claudette colvin was the star witness in the federal court case.t case had went to the supreme -- that case went to the supreme court. [inaudible] the rest is history. [applause] >> ok, i would like to bring to the stage our honored guest. i'm going to introduce him, and if you and mrs. colvin could make your way. described as an artist who speaks the truth we desperately need to hear, is a harvard law graduate, prison activist, hip- hop artist, grand slam poetry champion, actor, author, and educator. his new book, "the ugly side of beautiful: rethinking race in prisons in america" will be published later this year. the start of the off-broadway hip-hop theater production, he has lectured and performed at over 100 colleges and correctional facilities in the united states, africa, asia, latin america, and europe. he has released two albums to critical acclaim, taught at brooklyn college, new york university, the new school in columbia university, and is now touring lyrics for lockdown. one of those is sponsored by the naacp. i learned that he is beg

. >> this is for one of my heroes, claudette colvin. and a local hero of mine, because we have freedom fighters right here in our midst, and we do not always celebrate them. francisca sanchez, who is seriously about her business about getting the shackles off. i want to do this to honor them, and to thank you for being here. give yourselves a big round of applause. [applause] all i've got is some fish and a few loaves of bread. and a whole lot of folks have got to get fed. but seven seats were made in under seven days, the first man was forgiven when he missed the hague, the branch was taken by a dove to a book that was built before a flood, if a rainbow sent out a sign, if someone was told to sacrifice his own son and told to hold up before he was done, then the fish and bread that i just said is all that i've got, is all that i need for me to get fed and for me to feed a whole lot of folks in need because they set me on fire. when they look back, i was chilling. i had to fight like 10 older brothers, and because i had this dream, so t

public schools are designed -- if you have any spirit, the spirit of a claudette colvin, they do not want to adapt to you. folks always ask, where are our leaders? they are in rikers island, san quentin, some of the greatest minds which had not found a space to tap into their genius. that is a big part of what has happened. not talking about the prison industrial complex as well as the military industrial complex. rikers island has 1400 people -- 14,000 people. i worked at a high-school that had a mural on the wall. there was a figure, a man dressed in green, split in two. the front have has a gun, a rifle in his hand, military fatigues. the back half has the prison inmate uniform. on top it says choose your dream. so those are your options. we have seen it hurts our families apart. women are the fastest growing population to be incarcerated. we see women's prisons, men's prisons, teenagers -- they have a baby prison for the babies. they build a prison every year based on third and fourth great test scores in black and latino communities around the country. that is a fact. i can give

it was the distance between the land and the lower claudette's along the six hundred meters. so that's how we pierce the clouds and started looking for a place to land. it was we again had luck in the east coast of the river spit. initially under run for that spits because we didn't see any runways around. but as we began heading for it. i want to start this whole in our lending we were told by the locals that this pit has been used as a dirty filled as well on the outskirts. and even that was fortunate for us. so as we headed for the splits we sighted that village called. and i suggest that the crew that we are somewhat to the right so that the villages might see us and quickly call rescue services to help our passengers with a. little. but as the guys got down to pilot in the plane. i was turning my head left and right. on the off chance that something else might turn out. and then i clearly saw a runway. and then you saw the runway it was straight and even as a road. like a real highway one has gotten a tiger in the forest next to the village of an amazing country it was t

deteriorating weather and the american eastern seaboard including footage from the coastal city of claudette are held in the state of north carolina night because that's when. the pentagon's issued every poor warning that china is on track to becoming a leading military power by twenty twenty by beijing has called the documents distorted it claims the country's expanding military capabilities could potentially destabilize the balance of power in asia of the past year china has developed a new style fight on an aircraft carrier and has made a record number of space no inches however beijing says it's the normal progression of its technology and is not targeting any surprise that any expert on asian military affairs. says they are u.s. is not saying its own interests in making a fuss around china. there's a lot of hype going on right now in the united states and some of that you speak because they want to raise the chinese up so there are big danger that we can keep a large military footprint in asia but it also has to do with internal matters to push to cut the military budget the arms compan

the force of hurricane claudette which ravaged texas in 2002. my mouth goes dry, my face turns to jello. it doesn't hurt. but boy, i'll tell you, it's almost hard to talk right now. and at this speed, flying debris can become deadly. >> it can launch projectiles that are large enough and heavy enough and would be traveling fast enough to kill a person. >> reporter: 96 to 110 miles per hour. category 2. like hurricane ike which struck the gulf of mexico in 2008. 111 miles an hour, category 3. the force of hurricane katrina. without these strara, i'd fly right back, i would be airborne. >> by the time you get to 115, the force on you will be more than your body weight. >> reporter: if you are caught in the storm, experts say get low and get behind a building, structure, even in a ditch. the force of nature, incredible. even better yet, evacuate so you never have to face this.s. jim sciutto, abc news, college park, maryland. >> and just don't go out if you can. >>> the hurricane upheaval on the east coast, by the way, is already wreaking havoc on t