the state of black america is not just a comment on the state of black america. it is a comment on the state of the nation, the state of the union the challenges that we face are not always challenges that we only face. they are faced in other communities. many times the challenges are disproportionate to our community. so we can't allow anyone to hijack our voice when we speak about the state of black america we are speaking about the state of the nation. so this year's report has three components to it and if you will, let me walk through these three because it's important to understand what we did this year. so understanding that this represents the 60th anniversary since the passage of the civil rights act of 1964. it's important for us to understand that when we talk about all of these issues, we are standing on this foundation of an american magna carta that was passed in 1964 after a long fight and a long struggle that went all the way back to the civil war. after the civil war when the nation amended its constitution, and created a 14th amendment they add

president ford's address for the most part, painted a picture of america where there were no black people. a picture of america where there were no poor people. a picture of america that for the most part, ignored the trials and travails of locked out in left out communities. no mention of poverty, no mention of civil rights, no mention of cities. no mention of urban america. no mention of the raging recession that was taking place in the middle 1970s. president ford painted. when things are incomplete, they are false. picture of the nation. vernon jordan, in his imitable way, sat down and said i am going to prepare my own blank report. there's always a choice adjective. he pulled together a group of scholars. african-american scholars went what was a report with analysis, diagnosis, and recommendations on the future of the nation. that was the beginning of the state of black america. today, it is an honor to be able to, almost 50 years later, be able to present to you our thinking on what is the state of black america. succinctly put, the state of black america is not on our watch. not o

america. we and the thing about it is, it's not like black people have this idea that we to white people, america was never a meritocracy like we start off in the book talking about the incompetence and the way survived was because it just so happened somebody brought 20 something odd black people here in 1619, right after the starving time. right. and so it was not like black people giving this to america, say, hey, we want to give you democracy now! it was just back to what we talked about before, survival and resistance, right? like it wasn't like we wanted to participate in america and democracy. so we taught them how to make it universal suffrage, not we just wanted to have control our own destiny. and we demanded it. right. and so i think that idea of black people not pushing for america is in is, in essence self-preservation. i think also related to that we are the reason why america, a global economic power, that it is the that the slaves created and wealth created by owning people and trading people. that is what allowed us to be able to afford the war for independ ience and become a glo

for black america? >> he locked up a lot of people that look like me and they are sitting in jail waiting for justice and an appeal of some sort. when it comes to what joe biden has done for black america, if we look at his record as a senator, it wasn't something that benefited us, one could argue he dedicated his senatial career to disrupting the way of life for black people. he did not want black kids going to the same kid as his kid, he did not want black people walking on the same sidewalk with his grandmother. he passed legislation with sole intent of oppressing a certain community and we're going to act like that didn't happen or can be overshadowed by somebody's comments down the line made us feel some type of way. feeling some type of way is different when you can feel that way at home. there are people as of right now, spending their lives in jail because joe biden thought they deserved it. and then you had somebody like trump come in and give us first step act to try to right the wrong done w

we are on track to exceed 1 million businesses. 3.1 million black instances in america. re about 12% at operation hope of all black businesses. 96% of our businesses. we are brilliant but we don't know that we don't know but we think we know. we know how to hustle. we made that money but no one taught on financial literacy. the money he made, the broker he got. and then my mom and dad divorced over money. most divorces are about money. i ended up taking care of my father later on in his life. my dad was a businessman but my mother worked in hourly job and she died last year, god rest her soul. every single mother watching this is saying wait a minute. why can't i become a millionaire? >> working in hourly job. >> if she worked there for 32 years. she bought one home and she left my dad, saved some money for the down payment, got her credit score right. which means she was not black, she was green. she bought acuity from the home to buy the second one. she used equity from the first and second by the third. seven homes, man. i own 700 and i am not a rocket scientist. reall

i believe it was because of the tender moment that black america was in at that time and to feel that justice was finally coming about. and also, the fact that there was video. you know, we talked about viral moments. there were viral moments then, but yes, there were. rodney king video, then you also had the bloody glove video. and you had cameras in the courtroom, which was fascinating. to be part of that whole, we used to call it camp o.j. with the scaffolding outside and every day it was just a crazy, crazy circus. but there were so many important stories that came out of this tragedy. that we hope helped humanity in some way, as we dealt with domestic violence and dealt with the court system and we dealt with abuse in the police department and so many other issues that came out of that. >> indeed, and ed gordon, you scored that first interview in 2000 -- in 1996, he finally does an interview. and he talked to you. i want to play a little bit of that. >> can i at least find out where you were at that time? >> you can find out -- >> for $29.99. >> ed, the book was called if i did i

enterprise institute and i welcome you here to this important conversation about the state of america of, black progress in america, with some distinguished guests. so i'm very honored to welcome to aei. i do want to make a couple observations in the beginning before we get started. so becoming president of aei made addressing the state of black america a priority for our institution. and i'm proud of the work we've done over the past few years. in 2022, we organized the old parkland conference, which brought together prominent intellectuals and public leaders to address the biggest challenges black americans. and last year, we created a new center on and social mobility, which is dedicated to developing solutions. expand access to opportunity for all americans. and for the 60th anniversary of the march on washington, we hosted a special forum here at aei honoring, dr. king's legacy. now we some distinguished guests here, but i want speak for a moment about to a scholars who are not guests here but are part of our community. and they. and let say about them that no scholars have more to improve

the yawning, racial divined in the us, the simpson murder case, widen that chasm would much of black america, believing in his innocence and much of white america, doubting the united states is a deeply divided polarizing nation. i think o j simpson is the perfect encapsulation of that division of that pull the reservation. and i think given the fact that what took place in 1995, i think that still resonates very much with people today. after his shocking acquittal in 1995 simpson was found liable for wrongful death in a civil trial in order to pay $33500000.00 to the brown. in goldman, families is 2006 manuscript. if i did it offered, what do you called a hypothetical account of the murders in 2008. simpson was again charge this time with armed robbery for recovering his own memorabilia. he said, and he spent 9 years in prison making his parias status complete in recent months since then posted about his health on social media on my own is good. i mean obviously i'm dealing with some issues. but i think i'm just a bottle root and i'll be back on the golf course hopefully in a couple of week

all they have to do in black america, i'm here in atlanta, i had a conferversation as i made calls. they are looking at chuck books during the successful trump administration, lower tax cuts, the hbc funding. so many accomplishments in black culture president trump accomplished in his tenure. black culture remembers that winning. that infamous statement, what the heck do you have to lose? look at your roads, look at your communities and where you're at, why keep voting the same way 30, 40, 50, 60 years? give us a chance. you are seeing high uptick on black americans, especially black men, that is true, are leaning toward president trump because they like that winning mantra. >> laura: xavier, these cases are tragic, there is always a mom, dad, brother or sister grieving and your heart breaks for those whose lives are put in danger in these situations. it is like clockwork, before people know the facts, got to be racism, got to be police use of force, it is because the young man is african american. got to be. they know most of the time it is much more complicated and this case of rei

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sports and, at the time, he was part of sports lore history and these people tried to convince black americat the only reason he was charged was because he was black? yeah. that happened. no wonder the reaction to the not guilty verdict elicited reactions like these find not guilty. [cheers] >> he is not guilty. >> yes. yes! that's justice. >> laura: background here for those of you who weren't around at the time. this was a few years after the l.a. riots that followed the acquittal of police officers in the beating of rodney king. after rodney king had led police on a high-speed chase. now, they called rodney king a motorist in a lot of headlines but there was a lot more to it at the time. but, to some, o.j.'s not guilty verdict was kind of a moment of racial payback. now, this was a terrible narrative to feed our young people at the time because rather than focusing on the facts of the crime, the motive, the testimony of those involved, everyone was rivetted to their tv screen, the case became tangled up in a poisonous racial narrative that we have been stuck in ever since, including in th

movements in america how is it moving towards evolution, that is, at some point we will see justice-seeking movements and national anti-racism. he tries to deny the civil rights of blacks in america. sometimes , as we go further, we see the anti-war movement against america's presence in the vietnam war and the crimes it committed there, but it is more focused on why america is suffering here anyway. it is possible and countless americans are becoming victims of this warmongering. today, we see that different slogans are being heard by students in the halls of universities, that is, when you see that the crowd is actually students who are present there , despite all the violence that the police are using and all the efforts they are making to create an atmosphere of terror and to prevent the continuation of this path, we see that, for example, the slogan "we are all palestinians" is chanted in one of the clips. what i saw about these recent demonstrations in this slogan is given to support the students. look, here we are seeing that actually a part of the american society, a part that is actually an educated part , a more informed part, is announcing that we want to ta

and then use the images of black america celebrating -- and i'm not saying all black america felt thats innocent. i am saying that, when you see people cheering and then explaining, good, you know, finally we have someone who looks like us use the justice system in their favor. and it was almost like a wake-up call, people realized, wait a second, maybe this system isn't always about justice. maybe it's about money. and o.j. simpson was so wealthy, and to the judge's point, i finally started admiring these defense lawyers. these guys, they called the agreement know my dream team, you paid these guys so much money and it was almost like thd superpowers. i was dazzled the johnnie cochran, hanging on every word he said, i couldn't believe it. not only did the glove shrink because of the glove, judge, he advised o.j. to stop taking his arthritis medications of his knuckles had swollen. you look at the dna evidence and wait a second, this stuff can get contaminated. thankfully, years later, the chain of custody has now gotten perfect where you don't even let anybody breathe near this thing.

we'd much of black america believing in his innocence and much of white america. doubting the united states is a deeply divided polarizing nation. i think o j simpson is the perfect encapsulation of that division of that color is ation. and i think given the fact that what took place in 1995, i think that still resonates very much with people today. after his shocking acquittal in 1995 simpson was found liable for wrongful death in a civil trial in order to pay $33500000.00 to the brown. in goldman, families is 2006 manuscript. if i did, it offered what he called a hypothetical account of the murderers in 2008 simpson was again charge this time with armed robbery for recovering his own memorabilia. you said, and he spent 9 years in prison making his parents status complete. his recent months, simpson posted about his health on social media or mild is good. i mean obviously i'm dealing with some issues, but i think i'm just the bottle wrist and i'll be back on the golf course. hopefully in a couple of weeks o j. simpson's family. said he died wednesday of cancer. he was 76. well that

. >> reporter: while many in black america cheered what they saw as justice so often denied in their community finally done. the nation had been captivated just five days after the murders on a friday night, when 95 million tv viewers watched as simpson in a white bronco, driven by a former teammate, led officers on an hours-long, low-speed chase, reportedly holding a gun to his own head. >> he has been charged with two counts of homicide. >> reporter: finally, he surrendered to police. within months, simpson went to trial, which was broadcast daily. much of the public following each day's testimony. judging the evidence in the eight-month trial for themselves. >> i did not, could not and would not have committed this crime. >> reporter: the trial highlighted many of the fractures in the country's legal system, bringing together celebrity, race, and the power of money. the defense team dubbed "the dream team", was made up of super lawyers who were able to both undermine the state's scientific evidence. >> all right, would you show that -- >> reporter: while also capturing the jury's

. >> reporter: while many in black america cheered what they saw as justice so often denied in their community finally done. the nation had been captivated just five days after the murders on a friday night when 95 million tv viewers watched as simpson in a white bronco driven by a former teammate led officers on an hours' long low-speed chase, reportedly holding a gun to his own head. >> he has been charged with two counts of homicide. >> reporter: finally, he surrendered to police. within months, simpson went to trial, which was broadcast daily. much of the public following each day's testimony, judging the evidence in the eight-month trial for themselves. >> did not, could not and would not have committed this crime. >> reporter: the trial highlighted many of the fractures in the country's legal system, bringing together celebrity, race, and the power of money. the defense team dubbed the dream team was made up of super lawyers who were able to both undermine the state's scientific evidence -- >> will you show that to the jury, mr. simpson? >> reporter: while also capturing the ju

for the recent special, "black men in america," jermaine lee and charles coleman talked to black menchoose trump did >> you know where i'm going. do you still feel that way? >> honestly, it's frustration about things not being right and wanting to try a different way. you know what i'm saying? i'm not a political person, i am just boots on the ground. there are very few changes that trickle down in our community. i got a lot of flak from that but he realized this. a lot of black people voted trump, they just don't put it out there like i did. >> we will talk about what a shift in black support for donald trump could portend in november, right after this break. in life is to stay healthy. i noticed i was having some memory losses. i discovered prevagen. since i've been on prevagen, i've noticed more clarity, more sharpness. the recall mechanism is a lot more concise. i've been taking prevagen for almost 10 years. it's wonderful. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. >> tech: cracked windshield? schedule with safelite, prevagen. and we'll come to you to fix it. >> tech

we'd much of black america believing in his innocence and much of white america. doubting the united states is a deeply divided polarizing nation. i think o j simpson is the perfect encapsulation of that division of that pull the reservation. and i think given the fact that what took place in 1995, i think that still resonates very much with people today. after his shocking acquittal in 1995 simpson was found liable for wrongful death in a civil trial in order to pay 33500000 dollar dollars to the brown. in goldman, families is 2006 manuscript. if i did, it offered what he called a hypothetical account of the murderers in 2008 simpson was again charge this time with armed robbery for recovering his own memorabilia. he said, and he spent 9 years in prison making his pariah status complete. his recent months, simpson posted about his health on social media or mild is good. i mean obviously i'm dealing with some issues, but i think i'm just the bottle wrist and i'll be back on the golf course. hopefully in a couple of weeks o j. simpson's family. said he died wednesday of cancer. he was

pitchman advertising spokesman that really hit a level of acceptance by both white america and black americay broke through the glass ceiling. that was a racial breakthrough that he was involved in. then, the trial itself became so racially divided. sumi: given all of that, how do you think o.j. simpson will be remembered? steve: obviously, there is a part of him that is a great football star. there's a bit of a level of if you want to talk about the history of advertising, but the overwhelming memories will be this trial that just transfixed the nation. you heard in the report, 100 million people watched the verdict being read on live tv. i was there, except for one day i was at the trial all the time. there came second trial, the civil trial where he was charged with the deaths of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. that was not a criminal trial and the levels of necessary proof were much different. in a criminal trial, proof beyond a reasonable doubt. in a civil trial, just a is generally just 50%.nce, which he was found liable. you have decisions that pleased both sides. those who felt

pertaining to forgiving student debt economic growth in job creation, lowest unemployment for black america an explosion and entrepreneurs ship, where black women in particular and latinas are starting businesses at the highest clip ever. and so those are the record achievements what we have to do is center the people in the policies that were advancing and really to make sure that they're connected to these resources and that's what this economic opportunities tour that we're, we're joining forces with the vice president is all about yeah. >> we're seeing this explosion of protests on college campuses. it's something that's become a very divisive inside the democratic caucus itself. >> how have you? variants that, especially as it has been in bernie sanders, was armed with my colleague dana bash. she said that the israel governments policies toward gaza are racist. i'm curious if you agree with that well, my position is israel has the right to defend itself. >> it also matters how it goes about doing that and that is why we have worked hard to make sure that we not only pass the foreign ai

the simpson murder case widened that chasm with much of black america, believing in his innocence and much of white america. doubting the united states is a deeply divided polarizing nation. i think o j. simpson is the perfect encapsulation of that division of that pull the reservation. and i think given the fact that what took place in 1995, i think that still resonates very much with people today. after his shocking acquittal in 1995 simpson was found liable for wrongful death in a civil trial in order to pay $33500000.00 to the brown. in goldman, families is 2006 manuscript. if i did, it offered what he called a hypothetical account of the murderers in 2008 simpson was again charge. this time was armed robbery for recovering his own memorabilia. he said, and he spent 9 years in prison making his parents status complete. his recent months, simpson posted about his health on social media or mild as good. i mean, obviously i'm dealing with some issues, but i think i'm just the bottle risks. i'll be back on the golf course. hopefully in a couple of weeks o j. simpson's family said he d

because all throughout his career he steadfastly refused to talk about what it was like to be a black man in america commercially as someone who would be different from civil-rights figures, at the intersection of sports in black politics. people like jim brown, for example. o.j. simpson is not going to be that. he is not someone who raised a fist on the medal stand at a ceremony. like he like to say to reporters, very famously, i'm not black, i'm oj. it meant there was a great distance between o.j. simpson and the black community, but as was said quite often 1995 when oj was arrested and put on trial, that was when he and a lot of other people discovered that he was, in fact, a black man in the united states. william: always great to talk to you. thanks so much for talking to us. >> thank you for having me. ♪ geoff: today president biden hosted the leaders of japan and the philippines, and sent a strong message of unity to beijing. nick schifrin has been following these developments and joins us now. nick: geoff, the administration calls it the us' greatest strength: a network of alliances and part

um, uh, black america leads the way a lot of the times when it comes to, you know, uh, to fight for human rights for speaking out to human rights and for really changing the system. so i wanna get a big reverence to um, to the solidarity that on the black community. and the black artist community has, has been given, giving uh, the full listing improvement. um that's number one, number 2. um uh i so i myself actually was was inspired by what's been happening and i created a, an initiative specifically for exactly what you're talking about. it's called the safina filmmaker project and it's initiative specifically to raise will the cd voices and projects to creative mentorship. so resistance or alternative storytelling and alternative bases of power within the ladies on that note, i'm going to say a big thank you to the la yara and any so thank you so much for joining us today. of course, thank you for watching. remember, we went ahead from you stay in touch online on social media and send us your questions and suggestions using the hash tag or the handle a stream take care. and i'll see yo

um, uh, black america leads the way a lot of the times when it comes to, you know, uh, to fight for human rights for speaking out to human rights and for really changing the system. so i wanna get a big reverence to um, to the solidarity that the black community and the black artist community has, has been given, giving the fullest any movement. that's number one, number 2, um uh i. so i myself actually was was inspired by what's been happening and i created a, an initiative specifically for exactly what you're talking about. it's called the safina filmmaker project and it's initiative specifically to raise will the cd voices and projects to creative mentorship, resistance or alternative storytelling and alternative bases of power within the ladies on that note, i'm going to say a big thank you to the la yara and any so thank you so much for joining us today. of course, thank you for watching. remember, we went ahead from you stay in touch online on social media and send us your questions and suggestions using the hash tag or the handle a stream take care. and i'll see you soon. the so we

we'd much of black america believing in his innocence and much of white america. doubting the united states is a deeply divided polarizing nation. i think o j simpson is the perfect encapsulation of that division of that pull the reservation. and i think given the fact that what took place in 1995, i think that still resonates very much with people today. after his shocking acquittal in 1995 simpson was found liable for wrongful death in a civil trial in order to pay $33500000.00 to the brown. in goldman, families is 2006 manuscript. if i did, it offered what he called a hypothetical account of the murderers in 2008 simpson was again charged this time with armed robbery for recovering his own memorabilia. he said, and he spent 9 years in prison making his parents status complete. his recent months, simpson posted about his health on social media or mild is good. i mean obviously i'm dealing with some issues, but i think i'm just the bottle risks. i'll be back on the golf course. hopefully in a couple of weeks o j. simpson's family said he died wednesday of cancer. he was 76. and that

there and they just pull down their pants and they show their naked behind all of america and to black america christian america and they're tired of it, they just go out there they disrespect the people, they do this transgender visit does the [ inaudible ] they have porn and libraries that you talk about they have drag queens at the schools people are tired their tired they know they voted for joe biden is like a chicken voting for colonel sanders and they are done with him and i'm telling you they will have a surprise on election day people are jumping on the trump train they're gonna write it all the way through 2024. >> sean: when you look at the numbers they are so dramatically different then where they were just four years ago joe biden had to work hard to alienate key demographics of what makes up the coalition of the democratic base what went wrong from their point of view, is there anything they can do in the next 206 days to fix it. >> it really is coming up fast isn't it and this is not just rhetoric that we are hearing or wishful fantasy talk about demographics and people moving t

but checks in pockets to cut black child poverty in half, promised to rebuild all of america, reconnecting black communities cut in half by interstate highway systems with jobs and opportunities, to ensure that every community has access to clean water and high-speed internet. promise kept to protect and expand obamacare, saving black families $800 a year on premiums. a promise kept to beat big pharma by giving medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices, saving countless lives in underserved communities. for example, members of the black community and diabetes now only have to pay 35 dollars a month instead of $4500 a month for insulin. promise kept, investing in $7 billion in hcbu's, clearly student debt for more than 4 million people so far, including a significant number of black borrowers. today i announced another 277,000 americans, a significant number of black borrowers, being forgiven. promise kept, advanced justice, the first black woman on the supreme court, and more black women confirmed for the federal circuit court of appeals then all previous presidents combined