what did you find was happening in black communities across america at this time? e had a strong moral and spiritual infrastructure that protected us against it. i was born during segregation in a low income black neighborhood. i never heard of an elderly person being mugged or assaulted on the streets in a black town. i never heard of a black baby being shot to death in a crib in a drive-by. that never happened, even though we were poor. between 1930 and 1941 the unemployment rate was already present during the depression, we had the highest marriage rate of any group in society. elderly people could walk safely without fear of being mugged by their grandchildren. also at the turn of the century, there were five black high schools in five major cities, new your, baltimore, they also had crumbling buildings. they had half the budgets of white schools, used text books. even with all of these disadvantages, most black high schools scored higher than any white school in those cities. under segregation. in some of those same schools that exist today, less than 10% of th

that's the crisis facing low income black america. it's not voting rights. murderers are occurring in today's run by black politicians in the past 50 years. if racism where the sole culprit, then why are blacks failing in institutions run by their own people? why are they feeling in the political system where all the control is in the hands of black politicians? the way you can avoid having to address this dilemma, but what i called the enemy the within the black community is what we must address and concentrating on voting rights as a deflection away from that reality. it prevents us from coming up with solutions that the center has been promoting and will continue to promote. restoration from within the community suffering. if that's what we should be concentrating on. the one bob, you've done such incredible work and i think you for your clarity, ongoing witness, and you point out exactly what i was mentioning earlier. this disenfranchises everybody including black america. of bob woodson, think of her being here. i mentioned earlier, the biden administrat

so this amazing book franchise, the golden arches in black america. the citation read this way for a nuanced account of the complicated role that the fast food industry plays in african-american communities, a portrait of race and capitalism that masterfully illustrates how the fight for civil rights has been intertwined with the fate of black businesses. so that it is. it's a smart and capacious book, way beyond what you know about ray kroc, entrepreneurial spirit and the calorie count of the happy meal and it just digs into this really important story of how this purveyor of food actually shaped political culture and shaped the economy, and shaped, particularly so many cities around the country. it's really important history and it's just a lens that i don't think people have thought about quite the way you have. so i'm really thrilled to be here. so mcdonald's is sort of embedded into the american sub conscious, right? i'm sure a stone's throw from here, there's one. but it's a paradox because it simultaneously, a history of opportunity, but it's a

this amazing book, franchise the golden arches and black america. the citation read this way from nuance account of the complicated role of the fast food industry plays in african-american communities race in capitalism that masterfully illustrates how the fight for civil rights has been intertwined with black businesses. so, it is a smart and capacious book and a work of history that goes way beyond what you know about the golden arches and entrepreneurial spirit. in the calorie count of the happy meal, it digs into this really important story of how this purveyor of food actually shaped political culture. shape to the economy and really shape so many particularly cities around the country. it is really important history it is a lens i don't think people have thought about quite the way you have. i'm really thrilled to be here. so, mcdonald's is embedded into the american subconscious. i'm sure it is a stone's from here there is one. but it is a paradox. it is simultaneously history of opportunity it's also an opportunity for exploitation. it is a

please welcome marica chatelain, the author of "franchise the golden arches and black america," and is in conversation with elizabeth taylor. thank you. [applause] >> thank you all for coming today. it is a pleasure it is a beautiful day outside, but it's going to be much more interesting to be in this room as we really dig into this important piece of history, so thrilled to be here. professor of history, georgetown university, that is the initial bio. i just want to say pulitzer prize winner, 2021. [applause] and so, the citation read this way and one reason i'm going to read it out loud is that there was not a big luncheon or anything for the book this year because of covid, so i don't know if you've had a stranger read this to you ever, so i'm going to do it. so, this amazing book franchise, the golden arches and black america, the citation read this way from a nuanced account of the complicated role of the fast food industry played in african-american communities. at the portrait of race and capitalism that masterfully illustrates how the fight for civil rights has been intertwine

attorney general of black america dan crump joins "politics nation" next. >>> but first my colleague with today's other top news stories. >> thank you, reverend. stories we are following today in colorado two people are still missing and feared dead after thursday's devastating fires which destroyed nearly a thousand homes. one person who had been declared missing has since been accounted for. recovery efforts have been made. but more difficult by the snowstorm this weekend which dropped nearly a foot of snow. nearby aspen snow and ice caused deplaning passengers to nearly fall off the ramp on saturday. across the country more than 2,000 flights were canceled today due to a combination of bad winter storms and coronavirus disruptions. >>> in amsterdam, netherlands today riot police tried to break up a crowd of several thousand people protesting the dutch government's covid-19 lockdown measures. the netherlands has been in lockdown lasting until at least january 14th. more "politics nation" with reverend al sharpton after the break. with a revolutionary, rollerball design. because wit

america a racist country? second, when haven't white people cheated black people in america and when was dr. king as much loved and respected and every much of a hero to white people as he has been to black people? guest: the first question, when was america not a racist country. i would think that we could look in to the 1960's and see that this is one of those opportunities where we remove barriers. on the question of when did white people began to look at black people, i think this is all throughout our history. at the founding of the country, one of the first things that they did was get video of slavery. they were doing what the pro-life community does now, to try to work legislatively the way that dr. king did to get their year is the way. they got rid of slavery and it took another 89 years and a civil war. when do whites and blacks sit down together and across these racial lines -- i think that we do it all the time. one of the biggest problems i have with the racial narrative is that we act like we have not matured. we have an entire generation who are so diverse in their lives that

black and so on —- consumer. and that you deserve a break today and that doesn't work because what break? it is 1968 america. around. [laughter] but this is to say that it is something to not only see black actors and actresses but to see black creative talent have a place to start and producing commercials or a dancer in a commercial, this was a platform before the internet.t. watching old mcdonald's commercials those who get started in these commercials. and with that civil rights history to acknowledge that creative work. and then into the eighties and nineties. >> and such the power in finding that photo. this is not a corporate history of mcdonald's to open the archives. [laughter] >> no they didn't. >> so where did you go? >> i cannot believe i did this thinking about the amount of times i got on an airplane and stayed for days at a library to get three pieces of paper that this is the life of a historian. i tell students when you are on twitter and there is a joke and then you spend 40 minutes trying to such find the origins you are proud of yourself? that is my job. [laughter] so mcdonald's has its o

all the latest on issues affecting black america race and politics they do match and tonight. i'm so pleased to have my friends with me my friends who happened to be authors best selling amazing office. how about that and tonight? we're going to talk about matters of race all of us are dealing with it in some way in our life bakari. we see him on the front lines dealing with policing and also talking about it as a lawyer and on cnn. i'm a fellow colleague and also keith has his new book and he is also someone who gives commentary and conversation and analysis on all things especially now as it relates to race and hawkins my fellow baltimore inn who i am just so proud of filmmaker author. journalists, he's everything and i want to delve into this this discussion tonight first of all, the world is still rotating on its axis successfully after six hours of no instagram whatsapp and facebook, so we are still here the world is okay, right every bit of clubhouse. i was listening to clubhouse the the conversation the conspiracy theories. i'm like, come on. i was wondering message, yo

and they put it on black america like okay, black america hates conservative policies.t ever get offered them. you think if you were really in chicago right now saying hey, look how the school systems treat you. we have a better way. let us show you how this works. let us show you how you can get back your freedom and your liberty to provide the quality education for your child, but not to be subject to the whims of government. this is what we are seeing. the more power we give government, the more they are going to use that power to crush us when available. and people need to be very, very, very cautious about this. especially when you are looking at the build back better plan and the aspect they have in it for the free pre-k that pre-k is government pre-k. they are not going to be giving those grants to private institutions or religious institutions. if you are going to want to benefit from the candy jar of government, you are requesting to have to send your kid to government schools that are going to be run by karens who have women study agrees who have put off raisi

he says black america, but you can't talk about america in the 21st century without talking about bill. >> trevor: right. >> this doc is about creating a space to talk about all of it. it's we need to talk about cosby, not here's my thoughts about cosby. in the clip, there's nuance, anger, sorrow, a lot of it is based in conflict or roiling frustration and you have to talk about all of it. otherwise, we have to lose central parts of american history. a lot of people are waiting for the conversation to happen in some kind of format. another part of america says it's not time. when i started, he was in prison. i felt like it's time, and then he got out. >> trevor: he got out on the last day of filming. >> y e. >> trevor: two questions, one, how did you feel about that? and, two, did you ever reach out to him to be a part of the documentary? >> he got out on the last day of filming, one to have the most surreal moments in my life, tomorrow he releases information about the doc. i thought, yay, maybe the project goes away because it's so hard to make. i didn't reach out because it's a conv

then a black man walking down a street in white america. no one is more than welcome industry, georgia, or minnesota or kentucky. so people have to step on this talking about white beer. a black people are going out of checking right. you kind of handle, but look other things coming up and this is what's going to tell the story is supreme court has agreed to listen to a some aspects of the from direction a really bad. and he's also president biden is also blown record. say he learned point and an african american woman, and they have some qualified women black women out there. yeah, just jackson and the district. cool. it's a state that ga abrams. they have him in georgia. you see, this is going to be the tell because african american when a so qualified, i'm afraid that we have run out of time in this discussion. the clock really got away on us because it was so interesting. but i want to thank all of our guests today, treatment lindsay, mars maurice jackson and karen walker and thank you to for watching. you can see the program again any t

black community. on the one hand, known as america's dad was beloved. >> not black america's dad but america's dad. ack people. the show is aspirational. it did in the reflect the average black family but it was aspirational. he was helping you believe the life you might be able to get to. >> cosby also became a divisive the gear beginning in 2004 when he began to speak out critically with irresponsibly behavior. language and clothing and single-parent families in a moralizing tone. all of this, place plus the history of false racist accusations, played into the story. >> it's a conversation for every american who grew up with cosby in their life. for black people week keep adding to the conversation. there's also a thing about not %-ú dirty laundry. and why don't i do this on a black network or questions where is it appropriate. it's a complicated, divisive conversation eyes best day. >> there's a larger indictment here of a society that bill sees as complacent in violence against women. >> we have to learn something from the situation. bigger than cosby. we need to create a country where survivors

in order for there to be a great black america, we must -- great black businesses.onal action network and -- together we will continue to fight alongside one another to make sure that americans all have the great opportunity to celebrate and live out this american dream. thank you, this is an honor and i look forward to continuing to work alongside you. [applause] ♪ >> now, please welcome tyree commitment and, national -- policy advisor for national action network. >> i heard -- once, we some of us have been in the house so long we have forgotten what the storm feels like. family, it is a hopeful time for us to be optimistic, but never complacent. complacency is the enemy of accomplishment. today as we look back on dr. king's dream, but he stood for and the -- of this movement for racial, economic and political justice, we have so much yet to accomplish. i serve as the national director of -- action network. i want to recognize my leaders, someone who has helped guide may come our president and founder rev. al sharpton. our chairman, dw franklin richardson. and ebon

not “black america's dad,” but“ america's dad.” knew we'd been down for this guy since before "the cosby show," so he's still ours. white people can enjoy it, but it's for black people. and the fact the show was aspirational? it didn't reflect the every black family, but as i say in the doc, i don't care. it was aspirational, so you felt like it was sort of helping you believe in a life that you might be able to get to. >> brown: but cosby also became a divisive figure beginning in 2004, when he began to speak out critically of what he saw as irresponsible behavior, including language, clothing, and a prevalence of single- parent families, in what many took as a moralizing tone. all of this, bell says, plus the history of racist, false accusations against black men, played into the story. >> the whole thing is like, this is a third-rail conversation, maybe for every american who grew up with bill cosby in their life. but for black people, it's like, we keep adding more electrified rails to the conversation, because it's just-- there

let's bring in civil rights attorney, attorney general for black america, benjamin croft representingvictim's family in this manner. attorney cromp, where are we in the investigation and police shooting of this 14-year-old and how do you feel it's going so far? >> right now, reverend the is still anxiously awaiting any word from lapd and city officials on how this tragedy occurred. they are also waiting for her body to be given to the funeral home from the city coroner so they can start making funeral plans as you know they are from chile and it is so heartbreak. this is one of the saddest cases. she had so many dreams. this was a young 14-year-old princess who was going to english-speaking only school, even though english wasn't her native tongue and made the honor role. she had a dream of becoming an engineer, working in technology, building robots to make the world a better place. she had dreams of going with her father to los angeles laker game to see lebron james and her most important dream, reverend al, was to become an maker opinion citizen, tragically, would never happen. >>

american -- black america.m not the candidate for female america. i am the candidate for all america. >> she travels in a greyhound bus, accompanied by supporters and a small band of journalists. the atmosphere is decidedly folksy. >> i did a lot of fundraising. brunches, fashion shows. >> shirley chisholm plays the peon -- piano at a cocktail party. i hope she can get enough delegates suppo to influence the party platform at its july convention. >> i had a course in government and part of the requirement was to work in a presidential campaign and i said these guys don't reflect the issues and concerns that i have. at the same time, i was president of the black student union. i invited shirley chisholm to speak. she came and spoke and she said she was running for president and she talked about immigrant rights. she spoke fluent spanish. she talked about reproductive health care for women. i have a picture of several of us with her and i felt like oh my god this woman has taken on this white male dominated congr

he acknowledged in his speech the debt he owed to the black voters who put him and his party in power. in one of his latest episodes of "into americaeak down how joe biden's pledge to the black community is holding up and how things are looking as we're moving forward. >> you hear the frustration from the white house but also members on capitol hill that they are trying to target things to african americans who have disproportionately been impacted by discrimination and racism, but to do so in 2022 means you have to do it in a way that you won't gesued. that to me is also another conundrum you have to deal with, which is why when you see people and lawmakers talking about things, they say this will disproportionately help african americans because it will end up in the courts. >> what do you think black folks in particular should be looking for in the next year or two of this administration? what substantive kind of policy issues or legislation should they pay attention to? >> based on my conversations with african american voters, with democratic strategists, and with civil rights activists, they should really be looking at voting

it really speaks to what i've been talking about the last three years, especially to black america.lar activity, black lives matter, defined the police! let's get rid of everything in these inner cities and lets the criminals run three! black america, you are going to be the one left picking up the pieces come it's going to be or neighborhoods that are destroyed, your children that cannot walk to school without fear that there's going to be a gang member on the corner that's going to shoot them. it's going to be your babysitting and cars and may be shot by a stray bullet. we have seen the story over and over and over again. where the liberals? their sing is not as big of a deal, 25% more, who cares at all, we are way more focused on climate change very does not reek of weak isn't -- i really do challenge these people to go tote gnomic door to door in chicago and knocking people during its claim to the met climate change is more of a threat. climate change, tucker, by the way, depending on what generation from, my generation it was global warming, the ice caps are going to melt. that

that doesn't change the black experience in america. >> not at all. thank you for having me, brother don. you know, you would hope they were joking because if they weren't this exposes the vast lethal ignorance at the heart of so much whiteness. whether intentional or not. we all know that black is not a phenotypical reality. we're not talking about a genetic predisposition toward darker skin. we're speaking about an existential context. we're talking about a philosophical idea. we're speaking about rooted cultures in deep histories that have vast traditions, that have generated complicated identities. and we know that blackness in terms of its identity ranges from vanilla vitality to chocolate charm. and all ranges in between. so it's not about shade. it's not about a kind of inherited characteristic of race. race is, as we've been arguing in school and i would advise dr. peterson and brother rogan to take a class. when we talk about race as a social construct, what we're saying is it's not about a biological determinism. it's about an inherited set

until we start righting the wrongs of black immigrants and black america and address the social justicetinue into all black affairs, especially when it comes to black immigrants. >> and i think you said it right. there's a social justice issue. when i went down and saw the haitians under that bridge, it was deplorable. and i was heckled by some for going. i saw your official swear-in on the house floor. and then the photo session with you, your family, various members of the congressional black caucus there in front of rosa park's statue our capitol, which was why i'm profoundly curious as to what your morale looks like come into office this week after senate democrats' failure to pass voting rights legislation, due in part to democrats refusing to let go of the filibuster. where is your mind right now at the end of your first official week? and what do those internal black caucus conversations sound like right now? >> it's very strong. our morale is strong because the fight is far from over. we need everything that we have because when we look at the cumulus effect of what's going on w

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and ii always the black america, the oneoing to be that's picking up the pieces. going to be your neighborhoods that are destroyed is going to be your children that cannot walk to school without fear that there's going to bekarng ag member on the corner that may shoot them. it's going to bee your baby'snga that are sitting in cars and may be shot by a stray bullet. over andeenn the story over and over again where the liberals are. they're saying, oh , it's not as big of a deal.% 20% more . who cares at all? it's 45% we're crime. we're way more focused on climate change. i mean, does that not reek of elitism? do you really think i really do challenge these people to go door to door on the south side of chicago and knock g g knock on people's door and explain to them that climate change iss more of a threat? o climate change, tucker , by the way, depending on what generation you're from, you know how that always pans outent my generation it was global warming. the ice caps were going to melt. that didn't happenat def generan before it was global cooling.'s they told

legacy, mercy, black freedom and the idea of america, justice, rage and resistance, love, death, joy, and self-determination, community and grace. and each chapter i open with the kind of autobiographical meditation perhaps some cultural commentary that might be informed by some mixture of history philosophy, politics, might turn to autobiography is both to tell a singular story and to note the ways that story is but a thread in a larger fabric of black american life in the united states. one that connects generation like my fathers and mine. in this way, my book both examines and contributes to the tradition of writing that i is always place great value on critical insights of autobiography and on the ways of communicating history and culture. the richness of the work i write about blended with stories from my own family and community rest ignite with and amplify the notion of literature as equipment for living and demonstrates the ways the humanities help to give us materials to live with, to accompany us on our journey with others on this planet. i tried to reveal how people have l

throughout his career, poitier brought the stories of black america to white america.ially as well. it's not until death until we look at the impact they had on the world around them, but sidney poitier got that honor when he was still alive. on august 12th, 2009, america's first black president, barack obama, gave the presidential medal of freedom to the first black actor ever to win the academy award for best actor. >> it's been said that sidney poitier does not make movies, he makes milestones. milestones of artistic excellence, milestones of america's progress. on screen and behind the camera, in films such as "the defiant ones, uptown saturday night, willies of the field, for which he became the first african-american to win an academy award for best actor, poitier not only entertained but enlightened, shifted attitudes, reeling the power of the silver screen to bring us closer together. the child of a bahamian tomato farmer, he called his driving purpose to make himself a better person. he did, and he made us all a little bit better along the way. [ applause ] >>

that willie's story will be among those told in a new documentary use of force the policing of black americapolice pull in front and behind the car, the driver fast asleep during this time, and then police realize he has a gun on his lap. on the night of february, 9th 2019 willy was shot and killed by six police officers, and none was charged. 50 plus bullets. directed at you when you had not a chance to even beg for your life, a special prosecutor found that all six officers were legally justified. we're going to keep working and fighting to uncover the true facts. 84 minute documentary looks at several police killings across the country and features interviews including law enforcement. the family of those who lost their lives and people in a position to make change. it's the work of bay area filmmaker cary grant junior. i learned a lot about the complexity of law enforcement. um, about the history of the relationship between police. the prosecutor's office and, um people of color, but it's been enough. yeah. the story itself. it's not just about racism. it's cultural like i said, and i be

the midwestern community of greenwood in tulsa, oklahoma was the most absolute black community in america, with over 300 black on businesses known as black wall street. in maine, 1921. the whole 35 block neighborhood was obliterated by a white mob, triggered by a false rumor that a black man had raped a white girl, homes, businesses, schools, and churches were burned and bar. and over 100 people died. one massacre after another and just sort of rolled across the country. all of these riots were thousands of black people were killed. if you study history, you see that this has been a continuous, a continuous assault on by people. yeah. we, we think there, there is a giant that and we think it needs to be met. because i think it is a just response to american sister it. my family's in status and, and wealth as says, has been, has benefited from, from my, their, their choice to enslaved people. the total number is staggering, of white, so owned at least one black body would have been at least half when at least had up with her white population. i actually, i met recently the descent descenda

throughout his career, poitier brought the stories of black america to white america.d financially, as well. it's often not until death that we truly look at the impact that somebody's had on the world around them. but, sidney poitier got that honor while he was still alive. on august 12th, 2009, america's first black president, barack obama, gave the presidential medal of freedom to the first black act, or ever to win the academy award for best actor. >> it's been said, sidney poitier did not make movies, he makes milestones. milestones of artistic excellence. milestones of america's progress. on screen, and behind the camera, in films such as the defiant ones, guess who's coming to dinner, uptown saturday night, lilies of the field, for which you became the first african american to win in america academy award for best actor. poitier not only entertained, but in light and. shifting attitudes, broadening hearts -- to bring us closer together. the child of a movie mean tomato farmer. why da once called is driving purpose to make himself a better person. he did. and he

the hyper inflation and also it's interesting to see allow the corruption, one associates with black america, we now see and washington d. c. politicians like nancy closely openly, corruptly trading information and robbing and public coppers is right shocking. but everyone loves it. so let's talk about your role bitcoin in terms of mexico. tell us about your events built around educating the people. you get tens of thousands of people coming to your vents, the talent lan. yeah. tell us about more about it. well, actually 2022 is going to be my 10 year know in going i knew about bit going around the time that you did, but i didn't started investing or getting the guards being an entropy nor so next year is going to be actually my 10th year that i started and started doing this both time and something that i started doing since since i began here was creating not only companies and not only different opportunities, but also creating community. so that has been part of my, my, my road and right now, like you said, i'm, i'm part of talent, which is the biggest science innovation, business events

it's an amazing piece performing blackness in america entertaining race this whole idea of performanceand who we are at black excellence. i want to thank pardon asus books. i want thank the national public library dr. dyson, of course, we want to thank you for your time and your gracious insight and we have to do this again. we'll have to get this on the calendar because there's too many more topics for us to talk about that's ma'am as always a pleasure a joy and an honor to be read by someone so thoroughly and critically engaged as you are and i thank you for your gifts and i think you for your time. thank you so much everyone who's tuning in. thanks again have an amazing friday night until next time. non-fiction authors about their latest work. hey, len, it's so great to see you. i've been so looking forward to this conversation. hey lisa, it's great to see you, too. how are you? how are you faring in the pandemic? all right, knock on wood. everything has been been okay. yeah, we're just looking forward to it all ending if it ever does i hear you. what some so congratulations on the