in to be engaged in the civil rights movement. a woman was there to meet them with food and clothing and day place to stay. because there were able to mobilize so quickly they could take another initiative. with voter registration but they also give out to their activism a humanist agenda and much more progressive than others at that time. they were flexible and did not perpetuate many of the issues that were keeping women on the periphery of male-dominated organizations. they did not charge dues because they didn't want to limit participation meeting at flexible times there could be a masonic temple or churches that created an organization designed to ensure they have the greatest participation from local women. with the key activists points government anti-poverty initiatives to help create an organization that was of a broad based understanding of what it meant to be a civil rights activist. many organizers were middle-class women ever middle-aged and entrepreneurs. mrs. logan was an independent woman selling beauty products to

the nonviolent civil rights any --t -- where there was there any tension with her being nonviolent and having a different set of ideas? the myth that everyone in the civil rights movement was nonviolent and they adhere to gandhian principles. if you talk to black southerners and read civil rights history books, most people had guns. farmers in general -- americans, speaking, like their dunce. black people are not alien, they are americans. peopleere reports of having guns and defending themselves, particularly blacks living in rural areas. you could not betray yourself as a gun toting madman to the public media in the 1950's. you would be sent to mccarthy's committee and blacklisted, deported somewhere. jail. what happened is that african-americans in the summer campaign and birmingham, they decided to adhere to nonviolence when they were marching. they put their guns away for but their guns away for those moments. oftentimes the people we associate most with nonviolence like dr. king, he often had armed bodyguards surrounding his home. glenn smiley, from i think it is the fellowship of reconciliation, went to visit martin luther king in the early days of the montgomer

the bulge is not merely shed on rosa parks and the beginnings of the civil rights movement. offers a new way of approaching an understanding the women's history and the underpinnings of the civil rights movement. it traces a sordid history of sexual violence directed against black women in the jim crow era and illuminates how the little-known actions of rosa parks long before that bus boycott helped create the impetus for civil rights movements. detailsin says the book the all too ignored tactic of rate of black women and the practice of southern white supremacy. and she plots resistance against the outrage as a fact of the civil rights movement. her book is as essential as its history is infuriating. dr. me in welcoming danielle maguire. [applause] thank you. thank you to the georgia center for the book for inviting me in the decatur public library for hosting us, and to all of you for bearing with me through this presentation. i am thrilled you are here tonight. 1944, in alabama, a black woman named recy taylor walked home from a church revival. a car load of white men kid

[laughter] [applause] place to reminisce about the civil rights movement and pay homage to our civil rights leaders that montgomery. -- than montgomery. 60 years ago today, rosa parks sat down so that more of us could stand up. the movement that lives on today is a fight to ensure that each person is treated with dignity and respect, and that each person is given equal opportunity to pursue her his or her dreams -- to pursue his or her dreams. it helped to solidify that discrimination is inherently i'm just and were no longer be tolerated. the civil rights movement was a collaborative effort of numerous stakeholders and organizations with a common goal. often times, i think we fail to recognize the efforts of some people who played pivotal roles in the movement behind the scenes. people like attorney fred gray. lawyers were crucial to the success of the movement because they challenged discriminatory laws and practices in court. the fight for justice and equality continues with issues involving police brutality and attaining economics, educational, and social equality is. for many, th

>> part of our politics trying to catch up to the civil rights movement. they still have a great distance to travel. and the voting rights act, more than 30 states change their voting laws making it harder and more difficult, not just for people of color, but for our senior citizens, my position opened up the political process and let everybody come in and spoke at the march on washington on august 28, 1963, when i was 23 years old, and i said one person, one vote. and today money is controlling the american politics. [applause] >> as the great nation, great people, we can do better, we can do much better. make it easy, make it simple. >> you have to -- we will answer you on social media. is that cool? >> congressman, you are one of my heroes and in fifth grade you signed my cast so when i came to your office i quoted you when you said hate is too heavy a burden to bear. can you give some practical tips on how to put it down? >> in this audience, i heard dr. king said on one occasion maybe i can hear frei's him and let him take it. love the hell out of ever

it's an early civil rights movement. as soon as the california constitution has passed that says that slavery is abolished in california, the legislature starts to meet, even before california is officially admitted to the union, and they pass a series of laws. this will come back to haunt enslaved african-americans. one is, you don't have the right to testify, and you don't have the right to vote if you are an african-american or chinese or native american indian, and so you are very vulnerable. as slaves run away and those who are captured are seized, dragged down the mountains, pulled behind buggies, pulled behind mules into the nearby cities, they start to face the criminal justice system, and the set of laws goes into place. it is in the u.s. constitution that there is a fugitive slave law that says a runaway slave has to be returned. in case that wasn't enough, 1790 , congress passes another fugitive slave law. the big one is the national fugitive slave law of the 1850's, and that is why there are so many free blac

. >> the civil rights movement is the seminal event of the 1960s that ignites so many of the changes ty. >> the day has come when racism must be banished. >> the civil rights movement was incredibly inspiring. but at the same time, the women in it were not recognized as leaders in the same way that the men were. it said to us, if these movements we love still are not equal, then there has to be an autonomous women's movement. >> mr. president, the democratic platform promises to work for equal rights for women, including equal pay. what have you done for the women? >> i'm sure we haven't done enough, and -- [ laughter ] >> in 1961, president kennedy creates the commission on the status of women. that commission produced a report in 1963 that revealed things like the fact that women earned 59 cents for every dollar that men earned. that women were kept out of the most lucrative professional positions. >> women couldn't open a bank account in their own name. they couldn't get credit. they certainly couldn't open their own business. >> women couldn't serve on juries in some states. >> th

i think the context of the civil rights movement was also important and the social movements generally gave emphasis. >> i want to agree with you there i also want to ask that the feminist movement because there is another place where middle-class women could come together around this issue and their interests were the same. it might cost a little more that happy people taking care of children no matter who they were was much better than unhappy people. >> there was a very material interest white middle-class feminists i'd want to support the domestic organizing so they have good people taking care of their children but there was also an intellectual connection as well. many middle-class feminists have done domestic work. so there was a recognition on their part about the devaluation of housework whether it was from their perspective are the perspective of the paid domestic labor and that was the connection that was made between middle-class feminists and the domestic workers who were organizing. >> it is completely fascinating because one of the ways we started up out the movement in

here's one way of looking at the civil rights movement that focuses in on the protest and i think therotests are really important that you can't really separate the history of the civil rights movement from world war ii and from american seeing racism taken to its most legal it -- lethal end. you can't separate it from the cold war. you can't separate the freedom rides from bobby kennedy watching the freedom riders and saying, is talking about democracy in this embarrasses us. this has to be dealt with. and folks during the civil rights movement knew that. and so i don't take any joy out of this but it's hard for me to see moments of medical progress for african-americans in this country and to separate them from violence. again i don't mean that in any sort of tarak -- heroic or braggadocio way at all. violence is part of politics i think. >> in that context to understand the violence that we saw in baltimore and ferguson over the course of the last year? >> i don't know yet. i don't know yet. i don't want to say this because i don't know it to be true but i think it is possible, i t

the civil rights movement. t i reject the notion that nothing changed. is no longer ascension by law or by custom and before the civil rights movement, it surely was. [applause] we do it is service to the cause of justice by intimating that bias and discrimination are immutable. that racial division is inherent in america. if you think nothing has changed askhe past 50 years, someone who lived through the selma or chicago or los angeles of the 1950's. who once female ceo might have been assigned to the secretarial pool if nothing has changed. as her gay friend of his is nower to be out in american than it was 30 years ago. , thisy this progress hard-won progress, our progress, would be to rob us of our own agency, our capacity, our responsibility to do what we can to make america better. mistake is these are just -- a more common mistake is the suggestion ferguson is an isolated incident, that racism is banished, the work that drew men and women to selma is now complete and whatever racial tensions that remain a

civil rights over the past 50 years. this bridge represents the strength of the determination, the loss and the pain that have come to define the civil rights movement in america. and it's an honor for me to stand here among you today on behalf of the state of alabama. 50 years ago, demand the right to vote. those marchers have a bowl of visions. stood poised at center stage as a series of historical events unfolds around us as the fight for civil rights in one of its hardest struggles right here in this bridge. as the right to montgomery was met with violence. we've all seen the edges and heard the stories of those men and women who desired the right to vote. this nation was founded by men of many missions and backgrounds. it was founded on the principle that all men are created equal. in 1965, the rights of man were threatened because every man did not have the right to vote. leaders like dr. martin luther king, and my good friend, congressman lewis and so many of you who were involved in this movement. we need more men and women who are not afraid to stand up and work for what they believe in. alabama is a different state today than it was in 196

civil rights. that this is actually a logical extension of the civil rights movement and that in fact african americans and others who experienced the benefits of progress on the civil rights front should be joining with gays and lesbians for similar reasons. can you reflect on that? >> sure. >> do you think it's a legitimate comparison? >> oh, absolutely. and i think -- but i think historical perspective is really necessary to have. i don't say that african americans are enjoying thishat y pushed open the gates to freedom by getting people finally to deal with what equal citizenship means. the promise of equal citizenship was an enormous citizens' movement. and when they did and people started saying what does equal citizenship mean, they started saying why is it that women can't go to the ivy league colleges? >> right. why is it that women can't serve on juries in most states? >> right. >> why is it that the want ads are divided help wanted male, help wanted female and that most of the help wanted female ads were for girl friday in the "the new york times"? this is not that long ago but people have a

tonight, the 1960s in new york, including the civil rights area and the pivotal moment that turned a southern issue into a nationwide movement that involved our city. we're coming right back with a keep it here. meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and we're always looking for ways to enjoy more. so we called time warner cable and got even more than we expected. more speed, like 300 meg. more tv shows and movies on demand. more places to make more unlimited calls. they even made it easy to switch with a one hour arrival window. for $89.99 a month, you'll get 100 meg internet, tv, phone and more. free trial of showtime for one year. and ask how you could get a $300 reward card. ernie: welcome back to our feature story. after the golden age of the '50s, came a transformative time in new york city. the civil rights era of the '60s. let's start with arthur chi'en. he shows us how new york was >> reporter: much of the focus over the civil rights centered on the south where it was at times gruesome. new york in that time was a battleground as well. laws prohibited minorities from buying or renting apartments. segregation divi

senator who states prior to his election to office in 1973 jesse helms was an opponent of the civil rights movement, as well as a critic of the leftist politics of the day. jesse helms was a leader of the conservative movement for nearly three decades. he passed >> we are honored to have professor william link for his book "righteous warrior -- jesse helms and the rise of modern ."nservatism or c he is a professor of history at the university of florida. i read his zero-tolerance policy for plagiarism on his website i want to acknowledge portions of this introduction are lifted from the website. he was born to north carolina parents in evanston,

also on civil rights, kennedy was very much opposed to martin luther king. he was very much opposed to the civil rights movement. one reason is he got 85 electoral votes from the south in 1960. if he didn't get 'em, richard nixon would have been president. so king was an obstacle for keeping those votes. i must say lyndon johnson, his vice president, told him, he said you won't get those votes the next time. you've got to give the moral support for the civil rights movement. so kicking and screaming, he did support civil rights. of course, it ended up with johnson doing it. on vietnam you'll see kennedy seemed deeply involved in what was the overthrow of the president of south vietnam, the likely overthrow. and alsoing the assassination -- also the assassination. he knew the president would be murdered, but he didn't do, at last minute he refused to take steps to save his life. this is all many in these tape recordings. -- in these tape recordings. so it's an eye-opener of a book. tells you things you thought you knew about kennedy. i thought i knew about kennedy. i covered all these topics in 1963. it isn't un

talk about the union said the uaw but i was surprised at the amount of involvement in the civil-rights movement. if you want to relay that to the 63 birch. feel free. >> him and his brothers came out of west virginia to detroit working on the assembly lines. it is not in the book but i found of video where he describes going to school on the assembly line and said you are smart you can be a minister some day. and then moving up to become a leader of the united autoworkers. to have the contentious elements from the right to a and the left that survived an assassination attempt with violent acts against him including the goons from ford motor company. he had a very strong social conscience from the beginning a large part had to do with race. so with the rank-and-file we cease sadly about the time he died in the plane crash the autoworkers are moving out of detroit but he believed the of the announcement of racial equality so in 1963 that a key moment of my book the united autoworkers plays an instrumental role in the civil-rights movement he was one of the top aides that flew down to bring him wi

. , civil rights ins leadership was grown up leadership. called the sit in movement and apprenticeship in struggle. he is about right. no matter where you come out five years later -- stokely eventually moves to africa and embraces pan african socialism. other people embrace the democratic party. other people embrace other things. no matter where you come out at the end of this, without eruption ofis protests is an apprenticeship in struggle. part ofy that became a the newly expanded core had more or less that experience. before going to college or while in college. >> thank you very much for your presentation. i'm working with a lot of information. this question is pretty much for anybody on the panel. the response to the reimagining of black power leaders, we saw it with the reimagining of malcolm x.. the search to reinterpret what is black power, is there -- how many say this -- individuals believe there is a finality of black political progress with obama becoming president. would stokely carmichael view the obama era in context with the conditions of the black c

this civil rights movement, shortly after the civil rights act was passed we have gotten rid of the idea of second-class citizenship, time to get rid of second class status of people applying to emigrants. when it was passed finally. >> exactly what did the law on do, the national origin quota, let me understand the political climate you talk about, like you were saying, this is never going to happen. how did it work out? >> amazing to go back and read the debate, the committee hearings, to use one of donald trump's favorite terms, we are politically correct in our language. there was literally standing up, members of congress saying we don't want asia here or africans here, don't have the same rights here. very candid about their preference in northern western europeans, anglo-saxon country and we need to keep it that way. this is how couple unique things about that moment when the law is approved by congress. 55 denigration and got a larger share, the main opposition to the civil rights act, voting rights act and immigration act aimed at southern democrats and at that time there were m

. >> what has it meant for the civil rights movement that you have been involved in for your entire life and still are as the chairman of the naacp, to have a black man in elected as president of the united states. >> it means the work we have doing since 1909 is worth it. we were talking together and joked upstairs about how the headline in the onion the day after obama got it, "black man gets worst job in the united states" -- [laughter] it means that the work we have been doing all these years has paid off. it does not mean our work is over. there is more work to be done. no one can believe that barack obama would be president of the united states if it had not been for the work of the and aa cp. -- of the naacp. the work done by these people and these groups. it was like vindication that all of this labor, all of this has been worthwhile. we are happy to do it and see the results of it. he spoke at our convention in 1909, i'm sorry. 2009. -- 1999, our centennial. 2009. thank you. my wife is here in the front row. [laughter] she serves many wonderful purposes. [laughter] one of them i

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i remember learning about the civil rights movement in grade school and images of people with the fireoses in the national guard and feeling so worried retroactively for the people in my family and the way that i chose to deal with that as a child was to back away from it. to create a kind of offer. i wanted to write in this book to find ways of interrogating data anxiety that i haven't also trying to come closer to maybe a kind of empathy with my parents and their parents and the experiences that they would have been dealing with in the u.s. during a time when racial tension and racial violence were at a tremendous height. i'm thinking about the difference between then and now, sometimes i think it's not as vastly different. there's a section in this memoir where i remember a story that i was told about a great uncle are or a great great uncle who have been murdered by a white man for money that he had obtained from property. nothing happened. it wasn't even a question and thinking about that now as they went back and was editing the book in preparation for the publication during this

we reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played on that protest and the civil rights movemente hear from the attorney from rosa parks. 6:00, williamt davis on the little-known aspects of the lives of leadership of union general ulysses s. grant, and confederate general robert e. lee. and sunday afternoon at 4:00 on america," a report on nasa's projects including the manned space program and the mariner four flyby of mars. burns on how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv, all weekend and on holidays too, only on c-span3. >> recently, the national archives hosted a panel of award-winning political cartoonist to discuss their work, inspiration, the effect on political cartoons on the public debates. this is an hour and a half. >> welcome to the 11th annual william g mcgowan form on communications, technology, and government. with presidential election fervor percolating, and potential candidates jostling for position, this is an appropriate time to discuss freedom of speech. communication, and political cartoons. how do political carto

that tell sanders' life story, including his childhood in brooklyn, his involvement in the civil rights movement and his vote against the iraq war. donald trump is rock solid on top of the republican presidential field. as sunlen serfaty reports... a new poll shows him than three of his donald trump dominating the g- o-p field. a new cnn/orc poll showstrump on top with 39 percent support. more than double his next closest opponent, ted cruz. trump's lead is even more definitive.when measured by the depth of his support on issue after issue. on handling the economyimmig ration. ..and isisvoters all deem trump the best equipped candidate..by commanding natsot/trump:"she was favored to win and she got schlonged, she lost, i mean she lost." the frontrunner...thou gh...still in the storm...caused by his latest controversy... (donald trump, (r) presidential candidate): "i'm watching the debate, and she disappeared! where did she go!? where did she go!? (butt to) "i know where she went, it's disgusting, i don't want to talk about it." and now, hillary clinton for the first timeresponding directly to tr

we will see what role the lawyers played in the protest and the civil rights movement as we hear from the attorney for rosa parks and demonstrators. war author and historian william davis on the little-known aspects of the live and leadership of robert e. lee and grant. .- and ulysses s. grant and nasa projects, including project and the flyby of mars. and an award-winning documentary filmmaker on how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv, all weekend, and on holidays. the kennedy center honors is an annual ceremony for contributions to american culture. president obama and the first lady hosted the honorees at a reception in the white house's east room. , georgeded carol king lucas, and others. it is about 20-minutes. [indiscernible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, the 2015 kennedy center honorees. carole king. [applause] george lucas. [applause] rita morena. [applause] seiji ozawa. [applause] cicely tyson. [applause] [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. ♪ [applause] preside

luther king, junior led a citywide bus boycott.that chain of events set off what became the civil rights movement -- and led to a historic supreme court coming up on live at 5... holiday shopping often means long lines at the cash register - find out why scientists say we get so annoyed while waiting. meanwhile, a live check of your tuesday commute - moving smoothly at the s-curve on 380. let's check in with chief cbs 2 this morning, a team of specialists teamed up to perform a first of its kind surgery. how it gave one woman something should couldn't imagine living without.that's low 30s 30ssnow showers will give way by thursday sunshine and warmer temps. return. return.clouds and snow s swers continue rotate around an upper air low in nc iowa iowa radar shows the scattered showers. little if any accumulation. at worst 1/2 inch inchsnow showers will be scattered through early wednesday. then cloudy chilly conditions will prevail prevail highs were in thupper 30s with light precip under 1/10" inch inchcurrent temps are in the upper 20s to 30s 30swinds are sw 10-18 10-18behind todays storm another

i'm andrew spencer, reporting jessica rae: today is a major anniversary in the civil rights movement. sixty years ago today, a 42-year- old woman in movement. sixty years ago today, a 42-year- old woman in alabama took a stand -- by keeping her seat it was on this bus you see here that rosa parks was arrested... when she didn't give up her seat for a white man. that was december first, 19-55. less than a week later, a young and little-known pastor named martin luther king, junior led a citywide bus boycott. that chain of events set off what became the civil rights movement -- and led to historic supreme court rulings that banned segregation. parks died in october 2005 - just weeks before the 50th anniversary of her arrest. the winter storm that hit siouxland was one for the books. record snowfall of more than 6 inches has filled streets... this latest storm produced very wet snow... and with temps dropping to the mid 20's roads were expected to freeze over night an overnight tow ban was also posted for woodbury county.... "always have a plan before you travel, let people know when you

movement. they tell the story of the epic of the civil rights act of 1964 in congress including an expiration of the legislative process and legislative strategy, the tactics that were employed. to employ -- explore the impact of the civil rights act on american life and law from 1964 until the present. we will begin in the prologue section which provides a historical backdrop for race relations in the united states from the colonial. 1899.onial period to we will first look at a copy of the united states can't -- constitution. the u.s. constitution did not ,xplicitly mentioned slavery but there are at least three references to slavery in the document when it was ratified. the first is the 3/5 compromise. slaves were counted as you and the person for purposes of appropriating seats in the house of representatives. thereby increasing the power of the slave states and congress. the constitution also included a fugitive slave laws. he was used to ensure the return of runaway slaves. in addition, the u.s. constitution prohibited the import slaves after 1808. but the language did not refer to african.

the church doesn't play the same role as it does in the black civil rights movement. a big deal. john: the piece on the new york times website right now. it will be in the new york times magazine this weekend. jim rutenberg, thanks for joining us. we will be right back. ♪ john: after you finish watching the show, go to bloombergpolitics.com and check out our campaign tracker for the latest 2016 updates, along with a fantastic story by our friend josh green about ted cruz's donald trump strategy. mark: tomorrow, president obama is headed to hawaii for his usual christmas vacation. on his way, he is going to stop in san bernardino, california and have a private meeting with families of the victims of the terrorist shooting. before he leaves washington, the president is planning to hold his year-end press conference. we will keep an eye on all of that and all the other news in the political world. we will be back your tomorrow. john: do think he's going to be jovial? mark: mixed and measured. thank you for watching. we will see you tomorrow. sayonara. ♪ ♪ is friday, dece

establishment of our god-given rights, religion directly benefited american society by catalyzing the two greatest social movements in our nation's history -- abolition and civil rights. abolition traces its roots to the second great awakening when preachers such as charles granderson finney and lymon beecher rose to prominence on their revivalist teachings on social justice and equality. many of the earliest pro-abolition organizations coalesced around christian evangelical communities in the north. emancipation was a religious cause first and a political movement second. most abolitionists were deeply religious themselves, including two of the movement's most vocal leaders -- almost garrison and john greeley whittier. the christian doctrine of moral equality was especially crucial in generating the grassroots support that eventually made emancipation possible. religion was equally influential in guiding the civil rights movement. we speak today of dr. martin luther king, but we sometimes forget that before he was a doctor, he was a reverend. in 1967, the year before his death, reverend king proclaimed -- quote -- "before i was a civil rights leader, i was a

that's not the way we did the civil rights movement. i was in the civil rights movement.you do it. >> i do want you to listen to some african-american pastors who are clearly very divided on their support for donald trump. here it is. >> i want to apologize because prostitutes get money. and the 100 that walked away with nothing, they did it for free. so, there's another word for that. and i would not use that language on a family channel. >> i'm tired of the black americans being at the bottom of the barrel and the poorest people in america. we need to create wealth. donald trump knows how to do that. so you see this division. where do you see the fault line here, reverend? >> i think it is true that black americans are at the bottom, but you're not going to do it with give me, give me, give me. what happened to president kennedy's speech when he said, ask not what you can do -- what your country can do for you, but what can you do for your country? and that is going to be in our news conference, which will be very hard-hitting. i will reveal some things that i didn't ev

without whom the civil rights movement would not have been possible. 1940, seven years before jackie robinson changed the face of baseball, a group of african-american businessman held change the face of american business, hired by pepsi-cola company in queens, among the first black americans to work at professional jobs in corporate america and target black consumers as a distinct market. they chipped away at long-standing media stereotypes, they face down jim crow laws and fought to ensure african-americans were recognized as both talented and valued customers. their persistent fight pave the way for generations to come. unsungthese 12 pioneers, heroes of the civil rights movement lived to tell their story in the real pepsi challenge. we are honored to have one of them here tonight. jean emmons and the author stephanie capparell . that book was awarded the national press club media criticism award dinner articles on the media and african-american art and coulter have appeared in numerous publications. the new york times, washington post, essence, and architects. to begin our discus

sutton was an instrumental figure in dubuque during the civil rights movement. she died earlier this year. ruby's daughter lynn says it's a "that her memory will always what she stood for. she would not have wanted all this, she was very humble, very quiet about what she did, but she still got the job done." the building will officially be renamed early next year during a dedication ceremony. iowa's population is growing --but is ststll behind the ational rate. new estimates show iowa's population grew point five percent this year. the national population grew point eight percent.& iowa is still 30th in population among the states. after the 2010 census, iowa lost a seat in congress because the state's other states. a 7-year-old saved all of her allowance money for more than a year to buy gifts for veterans this holiday season. kwwl's kristin rogers tells us a small girl, with a big heart... (cg: jonathan westercamp/ isabel's father) "cleaning, picking up toy rooms, and you know picking up leaves our country "you have to push isabel gathered one- hundred handsoa

civil rights movement, as well as a critic of the leftist politics of the day. jesse helms was a leader of the conservative movement for nearly three decades. he passed >> we are honored to have professor william link for his book "righteous warrior -- jesse helms and the rise of modern ."nservatism or c he is a professor of history at the university of florida. i read his zero-tolerance policy for plagiarism on his website i want to acknowledge portions of this introduction are lifted from the website. he was born to north carolina parents in evanston, illinois, grew up in new jersey, and spent the summer months down here in north carolina. davidsonted from college in 1976 and received a phd in history from the university of virginia. for the next 23 years he taught at the university of north carolina at greensboro. between 1995 and 1998 he served as associate dean at the college of arts and sciences and between 1998 and 2004 was the head of the history department. the university of florida to occupy the richard j middleborough chair in history. he teaches cour

lens of the actual politics and ideology as a commitment to make real the promises of the civil-rights movement for the african-american community much more friendly to transactional politics we will work with the politicians republicans or independents to help black people but they have an approach to post civil-rights that makes today's democrats look like the liberal republicans have most of them were if that makes sense. >>host: khalil gibran muhammad who are some of the contemporary african-american writers that you read meyer? >> looking at the minority message is terrific. a comparative literature scholar that looks that black women to experiences in that period. i just read a book about ethel morris who was a pioneering journalist that was such river agreed. i just read a couple of dissertations. [laughter] my reading is very broad. >>host: you have been quoted as saying the you want to make smart sexy again. >>guest: in your line of work you want your market to expand and grow and develop. i take i will borrow the quip that was written in part to a couple years ago when he said america

luther king, junior led a citywide bus boycott.that chain of evevts set off what became the civil rights movement -- and led to a historic supreme court ruling banning segregation. thanks for watching your cbs 2

led a citywide bus boycott. what became the civil rights movement, and led to an historic supreme court ruling banning segregation. and outside, we are seeing some weather. it is kind of abnormal. you will see warmer temperatures than normal. kevin: the continues on through the end of the week. we will talk about that coming up. erin: also it' s a popular flower , around the holiday season. we' ll show you some of the work that goes into growing the perfect poinsettias. our u local hot shot. this is buddy getting into the holiday spirit with an elf headband in chester. we love to see you are pets >> now meteorologist kevin forecast. kevin: chilly start, and light showers have been creeping in. there is the possibility depending on your elevation in the southwestern half of the state as the moisture comes in different than purely rain showers out there. a brief 20- or 30-minute shower with temperatures below the freezing mark could make one or two roadways slick that we are not expecting widespread problems through the afternoon but that is the one thing we are keeping track of this poin

the charge for a global climate agreement, we remember the woman who said the same for the civil rights movement 60 years ago today. rosa parks stood up for her rights by sitting down and refusing to give her seat up to a white man, resisting racial segregation and launching the montgomery bus boycott which ended up changing america forever. after a break, behind the scenes at the paris climate conference with former australian prime minister on how deals are made. that's when we come back. believe it. at&t and directv are now one. which means you can watch in the house, in a treehouse, or even in miss pepperpie's house. pause in your pjs and hit play during a pb&j. nice! and enjoy some cartoons instead of listening to dad's car tunes. (dad) ♪meet you all the way! get the best of both worlds. directv at home and 2 wireless lines. from directv and at&t. it begins from the the second we're born.er. because, healthier doesn't happen all by itself. it needs to be earned every day. using wellness to keep away illness. and believing a single life can be made better by millions of others. as a health s

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next, danielle mcguire discusses the lives of women during the civil rights movement.s december marks the 60th anniversary of rosa parks' .efusal to give up her seat she examines racial and sexual violence experienced by african-american women in the segregated south year she crit

reflect on the montgomery bus boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest in the civil rights movementwe hear from demonstrators. at 6:00, civil war author and historian william davis on the little-known aspects of the lives of leadership of union general ulysses s. grant, and confederate general robert e lee. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on progressrica," a report on nasa's projects, including the manned space program and the mariner 4 flyby of mars. burns onre 9:00, rick how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv, all weekend on holidays, only on c-span3. >> each year, 300 members of britain's youth parliament meet at the house of commons for debates on current issues. the youth parliament is made up of young people from across britain from the ages of 11 years old and 18 years old. this part of the debate focused on issues related to racism, religious discrimination, and education. it is an hour and a half. speaker: please, take your seat. home.ke yourselves at parliamentary colleagues here are present, but more importantly, members of the unite

i think there he understood that, there he talked about the way that the civil rights movement ott '60s -- of the '60s had transformed america, it wasn't about reform, it was about transformation. we need that transformation now. >> thank you so much, professor butler. ms. understanding that -- [applause] understanding that we come from the vantage of research and knowledge and reporting and sourcing, michael eric dyson, i want to ask you, is it fair to pin a lot of these hopes on this president when it took 400 years to come out of? i mean, it took 200 years to come out of what happened 400 years ago. can we lump all of this on this president? and should we look to the past to see who we are today and how we should go forward now and after he's president? >> well, i want to say it's great to be here with april, the great joy reid and the hag unanimous and -- magnanimous and gifted professor paul butler. look, of course it's not fair to pin all of our hopes on one man, to put all of our eggs in one basket. but it's unavoidable. because we love him so much. he's our guy. he's tall, terri

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she became an iconic symbol in the civil rights movement. >>> well, it looks like the big tree lighting ceremony at rockefeller plaza could be a soggy one. the celebration and lighting ceremony is set for 8:00 tomorrow night. this is video of the tree when it arrived last month. there will be performances by sting, mary j. blige, andy grammar and the rockettes as well as others. the best part, though, you don't have to stand out in the cold rain to see it all. you can watch it all right here on nbc 4 or in the next washington app. >>> here in d.c., we're going to light the national christmas tree on thursday. hot 99.5's kane is here to tell us which celebrities will be in town. >> yes. >> we know reese witherspoon is hosting. who's going to perform? >> fallout boy, you name it. believe it or not, this is the 9 3rd lighting of the national christmas tree. fallout boy performing on the ellipse downtown. believe it or not, reese witherspoon, miss piggy's going to make a surprise appearance. tory kelly, crosby, nash, and of course the joyous string quartet. keep in mind there will be some r

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we'll reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest and the civil rights movementd montgomery bus boycott demonstrators. and then william davis on the little-known aspects of the lives and leadership of union general ulysses st. grant and confederate general robert e. lee. and sunday at 4:00, the manned space program and the marinerer 4 flyby of mars. just before 9:00, writer and documentary filmmaker rick burns on how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv, all weekend. and on holidays, too, only on c-span3. >>> next, the moderated conversation with president dwight d. eisenhower's grandchildren. they will talk about his military and political career, his relevance for us today, his legacy and about the grandfather they remember. this discussion was part of the ike 125 celebration commemorating the 125th anniversary of his birth. ♪ ♪ o say, can you see by the wn

helping to spark the civil rights movement. what do people think about tha >>> now at 5:30, a story about being kind. and a mother on a mission to honor a young man she barely knew. >> broke my heart. just broke it because what a beautiful person. >>> and new details about a punpun puppy store stakeout. >>> and remembering rosa. >> changed our country. >> 60 years ago rosa parks sat down and stood up for civil rights. >>> but first at 5:30, a police officer goes to court in prince george's county accused of holding his gun to a man's head. >> that officer is charged with assault and misconduct in the case. and a judge will be the one to decide his fate. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is at the courthouse in upper marlboro with more now. >> reporter: we saw the cell phone video of this incident several times today in court and the defense presented an interesting argument. the defense attorneys said "my client may not be a good cop but that doesn't make him a criminal." prince george's county police officer j

it was an acknowledgment during the civil rights movement, during desegregation of schools where if you are in a white affluent neighborhood children had everything they needed. was -- it was an acknowledgment at that time that school districts and states did not cheat -- did not treat children equally. it never demanded they treat children equally. they acknowledged it, accepted it. reading tenders. we think that the new law takes to the elementary and secondary education act. multiple indicators of how that school is doing, with the game changer again. kids who faced discrimination , to gotitutional racism in and say the indicators we want our to see what kind of service and support children and our affluent communities half. we needed to be transparent and we need the public to see that not all children have equal access to the opportunity to learn. we have lost something, no one can make the cut -- make the argument that it was better for poor children, better for minority children, that effortless ability -- better for disability. i think it was even more dangerous that had push ou

we will reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in the protest and civil rights movement as we year from the attorney for rosa parks and demonstrators. davis on theiam little-known aspects of the lives and leadership of ulysses s. grant and robert e lee. sunday at 4:00, a 1965 progress projects.nasa's burns onre 9:00, rick how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv, all weekend, and on holidays, only on cspan3. night, the stepson of the late washington columnist talks about the second volume of his diaries which give an insider's take on washington, d.c., from 1960 to 1969. >> it was remarkable all the things he did. sometimes, he would criticize himself in the diary. if you read it carefully, he must have come across different places where he said i should not have said it quite that way or lyndon is going to get mad at me for the way i wrote that column. told what id to be wrote, and i am glad i wrote it. >> sunday night on "q&a." in the historic brown versus board of education case, the supreme court ruled public school segrega