have the highest unemployment rate, all kinds of crimes committed towards us. look at the trayvon martin case, d.j. henry case, and other cases that young black men are killed like it's hunting season. we are -- anybody with half a brain cell can understand that mitt romney and paul ryan are not lookingous. >> host: did you vote for president obama in the last election? >> caller: no, i didn't vote for president obama because when i did my research about him, he has no idea what people like us are about. he basically has been, like i said earlier, cultivated by white america. >> host: are you voting this year in the presidential election? >> caller: not going to

blacks in america felt that if they ran from virginia to massachusetts they'd be free. but it didn't work and it started with a call freedom suit, but it wasn't. then he had a tremendous influence from people in france. he had found something called a society for friends of the blacks. but that wasn't the first time the french had come together. the french had slave and congress, and senegal in places like dykema said they they were becoming wrist by that. at one point there was much debate. it was formed with ideas of freedom and no slaves. in fact, some of the work and what he did those who brought about the haitian revolution in 1791. a lot of this can be traced to the ideas that they eventually put forth. >> host: professor jackson, is anthony benezet known at all today? wears his legacy? >> guest: very important question. next will be 300 years. it is one reason i decided to write this book. everywhere that they would see his name. i mainly thought at first with blacks. who would the audience know? they would know w. e. b. dubois. he wrote about him in his phd thes

but by him winning there, i think that said not just to white america, but it said to black america as well that he was a viable candidate, and people began to say, well, we'll take a second look at him. he also got some major endorsements which did not hurt as well. oprah winfrey early on decided that she was going to support barack obama and began campaigning for him. ultimately, jesse jackson, al sharpton, others came on. but i think, clearly, it was just a movement. it was a tidal wave, and people began to hear him, see him, plus there was the realization by many that this was an african-american who had a legitimate chance to win. and many people began saying i never thought i'd see this in my lifetime. so it was just, it was a wonderful time in american history. people clearly when i was going to campaign events and what not, i would begin asking people why are you here, people began thinking it was very historic, and there was an opportunity that this person could be the first african-american president. >> host: can you compare his 2008 campaign to the campaign that he's runnin

. >> there is not a black america and a white america, a latino america, an asian america, there's the united states of america. >> reporter: but while the democrats never miss a keynote speech, the republicans had anyone in two of the last three conventions. >> they have to try to avoid the risk of someone saying something they're not supposed to say or could be risky to say. >> reporter: chris christie is different. he's popular because he's combative. he controls his story line. >> did i stay on topic? are you stupid? on topic. on topic. next question. >> reporter: 16 former keynoters have run for president. christie says he's happy as new jersey's governor, bristoliat suggestions his new jersey comeback story didn't make for a good keynote speech after the unemployment rate rose to 9.8% over the last three months. >> the plounemployment rate is survey, poll, of 1,200 people in the state. they're not out there specifically counting heads and jobs. that's not what it is. >> reporter: by the end of last week, his jersey comeback theme had gone away. >> there are three words that are n

every black person in america looks at the tv and says, really? a black man dancing for chicken. america was becoming a multicultural marketplace. madison avenue didn't have the vocabulary to communicate with its own customers. regardless, there was no going back. no matter how the advertising industry was structured, they kept on mixing. why people started buying albums in their baggy jeans. ever true to its nature, corporate america followed. general market agency's kept making horrible mc hammer mistakes in the process. madison avenue most professionals were following their fears and other fields. there weren't any black people advertising to tell them about all the wonderful opportunities. all through the 80s and early '90s, for appearances sake, most of the major agencies did nothing to mentor her groom to young people to be a part of the industry. few enough, but they really needed to be defined. as far as black creative directors out there who are really interesting in their work, one of them said in my personal opinion, there are seven of us. maybe a? that's a problem. [ap

it's because of black people's political traditions starting with political activism in the context of slavery. to this day that america actually is a more democratic society than it did 200 yes agond that i also a powerfully inspiring history because were it not for black people for example in the medial aftermath of the civil war the south might have taken another 50 years to have public education. it was because of black political representatives in state congresses in the late 1860s and 1870s that they passed legislation to pass the first public education in the south. that's a major contribution and it demonstrates how important it is in king real democracy and this couryas many minority groups including women have to thank for that tradition of black activism. >> so i'm sitting -- i'm sitting there in the front room of your lecture in the university where you were teaching when you came to the schaumburg and i heard you say there's a thin line separating the past from the present and i raised my hand. what does that tell me about stop and frisk? i asked that question becau our brethren at ran a series in which th

a man who not merely said but maintained throughout his life that there was no room for free blacks in america, that blacks would have t be deported. that's what he taught. and he -- he drafte laws. for example he was a draftsman of the law according to which a white woman who gave birth to a child of mixed race would be required to leave -- leave the state of virginia, which is the area for which he was legislating at the time, and if she did not leave then any virginian who wished would have the right to take measures against her, kill her, and the offspring. well, you can't maintain that, a person who could say that, who never basically withdrew from that position. you can't maintain him as a -- as an apostle and cult figure of a racially neutral america. you can't do it. it's not possible. >> how dd the two families live together when thomas jefferson had slave family, the sally hemings family, and his own? >> well, he -- he never married again. he had the two daughters. they grew up. he maintained a very good relation with them. there's some evidence, but it's not conclive, that the young

they have just been given three years in prison for it performing a protest song for black america putin. this is in moscow. the have already been jailed for five months. >>darya: the like calfire -- the lee county fire has been updated at 85% control. >>darya: we could pick up an isolated thunderstorm this again. we will continue with the cooled down as we start the next work week. you can see cloud cover and ground fog over the golden gate bridge pi. sof has a delay. check with your carrier before leaving home. here are the afternoon highs. >> i set this up for a 11 p in tonight. you can see high clouds for the entire bay area. this is pratyahara to track. it will be -- it is very difficult to track. it will be random at best. we will continue to see those tropical clouds tomorrow morning. 7 day around the bay forecast does show the cool down as we began the next work week. do not forget to check out comcast channel 193 for the latest on news and weather. >>george: it is friday light of around the bay area. i went head and said it is like a perfect game of baseball your not supposed to

it's because of black people's political traditions starting with political activism in the context of slavery to this day that america actually is a more democratic society, is a society that has more equality than it did 200 years ago. and that is also a powerfully inspiring history because were it not for black people, for example, in the immediate after math of the civil war the south might have taken another 50 years to have public education. it was because of black political representatives in state congresss that they blaszed legislation to establish the first public education systems in the south. that is a major contribution and demonstrates how important making real democracy is and this country has including many minority groups have to thank for that tradition. >> so i'm sitting there in the front row of your lecture at indiana university and i heard you say there is a thin line separating the past from the present. i raised my hand. i say all right. if that's the case, what does history have to tell me about stop and frisk? i ask that question because our brethren at the public radio station in new york r

. >> joining us on booktv, are co-authors, meghan mccain and michael ian black. "americayou sexy bitch: a love letter to freedom" is the name of the book. first of all, tell me. the >> i was the guest of a pilot who shot via satellite and then we followed each other on twitter and he treated me one night asking if i wanted to read a book and i said sure. >> i was on a lot of ambien at the time. >> the look on your face. for the c-span guy. >> this is the c-span tdma program. >> said the way ms. mccain tells the story of how you met. you asked her to co-author a book like >> i proposed over twitter that we write a book. >> why did you agree? >> i had just gone through a really bad breakup. sorry it's really funny when i say it. what a full-time project to do. >> you are having a moment of desperation and sadness. >> is that you know this is not some opportunity with the popularity of "the daily show," and legitimately it was interesting idea and i would get no other time in my life as ridiculous and over the top and exciting and serious at the same time. >> so a blue state

. >> this is a book that i did in 1996, which was an overview of black history in america. in one of the chapters that i wrote, i focused on lewis howard let them are. in checking out what different inventors did in the 19th century, it really made me aware of the fact that there were a lot of black inventors that people didn't know anything about. so i got this idea from that experience. i figured i would do a book on inventors related to children, because there are so many children who are not aware of these things. >> today's children seem to be interested in gaming and videos. why the vehicle of a book to get interested in the story you want to tell? >> i think that a book has the ability to reach children on different levels than games do. it is a lot more in-depth, and a random-access. they can go to any part of it, physically, and draw out the information. >> there are pages of the biography about the inventors. i am sure that you spend time with your coauthors to decide who would be in the book. how did people make the cut? >> our choices had to do with the fact tha

. >>> for me being a black man in america that can happen >>> in oakland independent auditor found one in 10 times and officer pointed his gun was unnecessary. 90 percent of those cases the person at the other end was an african american male. >>> they were eventually let go his parents watch the video for the first time today. >>> what was going through my mind what they heard him >>> for the 22 the two teenagers the damage done was to their sense of justice. >>> 3 on man on the run tonight after a daring as smash and grabs at a jewelry store the suspects empty seats jewelers on union street in san francisco about 4:00 this afternoon police say they brandish guns smash the cases and made off with some jewelry last seen speeding off in a car on lombard street police lost track of them. bart changes the rules because of the cbs 5 investigation kids who are soliciting money must be accompanied by an adult. >>> what i raising money for? >>> a private school >>> for awhile seen kids asking money at bart station supposedly for worthy causes, to the board said in an adult must always be pres

. >> there is not a black america and a white america and latino america, asian america, there's theca. >> reporter: while the democrats never miss a keynote speech, the republicans had none in two of the last three conventions. >> they have to try to avoid the risk of someone saying something their not supposed to say or risky to say. >> reporter: chris christie is different. he's popular because he's combative. he controls his story line. >> did i stay on topic or are you stupid? on topic. next yes. >> reporter: he's happy as new jersey's governor at his jersey story didn't make for a good keynote speech after the state unemployment rate rose. >> the unemployment rate is a poll of 1200 people in the state. it's not like they are counting heads and jobs. >> reporter: by the end of last week his jersey comeback scene has gone away. >> there are three words that are not in my speech or tuesday night. the jersey comeback. >> reporter: he's saving his new story line for the party faithful. >> here is some fun trivia. 16 keynote speakers went onto run for president. two won the party's n

he's not the president of black america, asian america, latino america. i think that he has to always balance what he says. i would prefer that he say more about the african-american community, certainly. when he was at the national urban league convention a week ago, he established a commission on african-american education, and from my personal perspective, i wish he'd established it two years before he did. i mean, it seems a little cynical to establish something, you know, four months before the election? african-american leaders have been clamoring for our president to do more, to say more about the african-american community. after all, you can really see other communities getting things, getting results, and the african-american community not getting those. but i have a couple things to say about that. number one, when president obama was elected, african-americans spent a little too much time celebrating and a little too little time advocating. people, if you said anything negative about president obama, they were about to read you out of the race

have been unstoppable but by him winning fair, i think that said not just to white america but to black america take a second look at him. he also got some major endorsements which do not did not hurt him. opera went very early on decided she was going to support barack obama and began campaigning for him. ultimately jesse jackson, al sharpton and others came on but i think clearly it was just a movement. it was a tidal wave in people began to hear him, see him plus there was the realization by many that this was an african-american who had a legitimate chance to win an any people began saying, never thought i would see this in my lifetime. so it was just, it was a wonderful time in american history. people clearly, when i was going to campaign, i would be asking people, there was an opportunity that this person could be the first african-american president. >> can you compare his 2008 campaign to the campaign that he is running now? >> you can compare it because there is still a lot of similarities although some things have changed. clearly, at that point, we had for for the first time -- we d

video of half-dozen african american man wearing dreadlocks or blue shirt >>> for me being a black man in america and that's the only reason it happened. >>> and auditor found one in 10 times and oakland officer pointed his gun it was unnecessary the person at the other end of the gun and african-american male. >>> they were eventually let go, the parents watch the video for the first time today. >>> what was going through my mind what they heard him >>> for the two teenagers the damage done is to their sense of justice. >>> frustrating is nothing you can do about it >>> the police said they respect their rights as citizens and conducted the investigation safely the family now considers a lawsuit. christin ayers cbs 5 >>> 3 on men on the run at a smash and grab at a bay area jewelry store de and there pc jewelers in the cow hollow neighborhood they brandished weapons smashed cases and made off with jewels last seen speeding off in a car on lombard street the police lost sight of them. >>> too many people chasing too few jobs the bottom line in today's unemployment figures 163,000 jobs created but

as you probably know, black hurricane has an -- black america has a high incarceration rate. so this idea of american criminal justice and penal justice are basically okay and guantanamo and the treatment of bradley manning washes with these writers. last, you off read that bradley manning has uncovered evidence of war crimes. this makes some intuitive sense. i mean, look at the collateral murder video, the helicopter gunship video. it's really a gruesome sight through the gun sight view of an apache helicopter a mile and a half up in the air, you see what happens when it opens fire on a group of unsuspecting people, mostly civilians, but a few of them were armed. and some of the civilians included a couple of reuters news agency employees. the helicopter shoots a lot of the wounded, and when an unmarked van comes by, that gets shot to pieces too, killing the dreier and wounding some -- driver and wounding some young children inside that van. so it's a massacre and slaughter. how can it not be a war crime? well, it turns out that the laws of armed conflict aren't exactly what

numbers higher than what we see in a war, is absolutely inexcusable and i think the biggest black eye that america has. we cannot allow that to happen. tavis: i doubt seriously this is your first time seeing erin brockovich on national television. if you saw the movie about her life and legacy and her work ongoing starring julia roberts and. ms. robertson won the academy award for best actress that year for playing erin brockovich. if you saw the movie, now you know it's real. i love the passion, and for people who have seen you for the first time, they get it now. diiulio was playing a real character. this is hurt, and she's fighting for the protection and preservation of clean and pure water. the new project "is called last call at the oasis." thank you. that is our show for tonight. we will see you back here on next time on pbs. thanks for watching. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with -- oscar winner billy bob born on his new book. that is next time. we will see you the

this convention is one way how the republican party can make a statement to black america. oing it. mia love, from utah, a very articulate young black lady, running for office. and they have former representative davis from alabama who is a democrat and allen west. so what the republican party needs to do is put some of these strong voices that happen to be black and conservative in front of the american people. the mainstream media's not going to do it so the republican party has to do it. the romney campaign will have to do it, just like fox news is doing it. >> shannon: all right. herman cain, always good to see you. thank you for coming in. >> my pleasure. >> shannon: the home of the republican convention and florida is a swing state this time. up next, we have more on the former florida governor, charlie christ is endorsing president obam a. and more on the twitter coverage. stick around. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more [ russian accent ] rubles. eh, eheh, eh, eh. [ brooklyn accent ] 50% more simoleons. [ weste

the major focus the will be the black christian church which is the major locus of black religionocity in america. but first, a word or two on light christianity. said the proclamation white christianity in general have become more civilized. that's to say free from racial hatred. it's very seldom almost never do the congregation's now leave sunday services well, no wonder to what congregation's leave sunday services for a fun afternoon of watching a black man, woman or child tortured to death at the church door now. a century and a half later most previously all white churches in the nominations are in varying degrees. and mostly white denominations like the episcopalians in the united church of christ are more progressively engaged in the struggles of civil rights and social justice than many black churches. even the southern baptist convention, which was formed in opposition to the emancipation of enslaved black bodies has this year and elected a black pastor as its president. although this might not be as momentous as it seems because by most accounts numbered among those apocalyptic just lea

during the first 100 years of black citizenship in america, most black folk were republican, for onempelling reason. that guy. put today, the reasons are more complicated. among many african-americans, there is a strong ethic of economic self-reliance and a long history of distrusting government. for some, this translates to support for republicans, and black americans, especially those older and living in the south report high levels of religiosity and social conservatism. for some, these beliefs translate to support for the republicans, and another reason, an ambitious, young, afcan-american who wants to seek office, well, the line is much shorter in the republican party, and when it comes to seeking office, republicanism is not a bad professional strategy. let's not overstate the point. the democratic party enjoys the robust support of african-american voters, because the policies supported by the national party are demon strabs leah better for african-americans. even that's up for debate. why? say it with me, because not all black people think alike. when we come back, i've got s

the focus needs to be on the black community to rectify that . blaming corporate america>> steve: you write, jason, instead of blaming corporate america is not to do focus on race real or imagined. >> it is shifting the blame. not only on this cultures andibility -- sensibility. the achievement gap in school is not because black kids watch more television. it is because the at the times are biased. the criminal justice system is racist it is shifting blame and they are not doing favors for the people they claim to represent>> steve: is this fitting in with the message of fairness? >> this fits in with a civil right's agenda that is all about justifying their existence. i would submit if they have time to focus on the price was sneakers they should be worried about justifying their existence. 92 is what about the family in this? the kid wants sneakers and the family said we can't afford it you can go out and work for it or come up with money? >> what is next. luxury cars and watches that other blacks can't afford. >> steve: free enterprizes system at work. you very much. i

black people. if we were in a place in america where everybody was going out and employing the way we should be, theni wouldn't be to proactive support for black businesses. black unemployment is really high. i have to support black businesses if they want to counter black and planet. i choose to spend my money with those businesses in the community. >> host: you describe an experiment in which you've alluded were you developed a dangerous sense of dedication, even entitlement. can you talk about that as an activist working on some of these issues in a feeling of. guess who it was -- you know, i hope that we wrote this out to give other folks in our ash lawn that i've been able to benefit from opportunities that our brothers and sisters have not been able to leverage. i hope it expends people because we are not the only people that feel this way. but it seems as if we've been able to go to great schools, but able to make jobs, make money, on a home and give things to her children. i feel like the thought were supposed to do. all the dying and getting and murdered and houses to the ground was so that

we are asking black america once again to step up to the bat and do what you need to do. we do not endorse a candidate. we do not say to vote for a certain person. we say vote for what is right. what is honorable and we do not want america to go down the drain starting on a slippery slope with the black president. it might look good today, he might be famous today, he might be popular today but when your children come and tell you they are going to marry a person of the same sex, you are going to be very happy and you are going to be angry that you bit into the big lie. thank you very much. if there are any questions, i'm available. >> president obama doesn't change his stance, is the coalition of african-american pastors ready to support candidate mitt romney? >> we are not going to support any candidate. that is not our role. we are not political. we are going to let our mission to be known. keeping marriage between a man and woman. we are not going to get into the politics of it. we have a social issue. that we're going address but not get into the political realm. >>