57
57
Sep 28, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 57
favorite 0
quote 0
independence with a segregated -- the creation of a segregated society and in response with the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's. at the very end of the civil war, african-americans had civil rights in the former confederacy and in fact had voting rights and produced legislatures in which over 1900 african-americans had served in state legislatures in southern states. in 1877, the political compromise removed northern troops from the former confederacy. that allowed it white society to begin a campaign of removing the civil rights that african-americans had received at the very end of the civil war and re-creating slavery by another name. a segregated society, what we have come to call jim crow. the initial elements had changes in state laws that limited the rights of african-americans, limited their right to move, to vote, limited their rights to serve on juries, limited their economic rights. but it simply wasn't the imposition of new laws. it was the support of those laws by a reign of terror. quite frankly, and the symbol of that terror has come to be the ku klux klan, but the klan
independence with a segregated -- the creation of a segregated society and in response with the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's. at the very end of the civil war, african-americans had civil rights in the former confederacy and in fact had voting rights and produced legislatures in which over 1900 african-americans had served in state legislatures in southern states. in 1877, the political compromise removed northern troops from the former confederacy. that allowed it white...
44
44
Sep 27, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 44
favorite 0
quote 0
before there was a civil rights movement. the 1940's and 50's, act of -- activist constantly tried to put pressure on white society to allow greater civil activity for african-americans, economic rights, legal rights, but particularly voting rights. one of the major proponents of voting rights in florida was moore and his wife harriet. they were active in the civil rights movement. on christmas day, 1941, a exploded under their bedroom in broward county florida. harry was killed outright. harriet died a few days later, but they were only two of several martyrs to the civil rights movement before the board versus brown of education case in 1954 and before the instigated by rosa parks. there has been a constant number of individuals who were fighting the -- fighting for civil rights before those events drew national attention, who were killed by the terrorists involved in trying to preserve white supremacy. harry moore, his wallet, his pocket watch and his wife more -- wife or a small lady's wristwatch. the small locket which h
before there was a civil rights movement. the 1940's and 50's, act of -- activist constantly tried to put pressure on white society to allow greater civil activity for african-americans, economic rights, legal rights, but particularly voting rights. one of the major proponents of voting rights in florida was moore and his wife harriet. they were active in the civil rights movement. on christmas day, 1941, a exploded under their bedroom in broward county florida. harry was killed outright....
44
44
Sep 4, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 44
favorite 0
quote 0
that's part of what allows us to have that container idea of the civil rights movement. suddenly there was organizing on this issue of civil rights. martin luther king, jr., it should say, organized the boycott. the masses followed sing. the masses walked, which they did. boycotts ended segregated buses and that the boycott was short. i just want to tick through those and just aspeak to those. the first one, being this idea that parks was the first, that she was the first black woman to resist segregated public transportation. that's not even true -- there are examples from the previous century, one of them being ida b. wells, who protested on railroad. and sojourner truth. and ples si. but that's where plessy versus ferguson comes from. we have examples of the african-americans segregating public transportation before. and in birmingham, alabama, we have two examples. pauline kargt in 1943, she was a teenager. and when she -- a bus driver treated her poorly, she spit on him. she cursed him, and then she spent 30 days in jail as a teenager. there's an incident of another
that's part of what allows us to have that container idea of the civil rights movement. suddenly there was organizing on this issue of civil rights. martin luther king, jr., it should say, organized the boycott. the masses followed sing. the masses walked, which they did. boycotts ended segregated buses and that the boycott was short. i just want to tick through those and just aspeak to those. the first one, being this idea that parks was the first, that she was the first black woman to resist...
33
33
Sep 4, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 33
favorite 0
quote 0
she certainly supported some of the nonviolent activities of the civil rights movement, but she never fully embraced nonviolence. so for how many of you raise your hands, do you find that surprising? right again that's troubling to me. but not at all surprising. so my question then and i will allow for a couple of questions here and just monsters, it's like there's no right answer but because you are the ones who know, why do you think there is such an investment or that that mistake parks as i am calling her, has survived so long well? after her death, she died in 2005. what do you think that has such currency that idea? >> i think, when i learned about this i think i was an elementary school, so i was like eight nine or ten years old. and i think it's a lot easier for her to be like, a one-dimensional character in the story that we tell children can, when we are first learning about this history and it's like for her to be a complex human being, and for her to have more to offer to the story than just sitting on a bus. we're >> going? >> it's also thinking about how a lot of us have
she certainly supported some of the nonviolent activities of the civil rights movement, but she never fully embraced nonviolence. so for how many of you raise your hands, do you find that surprising? right again that's troubling to me. but not at all surprising. so my question then and i will allow for a couple of questions here and just monsters, it's like there's no right answer but because you are the ones who know, why do you think there is such an investment or that that mistake parks as i...
57
57
Sep 3, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 57
favorite 0
quote 0
civil rights movement, suffrage movement, and the movement for prohibition. because these are three movements long standing reform movements in american society that are dramatically affected by the first world war. all right. so i want to go ahead and start with the civil rights movement. i like this poster because it's a good counter to the traditional way that we look at propaganda. when we look at problem gan pag look at the official propaganda posters that are distributed. what we fail to remember or look at are privately produced propaganda posters. there's a huge thriving propaganda poster movement which is important because it allows voices we don't normally pay attention to to show us their -- obviously this is a poster that is created for the african-american community. it's published in chicago. i don't know if you see the bottom. it's true blue. that's what it's talking about. and if you look at the poster, it's kind of generic propaganda fare. so you've got the father. he's serving in the military. got the flags there. we know he's alive. how do
civil rights movement, suffrage movement, and the movement for prohibition. because these are three movements long standing reform movements in american society that are dramatically affected by the first world war. all right. so i want to go ahead and start with the civil rights movement. i like this poster because it's a good counter to the traditional way that we look at propaganda. when we look at problem gan pag look at the official propaganda posters that are distributed. what we fail to...
57
57
Sep 3, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 57
favorite 0
quote 0
we can see that this new notion of fighting back, this is going to be the new tenor of the civil rights movementd racial riots in 1919, african americans fight back right? african americans fight back by joining the naacp, in record numbers. making it a strong civil rights organization. and i can just point to one example here, from charles houston who writes some years after the war, -- by fellow americans convinced me there was no sense my dying for world war by them, i made it my mind that if i got into this war i would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back. this is just one example, i could give you lot examples, but charles houston you may never heard of him, but he is the guy who devised the legal strategy for the naacp that results in brown -- he is the legal genius of our time. that in a sense made the modern civil rights movement possible. and so sometimes because the first world war, in 1919, it's not a success story. we just want to fast forward to the 19 fifties for successes, but those successes start here. this is the foundation of that, that comes ou
we can see that this new notion of fighting back, this is going to be the new tenor of the civil rights movementd racial riots in 1919, african americans fight back right? african americans fight back by joining the naacp, in record numbers. making it a strong civil rights organization. and i can just point to one example here, from charles houston who writes some years after the war, -- by fellow americans convinced me there was no sense my dying for world war by them, i made it my mind that...
39
39
Sep 1, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 39
favorite 0
quote 0
the civil rights movement, the late civil rights movement, when people really started pushing for integration understood that it was in itself a kind of reparations, so they are not mutually exclusive. i would take both. >> great. thank you. here is a question specifically about the thesis of your book and like your argument in general. [inaudible]. is this a misread? [inaudible]. >> there's a range of arguments currently being aired, but i would argue that they tend to be reactive, and they're responding to an immediate harm. they're responding to a dog whistle, to a siren, to a state of oppression. integration is active. that's the question, what must we do to complete this democracy? and there's a deeper question in this book, and it's more global question, if we bear in mind that the u.s. is one part of form of colonial system that encompassed the entire world or much of the world and things function here as they do throughout much of the former british empire, as they did in india, as they did in nigeria, as they did in south africa, and none of those places have yet been made whole or a
the civil rights movement, the late civil rights movement, when people really started pushing for integration understood that it was in itself a kind of reparations, so they are not mutually exclusive. i would take both. >> great. thank you. here is a question specifically about the thesis of your book and like your argument in general. [inaudible]. is this a misread? [inaudible]. >> there's a range of arguments currently being aired, but i would argue that they tend to be reactive,...
22
22
Sep 12, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 22
favorite 0
quote 0
it reminded me of the civil rights movement. i actually think this is different than the charleston massacre, which sort of began it and we saw charlottesville and other things along the way, but i really think like with civil rights movement, this could be a revolutionary moment in a revolutionary time. been part of it is something that has been going on since i went to graduate school before most of you were born. and that is that we are getting our history better. and places like the lincoln cottage are conveying that history better. people have been misled in extraordinary ways in their interpretation of history. and we now have close to release 10 or 20 years -- close to at least of 10 or 20 years of public high school teachers and these public high school teachers are doing gods work, bless them, that they have taught history about not just slavery but potentially reconstruction, this interracial democracy, being much more the nruth of what had happened tha what people have been told. ,hat is, white southerners former confe
it reminded me of the civil rights movement. i actually think this is different than the charleston massacre, which sort of began it and we saw charlottesville and other things along the way, but i really think like with civil rights movement, this could be a revolutionary moment in a revolutionary time. been part of it is something that has been going on since i went to graduate school before most of you were born. and that is that we are getting our history better. and places like the lincoln...
53
53
Sep 5, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 53
favorite 0
quote 0
poverty, had to do with the conditions in the inner cities, in the minds of many americans, the civil rights movement and the rights of the 1960's are all blended together. they are rebellion against authority. and the distinction of one, the civil rights movement is going to be non-violent, rely on non- violence, and the other is this spattering of outburst of violence. it is quite different. the connection is there. >> what do you remember about april 4, 1968? >> that was the day he was shot. i remember going by dr. levi watkins office at alabama state university in montgomery. i walked in his office and he said, dr. king has been shot. that is what i remember. i was also involved in the city movement as another effort on the part of this growing resistance on the part of black folks and the unwillingness to continue to accept segregation. you had the sit in movement, the freedom rides, all of these things where blacks are demanding that now, and of course would be riots taking place in certain places, which dr. king always condemned, he saw this as a threat to white well-being. >> did you ever mee
poverty, had to do with the conditions in the inner cities, in the minds of many americans, the civil rights movement and the rights of the 1960's are all blended together. they are rebellion against authority. and the distinction of one, the civil rights movement is going to be non-violent, rely on non- violence, and the other is this spattering of outburst of violence. it is quite different. the connection is there. >> what do you remember about april 4, 1968? >> that was the day...
559
559
Sep 13, 2020
09/20
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 559
favorite 0
quote 0
it's a communal effort, i'm sure. >> lena horne became very active in politics in the early civil rights movementwas invited to a secret civil rights meeting with then-attorney general bobby kennedy. she was with harry, the author james baldwin, playwright lorraine hanz bury, and some younger black civil rights workers. it did not go well. bobby kennedy was appalled by some of their suggestions about the measures that the u.s. should take around race, especially in the south, and the activists and the artists were appalled at his lack of deep understanding of the extent of the problem of racism in the country where he was the chief law enforcement officer. >> will you please welcome senator robert kennedy. [ applause ] >> i ride up and down in my building every day in my building and i see a man that says he's johnny carson. so great to see you finally. >> it's not me. >> for the most part, my father's relationship to robert kennedy had been adversarial given who robert kennedy really was before he made the choice to learn more about the plight of poor people. >> when we first got word that bobby
it's a communal effort, i'm sure. >> lena horne became very active in politics in the early civil rights movementwas invited to a secret civil rights meeting with then-attorney general bobby kennedy. she was with harry, the author james baldwin, playwright lorraine hanz bury, and some younger black civil rights workers. it did not go well. bobby kennedy was appalled by some of their suggestions about the measures that the u.s. should take around race, especially in the south, and the...
38
38
Sep 4, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 38
favorite 0
quote 0
>> i have a question for the man. 1968, in 1948, was humphrey spending more time with the civil rights movementmartin luther king and kennedy and lyndon b. johnson? susan: yes, we are going to spend quite a bit of time talking about civil rights. why don't we get into that part of his worldview? this is from the art of the possible. early in his career, hubert humphrey talks about his view of the world. alright, we don't have that clip. why don't you help us understand what informed his politics? mick: to answer the question, the civil rights was long -- it was in him from the time he was born. lyndon johnson was in the southern states, had to deal more with the issue of race getting elected. humphrey felt believed deeply what he was up against. what he actually did in that speech, lyndon johnson called the most courageous political act of the 20th century. he really believed in civil human rights. susan: that caller was asking about humphrey's commitment compared to the other two. lyndon johnson and john kennedy? can you make a value judgment about how much they cared about the issue compared
>> i have a question for the man. 1968, in 1948, was humphrey spending more time with the civil rights movementmartin luther king and kennedy and lyndon b. johnson? susan: yes, we are going to spend quite a bit of time talking about civil rights. why don't we get into that part of his worldview? this is from the art of the possible. early in his career, hubert humphrey talks about his view of the world. alright, we don't have that clip. why don't you help us understand what informed his...
56
56
Sep 6, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 56
favorite 0
quote 0
that was -- that became a tough issue. , the: at this time beginning of the mexican american civil rights movement, movement if you will, there were other leaders in the mix. edina and el m exico, there was the crusade for justice in denver, there was jose angel gutierrez here in texas. chavez never reached out to connect with them. it seemed to be focused in california. miriam: i think this goes back to the control issue to some degree. personed to be the sole in control. he ultimately undermined efforts by other people to organize in texas because he did not want to be in that kind of position of sharing power. he also had a strong commitment to nonviolence and that was not necessarily shared by the other early leaders of the shekinah movement. chicano movement. end oflly towards the his life he emerges as the symbol of the chicano movement. at the appearance during the fast of robert kennedy that catapulted the union and his crusade to a more national audience? the fast explodes in 1958. this is two years into the grape strike and he is becoming a more nationally known figure, particularly the
that was -- that became a tough issue. , the: at this time beginning of the mexican american civil rights movement, movement if you will, there were other leaders in the mix. edina and el m exico, there was the crusade for justice in denver, there was jose angel gutierrez here in texas. chavez never reached out to connect with them. it seemed to be focused in california. miriam: i think this goes back to the control issue to some degree. personed to be the sole in control. he ultimately...
28
28
Sep 4, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 28
favorite 0
quote 0
there were people who were trying to join the civil rights movement would be anti war movement. ng, who would not been political, it is becoming more political. there are people inside the civil rights movement who recognize that johnson has been supportive in terms of civil rights. why are you, dr. king, challenging this administration ? king says he feels safe moral imperative to say that this is part of an injustice that is being perpetrated by america. america is on the bronx side of world history in pursuing -- is on the wrong side of world history in pursuing the war effort. he is out there speaking against it. a year before he is assassinated, he is at the riverside church in new york making a speech that gets a lot of attention. he is at the national cathedral in washington, d.c., speaking against the war. it becomes part of the energy that surrounds him. it puts them in a position of being an opponent of the johnson administration. >> syracuse, n.y., this is ralph. >> thank you for "the contenders." i have a quick comment and a quick question. i had a big deal at home --
there were people who were trying to join the civil rights movement would be anti war movement. ng, who would not been political, it is becoming more political. there are people inside the civil rights movement who recognize that johnson has been supportive in terms of civil rights. why are you, dr. king, challenging this administration ? king says he feels safe moral imperative to say that this is part of an injustice that is being perpetrated by america. america is on the bronx side of world...
143
143
Sep 8, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 143
favorite 0
quote 0
reagan's belief was that what lyndon johnson was doing in the sport of the civil rights movement, will lyndon johnson was doing in support of new government programs were quitting too many restrictions on the freedoms of individual like himself. reagan did not oppose civil rights but he opposed the federal government getting too involved in people's lives limiting their ability to live as they wish. send their kids to school where they want to send them, more where they want to work. lyndon johnson was seen as overregulated the economy, over regulating society. he became innocence the first celebrity, first major celebrity to be elected to the office. barry goldwater didn't win in 64 but -- 66. he actually defeated the most recent california governor, jerry brown, his dad, who had been governor before. he >> this is a comment. i hope you like it. currently wants me to tell you that she likes year shirt. >> thank you currently. you and i do a lot of blue on blue. i >> yes but i think i surpassed you today. >> that's a higher quality shirt that i saw. >> it's wonderful that you mentioned
reagan's belief was that what lyndon johnson was doing in the sport of the civil rights movement, will lyndon johnson was doing in support of new government programs were quitting too many restrictions on the freedoms of individual like himself. reagan did not oppose civil rights but he opposed the federal government getting too involved in people's lives limiting their ability to live as they wish. send their kids to school where they want to send them, more where they want to work. lyndon...
26
26
tv
eye 26
favorite 0
quote 0
there were political reasons why these statues were put up some reading but up during the civil rights movement as a as a protest and we need to understand we have to understand where these statues came from i don't think they should be. destroyed i think we should preserve them and understand them ok well i think that the us has a lot of reminders of the consumer see out the monuments now on the one hand or tribune argument that. you know a friend of mine started saying america's history wasteland a lot of people prefer to just get rid of things rather than deal with them and there's some debate to suggest that is what's going on with what we call the martin wars on the other hand i advise for people who want to tear down these monuments simply because a case example being the university of north carolina there is a structure called silent sound which was supposed to represent all of those who fought for the confederacy that attended that particular school and if you look at the history behind i mean the speech that was in when it was read to us actually horrendous and recent it made it very c
there were political reasons why these statues were put up some reading but up during the civil rights movement as a as a protest and we need to understand we have to understand where these statues came from i don't think they should be. destroyed i think we should preserve them and understand them ok well i think that the us has a lot of reminders of the consumer see out the monuments now on the one hand or tribune argument that. you know a friend of mine started saying america's history...
49
49
Sep 7, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 49
favorite 0
quote 0
how does a civil rights movement do that. they focus not on one thing. they focus on the whole thing. voting rights, and education. residential segregation one of the things i talk about in the book part of the republican strategy is also suburban is tragedy. they wanted to be soft title. is it is a great thing the americans have. and you're just located in those things without knowing where to talk about this. we are re-creating segregation in reverse. it's gone from populations to a segregated suburb. it begins to re- segregate a city and a narrative urban area. they wrote the blueprint of it. it uses the colonization when he first issued the call for people to move east. and revitalize new york. it was revitalization for those. all of those things get moved forward we had have the language of integration. if we focus on the whole system if we stop compartmentalizing and say it's the whole thing. what is our plan for education. what is our plan for housing for employment. it is a central part of the policy and the stated goal of the left in this country
how does a civil rights movement do that. they focus not on one thing. they focus on the whole thing. voting rights, and education. residential segregation one of the things i talk about in the book part of the republican strategy is also suburban is tragedy. they wanted to be soft title. is it is a great thing the americans have. and you're just located in those things without knowing where to talk about this. we are re-creating segregation in reverse. it's gone from populations to a...
117
117
Sep 10, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 117
favorite 0
quote 0
it was almost exclusively in california and really the first part of the mexican american civil rights movement. in 1952, he went to san jose. he would hold house meetings when he got to a new place. invite people over and talk to them about their concerns in needs and try to get people engaged in collective community organizing. he meets cesar chavez at a meeting at the chavez house. this is where it ties into the legend quite nicely. part of the legend has always been that fred ross wrote in his journal that night, i think i have found the guy i am looking for. you can find that quote in lots of books and lots of scholarly works even. but in fact, that is made up. i found the actual entry in fred ross is journal from that night. in which he says something very positive. he says chavez showed great potential and energy. something very positive about cesar, but not exactly the quote as the legend has become. so that is how he gets his start. he's 25 years old. he's really smart. he stuck in a dead end job and along comes fred ross. he says we will do a voter registration drive. he becomes the c
it was almost exclusively in california and really the first part of the mexican american civil rights movement. in 1952, he went to san jose. he would hold house meetings when he got to a new place. invite people over and talk to them about their concerns in needs and try to get people engaged in collective community organizing. he meets cesar chavez at a meeting at the chavez house. this is where it ties into the legend quite nicely. part of the legend has always been that fred ross wrote in...
168
168
Sep 7, 2020
09/20
by
KQED
tv
eye 168
favorite 0
quote 0
you know, the civil rights movement, the modern civil rights movement, in some ways, it started with, well, rosa parks sitting in, but also the students sitting in at lunch counters, you know, college students sitting in around the vietnam war. so it wasn't just, you know, like a funny throw-off line. it just showed-- it showed that he saw what he did, in a friendly way, as a political act, not just a, you know, "well, we had a great week and we got great ratings." >> yeah, it's a brilliant move to call it a "sit-in." which, of course, is our title of our film. and-- not that we were the brilliant ones, harryas the brilliant one to do it. and to bring that kind of politics again to main street, in "variety," in-- on the "tonight show." you know, that's sort of the history, you know, so much of his work that he was doing, bringing those politics-- for some, radical-- into the mainstream. >> hill: it's a terrific film. i hope a lot of people get a chance to see it. it's called "the sit-in," just as harry belafonte penned it way back in 1968. and we're talking to the director, yoruba ric
you know, the civil rights movement, the modern civil rights movement, in some ways, it started with, well, rosa parks sitting in, but also the students sitting in at lunch counters, you know, college students sitting in around the vietnam war. so it wasn't just, you know, like a funny throw-off line. it just showed-- it showed that he saw what he did, in a friendly way, as a political act, not just a, you know, "well, we had a great week and we got great ratings." >> yeah, it's...
162
162
Sep 18, 2020
09/20
by
COM
tv
eye 162
favorite 0
quote 0
we were the legal defense fund, we're sometimes called, which is the legal arm of the civil rights movementewis, selma, freedom writers, rosa parks, mohamed ali when he wanted to get his license back. we have been the legal arm of the civil rights struggle. the naacp is a large membership mobilizing grassroots organization. we don't have members. we're largely a legal organization. >> trevor: feels like 2020 has thrust this organization back into the limelight in a way that i guess no one would have wanted really or expected. what have you seen this year that has been different to maybe the past decade even? >> well, you know, it's interesting, the best of civil rights progress in this con has always happened when there are an alkemy of several things connect together. so grassroots mobilization and protest. when legal organizations are firing on all cylinders and i think really for the last three years people have recognized the importance of civil rights lawyers again, and when there is kind of a political moment, when all those things are happening at the same time, that was what was hap
we were the legal defense fund, we're sometimes called, which is the legal arm of the civil rights movementewis, selma, freedom writers, rosa parks, mohamed ali when he wanted to get his license back. we have been the legal arm of the civil rights struggle. the naacp is a large membership mobilizing grassroots organization. we don't have members. we're largely a legal organization. >> trevor: feels like 2020 has thrust this organization back into the limelight in a way that i guess no one...
94
94
Sep 7, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 94
favorite 0
quote 0
very -- became a tough issue. >> at this time, was there a beginning of the mexican-american civil rights movement, chicano movement, if you will, and there were other leaders in the mix, was there tijerina and nuevo mexico and corky gonzalez in the crusade for justice in denver and there was jose angel gutierrez in crystal city here in texas, and yet chavez never reached out to connect with them. it seemed to be very focused only in california. >> i think that this goes back to the control issue that he wanted to be the sole person in control. we talk about this later in texas that he undermined efforts by other people to organize in texas because he didn't want to be in that position of sharing power. he also had a very strong commitment to non-violence and that was not necessarily shared by some of the early leaders of the chick anano movement and ironically, he emerges through the end of his life as the symbol of the chicano movement and even though he did not embrace it in his earlier years. >> was it the appearance during the fast of robert kennedy that catapulted the union and his krused a
very -- became a tough issue. >> at this time, was there a beginning of the mexican-american civil rights movement, chicano movement, if you will, and there were other leaders in the mix, was there tijerina and nuevo mexico and corky gonzalez in the crusade for justice in denver and there was jose angel gutierrez in crystal city here in texas, and yet chavez never reached out to connect with them. it seemed to be very focused only in california. >> i think that this goes back to the...
70
70
Sep 23, 2020
09/20
by
KGO
tv
eye 70
favorite 0
quote 0
civil rights legend betty reed turned 99. hundreds logged into zoom to celebrate with her. but her mind really is on the election. she became a song writer in the civil rights movement during the 1960s. she's also well known as the oldest park ranger at the historic park in richmond. today, she was looking ahead to the november election. >> i don't think that there's ever been an election that's more important than this one. i think since the great experiment began in 1776. >> she has been recognized nationally and locally as one of the unsung heroes of the civil rights movement. >> she is just incredible. >>> this gives you an idea of how windy it was today on san francisco bay. "abc7 news" was in foster city and there were lots of people on the water kite surfing. this takes some skill, because not only do you need to understand how to ride a board, but handle flying a kite at the same time. i wouldn't even try it. >> it's fun to watch, though. pretty fascinating. all right. let's turn to meteorologist sandhya patel. nice day out there for that, sandhya. >> absolutely. and the breeze definitely helped it clean out our air today for this first day of fall. i think
civil rights legend betty reed turned 99. hundreds logged into zoom to celebrate with her. but her mind really is on the election. she became a song writer in the civil rights movement during the 1960s. she's also well known as the oldest park ranger at the historic park in richmond. today, she was looking ahead to the november election. >> i don't think that there's ever been an election that's more important than this one. i think since the great experiment began in 1776. >> she...
62
62
Sep 6, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 62
favorite 0
quote 0
and so i know that i am here because the civil rights movement. y parents came because the 1965 immigration act. we would not be here if not for the body of black, largely black and white civil rights movement protesters that fought. and so i am a product of the civil rights movement. it even being able to now, it's crazy as a daughter of immigrants, woman of color i get to run for office now. that is crazy, right? but it is so important to understand this lineage. i see that we have eight minutes remaining. and i kinda want to get there as many of these questions. there are a number of questions. >> try to get as many questions and as we can. >> a lot of questions today about biden's pick for vice president britt a lot of folks want to know how you feel about buys president harris? how folks come especially those in the movement at least for black lives who are not actively supporting biden and harris and say it is a step back. how do they participate? what you think of today's selection. into what is your advice for young people who feel this is
and so i know that i am here because the civil rights movement. y parents came because the 1965 immigration act. we would not be here if not for the body of black, largely black and white civil rights movement protesters that fought. and so i am a product of the civil rights movement. it even being able to now, it's crazy as a daughter of immigrants, woman of color i get to run for office now. that is crazy, right? but it is so important to understand this lineage. i see that we have eight...
33
33
Sep 28, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 33
favorite 0
quote 0
i have a chapter about martin luther king talking about populism and the civil rights movement and thingsewis that added the flavor to them. of the part of most americans don't know is how blacks were disenfranchised the first time. it's a fascinating story and it happened in a lot of states in the south as a reaction to populism because it tried in the 1890s to reach out to black farmers and say your classes the same as these white farmers and if we rise up in this aristocracy we can do something good for ourselves and so they rolled out the white supremacy campaign and they succeeded after populism was down the disenfranchised and a huge parf the population. anybody that is true to the populist heritage. but obamacare is a different field. that is rather than having a universal healthcare system like they do with canada, they sat down with entrance lobbyists and worked out a deal to give people a semblance of universal healthcare and we've had it now for a number of years. it was denied to ensure the profits of the insurance industry. i'm sorry that is until you heal the national health
i have a chapter about martin luther king talking about populism and the civil rights movement and thingsewis that added the flavor to them. of the part of most americans don't know is how blacks were disenfranchised the first time. it's a fascinating story and it happened in a lot of states in the south as a reaction to populism because it tried in the 1890s to reach out to black farmers and say your classes the same as these white farmers and if we rise up in this aristocracy we can do...
44
44
Sep 8, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 44
favorite 0
quote 0
this is happening simultaneously with the civil rights movement. so 1965, for example, roughly at the time that lyndon johnson is telling the american people we've begun to escalate a military involvement in vietnam, you've got martin luther king and tens and tens of thousands of others marching in selma, alabama, to ensure that the right of african-americans to vote in a state that had lon disenfranchised them. so right, so there's this kind of parallel social movement occurring as these early and we can use the word now anti-war advocates are trying to come up with their own answers and solutions. so obviously to some extent, this nascent anti-war activism is going to look at the civil rights movement. they have a repertoire. they already have some means and tools and practices that might be adaptable to our cause. so that's one piece out there. there's another piece out there that's almost happening simultaneously but a precursor to this. we talked earlier about what was happening on the university of california berkeley campus in the fall of 19
this is happening simultaneously with the civil rights movement. so 1965, for example, roughly at the time that lyndon johnson is telling the american people we've begun to escalate a military involvement in vietnam, you've got martin luther king and tens and tens of thousands of others marching in selma, alabama, to ensure that the right of african-americans to vote in a state that had lon disenfranchised them. so right, so there's this kind of parallel social movement occurring as these early...
98
98
Sep 23, 2020
09/20
by
KGO
tv
eye 98
favorite 0
quote 1
civil rights legend betty reed turned 99. hundreds logged into zoom to celebrate with her. but her mind really is on the election. she became a song writer in the civil rights movementuring the 1960s. she's also well known as the oldest park ranger at the historic park in richmond. today, she was looking ahead to the november election. >> i don't think that there's ever been an election that's more important than this one. i think since the great experiment began in 1776. >> she has been recognized nationally and locally as one of the unsung heroes of the civil rights movement. >> she is just incredible. >>> this gives you an idea of how windy it was today on san francisco bay. "abc7 news" was in foster city and there were lots of people on the water kite surfing. this takes some skill, because not only do you need to understand how to ride a board, but handle flying a kite at the same time. i wouldn't even try it. >> it's fun to watch, though. pretty fascinating. all right. let's turn to meteorologist sandhya patel. nice day out there for that, sandhya. >> absolutely. and the breeze definitely helped it clean out our air today for this first day of fall. i think yo
civil rights legend betty reed turned 99. hundreds logged into zoom to celebrate with her. but her mind really is on the election. she became a song writer in the civil rights movementuring the 1960s. she's also well known as the oldest park ranger at the historic park in richmond. today, she was looking ahead to the november election. >> i don't think that there's ever been an election that's more important than this one. i think since the great experiment began in 1776. >> she has...
59
59
Sep 8, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 59
favorite 0
quote 0
all the republicans of the civil rights movement. area tubman was a republican. that are people here democrats, they are confused. you've got it backwards, man. host: we will let our guest respond. guest: i just think that he is misunderstanding what i'm trying to communicate this morning. i am a third-generation republican. may bring up the fact that a lot of these violent protests and the chaos that is taking place are in states for you have strong democratic seeership, you must also there are a lot of states where you have democratic mayors, governors, and law enforcement were this is not taking place. i don't think this is happening because the mayor or the governor happens to be a democrat, i just think that the leaders believe that somehow or another, they can engage these protesters, these rioters, these looters and come to some kind of reason. small towns have no idea what they are protesting and why they want to bring down certain areas of america. my point is they are not doing it because they are democrats, look at what happened to the mayor of portlan
all the republicans of the civil rights movement. area tubman was a republican. that are people here democrats, they are confused. you've got it backwards, man. host: we will let our guest respond. guest: i just think that he is misunderstanding what i'm trying to communicate this morning. i am a third-generation republican. may bring up the fact that a lot of these violent protests and the chaos that is taking place are in states for you have strong democratic seeership, you must also there...
25
25
Sep 7, 2020
09/20
by
ALJAZ
tv
eye 25
favorite 0
quote 0
and have been very important in most cases in many cases since the civil rights movement when we had these race disturbances the federal authorities were code in to help quell them and that was what happened under obama administration did love the federal law because they loved. they don't look don't don't don't don't work space didn't don't do in this case we've gone backwards where the federal government is not used to civil rights authorities and so now i think it's a chance to this election if it goes i would hope it is to change though that for the federal government to impose when you have a president this is no longer where we allow the government to have sensitivity training in race trainings in gender trainings about the inequalities then we know we're taking a big step backwards i think the lessons of that. and as the young man said he sometimes you have to be go back and forward the quest news to keep going forward and i think we're going to move in that direction there and i can say you know no way what we're going to add yeah i mean look i i concur with everything that d
and have been very important in most cases in many cases since the civil rights movement when we had these race disturbances the federal authorities were code in to help quell them and that was what happened under obama administration did love the federal law because they loved. they don't look don't don't don't don't work space didn't don't do in this case we've gone backwards where the federal government is not used to civil rights authorities and so now i think it's a chance to this election...
53
53
Sep 13, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 53
favorite 0
quote 0
impacted these things in a major way. >> yeah, and so i know that i'm here because of the civil rights movement my parents came in 1965 immigration act and we would not be here if not for the bodies of black, largely black and white civil rights movement protestors that fought, you know, and so, you know, i'm a product of black history, i'm a product of the civil rights movement using this country and even being able to now -- crazy as daughter of immigrant, a woman of color i get to run for office now and be taken seriously. that's crazy, right? but it's -- you know, it's so important to understand lineage. i see that we have 8 minutes remaining and i kind of want to get through as many questions. there's a number of questions now on -- >> i will try to -- i will try to get as many questions as we can. >> a lot of questions today about biden's pick for vice president. a lot of folks want to know how you feel about vice president kamala harris and, you know, how folks especially those in the movement who are not actively supporting biden and harris and have radical mentors who say it's a step b
impacted these things in a major way. >> yeah, and so i know that i'm here because of the civil rights movement my parents came in 1965 immigration act and we would not be here if not for the bodies of black, largely black and white civil rights movement protestors that fought, you know, and so, you know, i'm a product of black history, i'm a product of the civil rights movement using this country and even being able to now -- crazy as daughter of immigrant, a woman of color i get to run...
66
66
Sep 13, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 66
favorite 0
quote 0
but then the civil rights movement happens. that starts backfiring.hen you start saying things like, bussing, crime. then you get so good that all you have to say is taxes. his point was, the entire foundation was built up over years and some folks have attracted all the way back to the organizing that began to retrench from the new deal. and from the opportunities that racial justice was pushing for and what would become the second reconstruction of the civil rights movement so i don't think we can understand anything about how we impact it. of course we need information. if you look at textbooks in this country they have been captured as well, even what we are learning in schools has become difficult to get a full history and accounting of what racism has meant in this country whether talking about native americans, japanese internment, channel slavery in the civil rights movement. ebony number of experiences are not even adequately taught as we continue to find ourselves having a harder and harder time living anywhere near each other, going to scho
but then the civil rights movement happens. that starts backfiring.hen you start saying things like, bussing, crime. then you get so good that all you have to say is taxes. his point was, the entire foundation was built up over years and some folks have attracted all the way back to the organizing that began to retrench from the new deal. and from the opportunities that racial justice was pushing for and what would become the second reconstruction of the civil rights movement so i don't think...
154
154
Sep 4, 2020
09/20
by
CNNW
tv
eye 154
favorite 0
quote 0
but what the civil rights movement told us and what john lewis and dianne nash and others have embodiede required a reversal of ordinary human understanding. and that's what the civil rights movement was about. and i know it's exhausting. i intuitively know. i'm a white southern protestant man. things tend to work out for me in this country. but what we have to do is fight, fight, fight for a country where things work out for everybody. >> all right, jon meacham, congratulations on your book. you also just launched a new podcast called "it was said." john, thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you. >>> well, kanye west has a song called "no mistakes." but up next, why his mysterious presidential run is already making tons of mistakes. and who is behind them. jeff, nice grill. i got it with cash back from rakuten. what? i get cash back on almost everything i buy when i use rakuten. i used rakuten to get lisa's birthday present. it's free money. oh i could use it to get takeout on the ride home. i'm making food. i'm a vegan. since when? since now... rakuten sounds cool. shop. get cash
but what the civil rights movement told us and what john lewis and dianne nash and others have embodiede required a reversal of ordinary human understanding. and that's what the civil rights movement was about. and i know it's exhausting. i intuitively know. i'm a white southern protestant man. things tend to work out for me in this country. but what we have to do is fight, fight, fight for a country where things work out for everybody. >> all right, jon meacham, congratulations on your...
24
24
Sep 6, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 24
favorite 0
quote 0
movement. interest in civil rights, antiwar, that sort of thing. at the early songs of bob dylan, we have things like -- everybody knows "blowing in the wind." "masters of war" is another one. there were more topical songs. there is one about emmett till, for example. >> ♪ you should all remember well -- ♪olor of his >> these type of songs were written by many other folk singers as well and what happens is dylan progresses beyond that and by the mid-1960's, he is writing songs that are not exactly songs you can put your finger on. it is all right to my am only bleeding. stone, withng almost hallucinatory lyrics. as american society is changing, people start to read in a heavy political message in dylan at a time where if you are looking at it objectively, you could not say the songs are necessarily overtly political. diplomat who carries on his shoulder assigned maze -- a siamese cat, resist me, resist me. there must be a message. nixon on the payment, thing about the government. inject meaninger into that. he is not offering answers for this time.
movement. interest in civil rights, antiwar, that sort of thing. at the early songs of bob dylan, we have things like -- everybody knows "blowing in the wind." "masters of war" is another one. there were more topical songs. there is one about emmett till, for example. >> ♪ you should all remember well -- ♪olor of his >> these type of songs were written by many other folk singers as well and what happens is dylan progresses beyond that and by the mid-1960's,...
32
32
Sep 27, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 32
favorite 0
quote 0
all the republicans peaced the civil rights movement. harriet tubman was a republican. all these people here that are sitting in the senate here that are democrats, they are confused. you are backwards, man. >> host: richard we'll let our guest respond. >> i think he's clearly misunderstanding what i'm trying to communicate this morning. i am a third generation republican. my father never left the party of lincoln and while you may point out the fact that a lot of this violent protest and the choose that has taken place are states where you have strong democratic leadership, i states with democratic mayors and governors and law enforcement where this is not taking place. and so i don't think that this is happening because the mayor or the go happens to be a -- the governor happens to be a democrat. think these leaders believe that. they can engage these protesters, the rioters and looters and comp to reasonableness but you must understand these people have no idea what they're protesting and why they want to burn down certain areas of america. my point is they're not do
all the republicans peaced the civil rights movement. harriet tubman was a republican. all these people here that are sitting in the senate here that are democrats, they are confused. you are backwards, man. >> host: richard we'll let our guest respond. >> i think he's clearly misunderstanding what i'm trying to communicate this morning. i am a third generation republican. my father never left the party of lincoln and while you may point out the fact that a lot of this violent...
41
41
Sep 15, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 41
favorite 0
quote 0
and they talked about the civil rights movement that they wanted to turn off what was happening and speak to us about the history in terms of media policy and eliminating our ability to be authentic and if you have questions, event at brookings .edu and continue the conversation on the # pursue justice. >> thank you, nicol. some people suspected but may not know that especially across the south in the 50s, 40s, 50s and early 60s there was something real and a thing called a news blackout. governors got together with broadcasters, police officials got together with a newspaper publishers and when things were happening across this nation that would under any other circumstance, you know was newsworthy and deserve to be covered they were not and if particularly we were sensitive about it in south carolina where there were a number of incidences and hominy people know about the massacre i can share this picture later but have you ever heard of sarah mae fleming? sarah mae fleming was a 20 -year-old african-american female from south carolina and it's as rural as it sounds who got on a bus 17
and they talked about the civil rights movement that they wanted to turn off what was happening and speak to us about the history in terms of media policy and eliminating our ability to be authentic and if you have questions, event at brookings .edu and continue the conversation on the # pursue justice. >> thank you, nicol. some people suspected but may not know that especially across the south in the 50s, 40s, 50s and early 60s there was something real and a thing called a news blackout....
99
99
Sep 9, 2020
09/20
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 99
favorite 0
quote 0
and his significance as an entertainer, but i didn't know how deep it was in bringing the civil rights movemente show that week also, he, as a -- really one of the first multimedia entertainers, a huge star in television and film, in music. so really being able to dig in to the tentacles, all the tentacles that harry had with such a pleasure, it was an amazing experience to be able to direct this film. >> yeah. absolutely and, joan, very quickly, tell us some of the people who were interviewed during that amazing week >> oh, so, you know, we know about dr. king and bobby kennedy. but, you know, paul newman had never been on a talk show before we have diane carol, frieda payne, aretha franklin, petula clark we actually got to interview her as well as buffy e at the time. and also the number of women that he had. i don't know that we make enough of this in the film, but it's an amazing number of brave men and women. >> it's just -- >> absolutely. and i'm going to give you the final word on this what will people learn that's new about the civil rights era from this film >> actually i think they wi
and his significance as an entertainer, but i didn't know how deep it was in bringing the civil rights movemente show that week also, he, as a -- really one of the first multimedia entertainers, a huge star in television and film, in music. so really being able to dig in to the tentacles, all the tentacles that harry had with such a pleasure, it was an amazing experience to be able to direct this film. >> yeah. absolutely and, joan, very quickly, tell us some of the people who were...
37
37
Sep 8, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 37
favorite 0
quote 0
weo, equally important, should also represent slaveryamericans from to segregation to the civil rights movement, their lives, their blood, their tears, their dignity, their sacrifice for those hundreds of years in america. they are, their monuments -- their statues, monuments, history, should be there. but is why you have the museum of african-american -- that is why you have the museum of african-american history and culture on the mall, put there by george bush. you do not want to alienate anyone to defeat the vestiges of racism. you just add more so the entire history of america -- the entire history of america is represented. moving statues does nothing but creating more chaos. we want to bring people together because everyone has a perspective. you should not be afraid of other ideas. i think that more than racism and other these other -- and all these other isms, the greatest issue in terms of bigotry and discrimination today is ideology. you could have a conversation with someone today and say you support trump, and they will want to kill you, think you are outrageous, but that is the am
weo, equally important, should also represent slaveryamericans from to segregation to the civil rights movement, their lives, their blood, their tears, their dignity, their sacrifice for those hundreds of years in america. they are, their monuments -- their statues, monuments, history, should be there. but is why you have the museum of african-american -- that is why you have the museum of african-american history and culture on the mall, put there by george bush. you do not want to alienate...
47
47
Sep 2, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 47
favorite 0
quote 1
to another great mass social movement, the civil rights movement of the 1960s. you can see that it takes a very long time to even implement. that is why it is so radical. it is radical because in the 19th century, people are not talking about black equality. yet that is the topic. and it takes so long for these basic rights of black citizenship to be implemented in this country. decides this synthesis of reconstruction, they were other people writing about it in the 19 seventies and eighties. they were a number of people, the aftermath of the civil rights movement thought reconstruction was not radical enough, land was distributed, people were constrained by the u.s. constitution. the federal government could not exercise its power to the extent that it was needed because of the federalist principles of divided government. there is all kinds of ways to say it was not radical enough. but the people who lived through it, confederate, former slaves, northerners, thought it was terribly radical. they talk about living in revolutionary time. changes are coming so fas
to another great mass social movement, the civil rights movement of the 1960s. you can see that it takes a very long time to even implement. that is why it is so radical. it is radical because in the 19th century, people are not talking about black equality. yet that is the topic. and it takes so long for these basic rights of black citizenship to be implemented in this country. decides this synthesis of reconstruction, they were other people writing about it in the 19 seventies and eighties....
65
65
Sep 10, 2020
09/20
by
CSPAN3
tv
eye 65
favorite 0
quote 0
the civil rights movement was very important in nashville tennessee. a few blocks from here, young students from fist university, tennessee a and i, now tennessee state university, all did the lunch counter sit-ins including congressman john lewis. they got arrested here. they challenged the system of what was going on in nashville, tennessee and the conscience of the country. so in 1962, martin luther king was here at the ryman to present an award, or scholarship money, to some of the students. one of those students got a check to go to school from martin to the king and the southern leadership conference was john lewis. so part of the history of the ryman is also martin to their king who spoke here. jackie robinson spoke a few years later here on the civil rights movement as well. even before that, booker washington came to the ryman and spoke about three different times. sometimes for graduations. and so he had a crowd of about 5000 people which was the capacity back then. so if you want to hear one of the leading voices in america during any time o
the civil rights movement was very important in nashville tennessee. a few blocks from here, young students from fist university, tennessee a and i, now tennessee state university, all did the lunch counter sit-ins including congressman john lewis. they got arrested here. they challenged the system of what was going on in nashville, tennessee and the conscience of the country. so in 1962, martin luther king was here at the ryman to present an award, or scholarship money, to some of the...
308
308
Sep 27, 2020
09/20
by
KPIX
tv
eye 308
favorite 0
quote 0
but this was the harbinger of the civil rights movement to come. ♪ >> reporter: robinson, of course, o be a civil rights advocate. after finishing his rerkl ofam baseball career. [yelling] >> reporter: but first came that handshake. it was april 18th, 1946, this debut as the only black man to play in an all-white league. >> they wanted him to fail. they wanted him to fail. >> reporter: so no surprise, says baseball fan marc mellon, that the other players didn't even acknowledge robinson's first homerun. all save the next batter up. george "shotgun" shuba. >> if you look at the photographs, you can see the pure joy of the moment. you didn't think black, white. as george was known to say in later life, i would have shaken his hand if he was technicolor. >> reporter: melon, also a world reknowned sculpture, works on a captured both thef atathleticism -- >> when you see it outdoors, it should make you smile. >> reporter: when it is finished, it will stand in georgetown, ohio, george shuba's home town. at the time for shuba, this would have been something of a risk, right? >> with his team
but this was the harbinger of the civil rights movement to come. ♪ >> reporter: robinson, of course, o be a civil rights advocate. after finishing his rerkl ofam baseball career. [yelling] >> reporter: but first came that handshake. it was april 18th, 1946, this debut as the only black man to play in an all-white league. >> they wanted him to fail. they wanted him to fail. >> reporter: so no surprise, says baseball fan marc mellon, that the other players didn't even...