booker t.washington, marcus garvey and william juan wrote trotter described harrison as the foremost african-american and looked in his in iraq with the same program. philip randolph refers to harrison as do many others as the form father of her love radicalism. author schaumburg, the porter weaken bibliophile who was a pall bearer at harrison's massive harlem funeral, said that he felt harrison was ahead of his time and i think it is relevant because again, harrisons funeral world there were several thousand at his funeral suffuse popular that his time but much of what he says and rights has relevance i think for audiences still today. as a political activist terrorism's contributions were truly extraordinary. he played uniques signal rules in the largest class radical movement socialism and the largest race radical movement, the new negro slash car fi movement of his era and some historians say in u.s. history to that time. he was a leading black organizer, agitator and theoretician of the so

the one and only booker t. down there. booker t. from booker t.n with us the last three days. he's the greatest. >> we love the roots. >> jimmy: oh, the roots are great and even better with booker t. and he has a great -- the b-3 hammond organ. roots, do you guys -- can you do it in like a doors type of -- doors type of style? is that cool? ♪ ♪ and then the wind gives way to the night i see demara there she's playing basketball ♪ ♪ but the girl isn't playing it right ♪ i said are you a fan of the roots she said she was so she ain't no hater ♪ ♪ and then i asked what movie from schwarzenegger she would play ♪ ♪ she said "the terminator" oh yeah she loves "the terminator" "the terminator" yeah ♪ ♪ the terminator yeah [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: unbelievable. thank you so much. thanks to these guys. thanks to the roots. booker t. when we come back, seth meyers, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ when morning comes in the middle of the night, [ rooster crow ] it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the f

there were some reminded of booker t. washington by distorted tell us the story. >> in 1901, teddy roosevelt decide to have an african- american come to the white house. the next day, the blow back in the media from southern newspapers -- they said that roosevelt was going to create a race riot in the country. roosevelt continued to correspond and see booker t. washington. the south kept going after roosevelt. eventually, he decided to go into the belly of the beast in head to mississippi on a bear hunt to confront the people that were accusing him of harboring an african american in the white house. shepard: the idea behind the bear hunt was to say, lynchings should stop? >> it was almost an epidemic of lynchings of blacks. roosevelt decided to make a very anti-lynching message in mississippi while bear hunting. before we had cable news, cartoonists use to follow presidents around. a cartoonist drew a cartoon which showed roosevelt with his hand stuck out saying no. that is what happened. a man caught a bear in roosevelt

booker t washington's fame news 1895 atlanta exposition speech.s is the voice of booker t washington. >> one-third of the population of the south is negro race. -- [inaudible] this population and reach the highest success. >> that is the voice of booker t. washington. every time i hear that, i get, chills. marcus garvey, the father of pan africanism in the 20th century. this is the article on marcus garvey. we can watch marcus garvey in a parade in harlem. >> marcus garvey advocate -- advocated black pride through the nia. they displayed parades in new york where garvey was in full military regale yaw or elaborate academic robes. >> if i go back to the article on garvey, this is audio clip. this is marcus very's voice. >> i -- [inaudible] you may ask what organization is that? -- [inaudible] 40 million of the south and central america, 280 million people of africa or the our industrial, commercial, educational, and political -- >> marcus garvey. and marcus garvey's most direct and legitimate descendant, of course was the great malcolm x. this is m

. >> i actually did and more so in the collection of booker t.washington where there were always these public appeals to help this to and pay for her scholarship. i did come across those but not so much from parents. mainly the people who were being reached out with students you're trying to stay in college. >> you have written other books and i wonder if writing those books whether there was a connection or something like that? was made to get started because i think it is on a full and i want to thank you for that. >> that is an inside will question. people see the range of my work and say how did you get from being a journalist to writing about face in a media and doing a collection of african american love letters, seems to make no sense, it actually makes a lot of sense. i think it is because i spent some money years as a journalist struggling to try to present this multi dimensional portrait of black life and is such an uphill climb in the newsroom to do that because for so many people the perversity of black life is more authentic than wha

at 6'9", he excelled at basketball at booker t. washington high school, where he was named oklahoma's only mcdonald all-american and was named converse national high school player of the year. though tisdale had many scholarship offers he chose to remain close to home and attend the university of oklahoma in norman. after arriving at the university of oklahoma, tisdale quickly distinguished himself as one of the greatest basketball players the school has ever seen. in his three-year college career, he restheaved honor of being named big eight player of the year in 1983, 1984, and 1985. mr. speaker, he was also named to the all-american team three times in three years while at the university of oklahoma. tisdale averaged 25.6 points a game and 10-.1 rebounds a contest during his career with the sooners. i still holds oklahoma's career records for points and rebounds. he owns the game's single game scoring mark for points per game, free throws and three-points attemptnd and made. he was part of the olympic game in 1984 and was the nu

she complimented the 1949 booker t. washington class from miami who were enroute here to washington. it was a wonderful gesture and made for a wonderful day. my colleagues who continue to rant about us not having health care, i wonder what they would say if we do nothing. will health care stay the same? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. inglis: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm not hear to ask the president to make good on his promise about jobs, because i don't believe government creates jobs. government doesn't create wealth. all it does is move wealth around. we need jobs, but i'm here to ask the president to make good on the idea of producing the right policies that would create jobs by creating wealth in the private sector. i would suggest to my colleagues that the way to do that is to have a low tax situation, a lighter touch on regulation a

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