a really interesting case study of the civil rights years is hazel brannon smith. hazel called the lexington advertiser in these years. lexington is a small town north of jackson, mississippi. her story is so so compelling. in fact, at one point i want to say it was in the mid '90s, she was the subject of a tv movie. and her life is truly the subject of a tv movie. she was a southern belle, graduate of the university of alabama, and like so many journalism graduates of that era, she wanted to own her own newspaper. and by golly, she did. she went to tiny lexington, bought the local newspaper and made a success of it. she proceeded, as she liked to recall, today every eligible bachelor and hundred she donned her succeeded. she ultimately met some fellow on a cruise, but about the lexington. they got married and she ran a final newspaper and was making a good bit of money. hazel was a segregationist. she very much with reflective of her time and place, but you know what? she believed in justice for all and that citizens should be treated equally. now, she thought tha

when hazel brannon smith received her pulitzer prize, judges commended her for, quote, steadfast adherence court overturned the decision, pressure on mississiprs. smith mount. they drew from their savings to support the newspaper, they mortgaged their home, built up a debt of $80,000. still, mrs. smith continued her attacks against racist, corrupt politicians and racketeers. in one of her honored editorials she shown a light on a terrible injustice. sheer is diana sugg. >> holmes county depp pi sheriff andrew p. smith's action in arresting a 58-year-old negro farmer for firebombing his own home has come as a numbing shock to the people of holmes county. it is a grave disservice to our county and to all people in these days of increasing racial tension and strife. white and negro citizens of holmes county alike simply could not believe that something like this could happen in our country. that a man and his wife and 16-year-old daughter could be routed from sleep in the small hours of the morning and be forced to flee their home, literally in terror, only to be shot at by intruders outside.

i should let brannon talk about law enforcement and the like. the law enforcement community has been great partners with us on pushing for criminal justice reform here in d.c. and in the states. there are very important stakeholders and to send the message that what is being offered in d.c. does nothing but ensure safety because of the steps they are taking. so i think that is a very good point and we're working very hard to amplify those voices. regarding immigration and detention and in your point, i think you are correct that it mirrors in many ways our broken criminal justice system. which is why, not to get overfully political here, we need comprehensive immigration reform but i think the same incentives, economic perhaps and the like could perhaps work in that context because they are mirror images of each other. >> i'll pass the baton to inimai because we support the brennan center they do on this area. >> so on the address of police and prosecutors, we launched a group of 165 police chiefs and prosecutors called law enforcement leaders t