and booker t. washington recommending her. there was a big difference in the approach to race relations between two boys and booker t -- duboise and booker t. washington. she later came to believe that agitation was necessary. did she even all? -- evolve? why the difference? >> a good place for you to begin to respond. joan: it is a very important question. she evolved a lot over time and job, hisnd owed his professional livelihood to booker t. washington and was loyal to him. mindful of that. and gavetraveled a lot lectures all around the country and in the very early part of the 20th century, all of a sudden, conductors are saying, you need to move to the jim crow car. boise,k she is aware of du pre-naacp. her idea of protest resonated with her. resonateda of protest with her. the idea of protest and assertiveness resonated with her. given her roleme and what she was doing on the sidewalks in 1950, that she did not think you have to be a man to protest. i think it is safe to think she deviated th

here is booker t. washington offering the ultimate reconciliation message trying to reunite the nation in sectional and racial peace. not in a purpose of forgetting the past but in an acknowledgment of the sacrifice of the devotion of black men that they had always shown to the united states. of course, this reconciliation between the races was not to be at that moment. neither was there as much reconciliation between north and south as popular images would have us believe. popular images even from the time such as this cover of puck suggesting former confederates and unionist veterans had reunited. in 1865, the refusal of the united states government to bury confederate dead in national u.s. cemeteries alongside the concurrent development of confederate national cemeteries by the ladies memorial associations in the south. the dead had served to hinder feelings of reconciliation in the media post civil war. -- in the immediate post civil war. the dead had served to keep sectionalism alive. in 1898, the

a prominent black publisher out of his office in the white house or when teddy roosevelt invited booker t. washington to simply have a meal he was roundly criticized. i can see, we had a spectrum in our committee from center to left, but it was all operating outside of what was then considered the political mainstream. >> because you could not participate. >> right. we were at the tail end, the complete dismantling. this was 1920 the last black delegate attended the republican national convention and in the 1880s and 90s, so i also think -- and this is a healthy debate about the role of the president and barack obama's responsibility to that role for the african-american community. the 1st black president but also president of the country where african-americans make up 12 or 13 percent of the population, also a president elected by this multidimensional coalition, african-americans, latinos, whites, he carries a majority of the white vote in ten to 12 states, the majority of the african-american and hispanic votes nationwide. in the south where you and i are from, mississippi,, mississip

booker t. washington likewise chimed in.ust as he had praised the 54th massachusetts for their civil war service, he lauded the service of civil war -- excuse me of african-american soldiers during the spanish-american war. he addressed the largest audience he had ever spoken to at the chicago peace jubilee in october of 1898. this image actually comes out of his autobiography. it's in it that he claims this is the largest audience he had ever talked to, and in it he celebrated the heroic sacrifice of african-american men throughout the nation's history. the brave colored troops at fort wagner and fort pillow to the heroism of black regiments who stormed santiago in all of these victories black men had fought for their nation. he looks at mckinley as sitting up in a box and he looks up at him and thanks him for recognizing the black contribution to the war. people are standing up and waving handkerchieves and clapping and washington gets them to settle back down. he continues reminding them there is yet one more victory for

>> booker t. washington high school.rian lamb: we had 2800 entries in the big winner was from jenks high school in tulsa, oklahoma. it is terrific. they make five to seven minute documentaries. wanted to get that plug-in for oklahoma. what do you think about politics? >> i think like many other people were fairly skeptical watching the derbies that are the debates each week and i think one of the most important thing is it reaffirmed my faith and politics and the political process because the truth is these people, these people we see on television, c-span are real people. when we saw president obama, perhaps the thing that stood out the most to me was the bags under his eyes, he was tired, he is a real person. i thought that that was perhaps most interesting. brian lamb: what do you think when you see the campaign, is that real? >> to an extent. these are real people with real ideas that transform themselves. i think perhaps the biggest dichotomy could be between the republican debates where people were attacking each o

>> booker t. washington high school. >> we have a studentcam and out ofry year, 2800 entries, the big winner was from jenks high school in tulsa, oklahoma. it is terrific. they make five to seven minute documentaries. wanted to get that plug-in for oklahoma. what do you think about politics? >> i think, like many other people, we're fairly skeptical watching the derbies that are the debates each week, and i think one of the most important things is it reaffirmed my faith in politics and the political process because the truth is these people, these people we see on television, c-span, are real people. when we saw president obama, perhaps the thing that stood out the most to me was the bags under his eyes, he was tired, he is a real person. i thought that that was perhaps most interesting. brian lamb: what do you think when you see the campaign, is that real? >> to an extent. these are real people with real ideas that transform themselves. i think perhaps the biggest dichotomy could be between the

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booker wright was not rewarded for his candor. it was not a good experience for him. it did not make him a star by, you know -- >> john t. black power" here, that was less important to the black community here than what booker said on the nbc news. >> anthony: yeah. the private dining rooms at lusco's are still here. the menu, much the same. steaks, fish, the famous broiled shrimp. the lusco's special salad with the house italian vinaigrette dressing and a healthy dose of anchovy. onion rings. >> john t. edge: the salad makes me happy. >> anthony: yeah, me too. >> john t. edge: mostly the anchovies make me happy. >> anthony: yeah, yeah, love those. catfish for mr. edge, the famous pompano for me. >> john t. edge: it's the kind of mark of being a great restaurant in the delta, if you have pompano. >> anthony: it's a big damn fish. no way i'm finishing this. sitting here, the booths, the curtains, the whole "ring bell for service" thing, it seems lost in time. >> john t. edge: we got a real long and ugly history. but one of the things i love about this place is you can't deny the burden of the past, like it's on your should