civil rights leaders. you see the pickup around the civil wars. 1961 - 1965 which also is most hated. the most hated of the civil rights movements most intense during that time. and so one of the things that i write about what changes that, the civil rights of 64, the voting rights act of 1965, it's then that you begin to see black voters that will elect people to office who are going to better represent them around the issues of the confederate and one of these cases, talk about the march. in ways which this march which was about registering voters. twenty calls march against fear. it was to march from memphis to jacksonville mississippi. and then they would go into the community's purpose was to register voters. and is there that they began to go around the confederate monuments. the statutes are in the town squares, the center of town are they are on courthouse lawn. which is also where people like maybe register to vote, at the courthouse. it is a confrontation with confederate monuments in its reclamation of the state that confederate monuments sit on. and they have dominated for so long. and so once you see that happening

and what my research showed was that we had a civil rights movement, not a human mice movement. i wondered how that happened. you had malcolm x saying, how does a black man going to get his civil rights before he gets his human rights? everybody was like, hoo! what i found was you had the naacp and web dubois saying the same thing a generation earlier. what could create that level of community amnesia as if malcolm was the first one seated? that is where i found the power of the cold war and the power of anti-communism in the mccarthy witchhunts, that defined human rights, the right to health care, the right to education, the right to housing. those are the things that the soviets want and if you are a real patriot, you don't want that. and how those witchhunts were systematically targeting african americans and african-american organizations that were vying for this human rights platform to the point where it became politically safer to argue on a platform of civil rights, and safer does not mean safe, because we know the violence that rained down on folk for fighting for civil

civil rights leaders. you can see that really pick up right around the civil war centennial. 19 61 to 65. it also happens to be the most heated period of the civil rights movement, when it is at its most intense! so one of the things i write about, one of the changes is the civil rights act of 64, the voting rights act of 1965. it is then you begin to see black voters are going to elect people to office who are going to represent them around the issue of confederate iconography. one of these cases a talk about the merit of march, the ways in which the merit of march, which was about registering voters. but he called the march against fear. it was a march from memphis to jackson, mississippi. they would go into communities and the purpose was to register voters. it is there that they coalesce around confederate monuments. the statues are in the town square, the center of town, or they are on the courthouse lawn. which is also where people might need to go register to vote, at the courthouse! so, it is a confrontation with confederate monuments. it is a reclamation of the space that confederate monuments sit on, and have dominated, for so long. and so once you se

if you look at the civil rights movement or marriage equality movement, they didn't get everything they wanted first time up at bat legislatively. in many states first began by legalizing the right of gay coupleles to adopt and a lot of people said do not settle for this very small change in law and rights because what we want is full equality. but getting that first small change, your voice leads to change and causes activists and two, you prove to the opponents who are supporting those changes that when you stand up for rights or take on the gun lobby. activists because timely they have seen coming to the capitol and going to come back for more and see these republicans who voted for it and go back home and not only does the sky not fall but will get support from unlikely corners. and that is what happened in the civil rights movement and marriage equality movement, they realized there was much more political gain than the political wisdom will hold. >> that's a critical point. we know that the work that you and others did -- [indiscernible] >> why democrats lost. given the success th

saying this is exactly what we need law without violence and totally undermining the entire civil rights movement. anybody else act? he's showing that he doesn't understand american poverty and in that he's articulating this vision of legal integration and legal equality and saying that we've done it you have rights. let's stop we're done, you know, he's ending the war he's declaring, you know that it's over. so he's illuminating his own his lack of understanding being that he'd never been to these communities of poverty and that he's articulating a vision of of you know, a stratified legislative. you know victory over oppression. okay. is this surprising? lee johnson simon civil rights legislation the voting rights act. but again he saw that yes ritual almost wonder if there's no layer of like political self-interest here right that he wants to like in his analysis if the law was the only barrier to true social equality like and he fixed the law then he fixed racism basically and he canclaif he extends his analysis right like he has to reckon with the fact he didn't do enough. or he could right

but what i know is as i mentioned, if you look at the civil rights movement or the marriage equality ment, those movements didn't get everything they wanted their first time legislatively. marriage equality movement in many states first began by legalizing the right of gay couples to adopt, and a lot of people i'm sure at the time said do not settle for this very small change in law and rights. because what we want is for equality. but what the movement saw was that by getting that first law change you proved to the movement, to the activists, that your voice leads to change which causes activists to come back for more, and two, you proved to the opponent who ended up supporting those changes that the sky doesn't fall politically when you stand up for people's rights or when you take on the gun lobby. so those two things are going to happen here. one, i have already seen activists pumped because finally they had seen that for years and years of coming to the capital paid off and so they're going to come back for more. at second you're going to see these republicans who voted for it go

vast majority of students were graduating from high school, only knowing nine words about the civil rights movementand that's it. but in a single decade, march was able to fix that problem, and now, we have the civil rights movement taught, not just in history class, and not just in social studies class, but in english classes, and literature classes. because as march book three was the first graphic novel to win a national award, and one more, literally awards from the american library succession than any other book in its history. and now, run winning and eisenhower award on friday night, it's continuing this tradition. but and part of the reason that they have made up all of these problems whether it's critical race theory or whatever they want to call it in education, it's because these books are working. they are reaching students. i remember talking to congressman lewis, after he saw the black lives matter lettering but painted in front of the white house. and he said, it looks like the cover of march book three. and then, as he watched these students protest and rise up in response to the mu

that was in her blood and that's what the civil rights movement was about. and the free speech movement and there are some money worries, eyewitnesses i write about in the book, there's a funny family story about how my mother with the family, aunt marion and uncle freddie, this was back when strollers didn't have an arm rest or seatbelt. [laughter]ch their marching away shouting and nothing was my uncle freddie looked down and looked in the stroller which was empty. [laughter] , where is kamala? apparently they left me like a block behind. [laughter] there go. my mother l tells a story about how one day, i was buzzing andhe fussing, it's cuter when she tells the story but she looked down at me and say kamala, what you dond want? i said u freedom excavation. [laughter] >> i'm so glad because i was going to ask you, i wanted to hear you say freedom. i wanted to talk about your father, economics professor,fe stanford. you and maia, you love going to the park and correct me if i'm wrong, your mom would put limits in terms of how far you could go, your dad would

government and equal say and that was that was in her blood and of course, that's what the civil rights movement was about and the free speech movement. and and there are some funny stories. i was just sharing with some of backstage, you know, so i i witnessed this as i write about in the book, you know from my strollers, i view and there's a funny family story about how some my mother's marching with the extended family. i talk about like aunt mary and uncle freddy in the book. and she would tell the story about how so they're marching. and this is back when strollers didn't really have armrest and seat belts, so they're marching away and you know shouting and and all of that and then i think it was my uncle looked down and looked in the stroller, which was empty. and said, where's god and apparently left me like a black line. i'd fallen out the storm. there you go. and then my mother would tell a funny story about how like one day she did and i was fussing and you know, it's so i'm fussing and fussing sheet. it's much cuter when she would tell the story but she'd say so then she would look dow

susan: talk to me about the history of the banner and the civil rights movement. eresting. i was able to trace lots of connections between the anthem and the civil rights movement. today we are polarized and we see the anthem and the question of slavery, where does it fit in history, there is tension between patriotism and progressivism. what bible tries to do is show -- what my book tries to show it they were allied in many parts of american history and the anthem as a protest song is part of its history. one place i was able to find that is in the civil rights movement. there were protests in new york i document where groups protesting on equal hiring practices in the construction industry laid down in front of equipment and all saying the star-spangled banner in order to express a civil rights protest. and in another performance in selma after the violence on the british -- on the bridge, the next day there was a prayer vigil and those assembled sang the star-spangled banner. so the message is we are also americans. i think every time it is performed there is a

a major victory for the community civil rights movement. among its proponents was bologna. gag. the grandfather of julie halley lich this happening not finished complete by segment in of hours. i was inspired by what he and other civil rights activists. one the chief for us in the early days. alright. they laid the foundations for us that had much which of course he had to stop eventually, and it's always been a personal issue for me thus far to continue what he could my finish much to it. but there's still so much to set right on the awareness for you off clarence, for daph. julie halle lodge is one of the co founders of the cindy realm, her pride initiative. their aim is to make this major ethnic minority who are often overlooked, more visible among permission to put a barn the we want to build a bridge and reach out and us social media enables us immediately below. and then if it's only digitally, they can get to know what to tell us about the land on skin tissue. if been an a dime a german sunday, sir, feel as a lot of people wonder whether they should still say that i person

recognized the mass murder of cynthia and roma as a genocide, a major victory for the community civil rights movement. among its proponents was bologna. gag, the grandfather of julie halley, ledge. the submission to finish complete by segment didn't. of course i was. i was fired by what he and other civil rights activists. the chief for us in the early days will guide. they laid the foundations for us that much which and of course he had to stop eventually. and it's always been a personal issue for me thus far. to continue what he couldn't finish much to it, but there's still so much to set right on the awareness for you off close the daph . julie holly lynch is one of the co founders of the city realm, her pride initiative. their aim is to make this major ethnic minority who are often overlooked, more visible among permission to put a barn when we want to build a bridge and reach out and us social media enables just immediately below, even if it's only did ali and they can get to now as well as abilene on ken and not sure it's been an a dime a german sunday sir. feel? is there a lot of people wonder

but trouble was all around him and he used the fame to become an outspoken backer of the civil rights movements. >> i contributed a great deal to the game and the game contributed much to my life as i did. probably a little more. i came here, i lived and i died. that's what happened. i had a good time. [ laughter ] >> truly a life well lived and enduring. joining us right now is cnn contributor bob costas. iron the phone with us. thank you. he was a gigantic figure in the nba. how do you measure how big of a loss the passing of bill russell is? >> he lived a long life. it is sad more than tragic but he was a towering figure. when we talk about the greatest players of all time, michael jordan, lebron is in the discussion. wilt and others. if the question is who's the greatest winner in basketball history he played 13 seasons with the celtics and he was a champion in the olympics and at the university of san francisco he won two championships. that's 14 significant championships in the space of les than two decades. that's a remarkable achievement. >> nba commissioner silver said bill russell was

recognized the mass murder of cynthia roma as a genocide, a major victory for the community civil rights movement among its proponents was bologna. gag. the grandfather of julie halley, lich ah. the technician had to finish complete. basil madden and worse. i was inspired by what he and other civil rights activists achieve for us in the early days. right. they laid the foundations for us that much which of course he had to stop eventually, and it's always been a personal issue for me as fast to continue what he could my finish much to it. but there's still so much to set right on the awareness for you off clarence. but daph julie halle lodge is one of the co founders of the center realm. her pride initiative. their aim is to make this major ethnic minority who are often overlooked, more visible among permission to put a barn when we want to build a bridge and reach out and us social media enables us to immediately boulder, even if it's only dated ally and they can get to now as well as abeline on skin tissue. it's been an a dime a german sunday, sir. feel as a lot of people wonder whether they sh

as it was being repressed in the south during the civil rights movement as it was. being repressed again in the north during the anti-war movement. so i'm so i applied for that job and and i got it. just as there was a major conservative uprising not on similar what we're going through right now. you know the election of ronald reagan had really stirred the conservative roots. and suddenly there were challenges to books throughout the country. this was a period when judy blume was doing her first publishing and she became a major lightning rod for this because people were and never experience books addressed to kids about problems like sex in the schools, and they responded vociferously so there were there were hundreds of fat and with more than a thousand challenges in those years, which is how band books we got started as a response to that. so then i went from that organization media coalition to the booksellers foundation for free expression. which you know was also engaged in in supporting booksellers who had been under attack as part of this conservative way.

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looking back at the civil rights movement and too often speak about these victories with the passage of the civil rights movement, the voting rights law. housing, as if these were inevitable victories. they were quite j improbable. >> that one of the things that is important for people to understand it didn't happen in one fell swoop. think about the work of the civil rights act of 1964 past on —- when it was passed there was no voting unit or housing unit and lament to the private sector. and to look back on that. >> sone people look back in one fell swoop. so look at the journey and that incremental steps and then to be the perfect enemy of the good. >> that's exactly right. and then theac moments when the democracy expands and broaden the view of what it means to be one nation under god. e pluribus unum. and then it contracts. but the preacher in me with the new possibility. and then to fits and starts and a product of the work that you all did. did not know that. and then the two members might that headstart caucus. and then with the great society program and i have to tell you. f

susan: talk to me about the history of the banner and the civil rights movement. : it's interesting. i was able to trace lots of connections between the anthem and the civil rights movement. i think, today we are polarized and we see the anthem and the question of slavery, where does -- where does slavery fit in american history? there is tension between patriotism and progressivism. what my book tries to show it they were allied in many parts of american history and the the notion of using the anthem as a protest song is part of its history. one place i was able to find that is in the civil rights movement. there were protests in new york that i document where groups protesting on equal hiring practices in the construction industry, they are laid down in front of the equipment, and stopped a construction site and all these men, women, and children are singing the star-spangled banner in order to express a civil rights protest. and in another performance in selma after the violence on the edmund pettus bridge the next , day there was a prayer vigil and those assemb

remember how radical democratic of the civil rights movement in the long civil rights movement framing was, like much for jobs and freedoms, and not just, i have a dream. most activists felt that post voting rights act 1967 in 1968 1969, that movement had kind of felt in lots of substantive ways. the poor peoples campaign by martin luther king before his assassination and then after his assassination is like didn't accomplish the goals, it kind of fell apart. so hard-core activists that had, alike, really intertwined critique of politics of, economics. felt that the movement had falling apart and the 70s were a time of great declension. contrast that with the national triumph, right? like, how did many americans, who were kind of like, hey! we solved the racism problem! segregation is gone! and kind of there is a full inclusion regardless of race is now not just possible but happening. so there is this real like, oh we've triumphed. if capitalism has trumped, then, oh, the more radical critics don't need to we listened to. so there is a british jamaican theorist stewart hall. he has co

the region is recognized by many as the center of the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's. several pivotal events in the civil rights movement took place in the region, including the montgomery bus boycott and the march from selma to montgomery. which helped lead to the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965. the black belt region is a special area of our country that deserves national recognition. i urge adoption of this bill and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. houghman: mr. speaker, i reserve and am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman fromle new mexico is recognized. ms. herrell: thank you, mr. speaker. i urge adoption of this bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the gentleman from california is recognized mr. huffman: i, too, urge my colleagues to vote yes on this legislation and yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yie

remember how like radical of the critique of the civil rights movement? in the long civil rights movement framing was like march for jobs and freedoms. not just i have a dream most activists felt that post-voting rights act 1967 1968 1969 that the movement had kind of failed in lots of substantive ways. the the poor people's campaign by martin luther king before his assassination and then after his assassination seen as like didn't accomplish a goals they kind of fell apart. so hardcore activists that had a like really intertwined critique of politics of economics. felt that like the movement had fallen apart and the 70s were a time of great declension. contrast that with the national triumph, right? like, how did many americans were kind of like hey. we solved the racism problem segregation is gone. and kind of full inclusion regardless of race is now not just possible but happening. so there's this real like oh we've triumphed if capitalism is triumphed then oh, the more radical critiques don't need to be listened to so there's a british jamaican theoris

your generation of it there was no we talked we looked back at the civil rights movement i think and too often. speak about these victories the passage of the civil rights movement the voting rights law fair housing as if these were inevitable victories, they were improbable quite improbable. not just in probable, but one of the things i think is important that you point that out is that don't understand. it didn't all happen in one fell swoop right when i think about the work. trying to get the civil rights act of 1964 past and it as the year said it passed in 1964, right but when it passed it didn't have voting in. it didn't have housing in it, right? and really the part dealing with employment discrimination only apply to the private sector to the private sector didn't even apply to the public sector. and so when you look back on that. you get it's your rights acting 64 voting rights acting 65. fair housing law in 68 and it didn't apply to the public sector until 72. so over eight-year period all of us took place and people look back on it as if it all happened in one fell through