kimberle crenshaw: howard lawyers, the howard machine. that was the think tank that created the civil rights warriors who then spread out across the country and changed the face of law. narrator: in june of 1933 marshall graduated at the top of his class. as he waited for the results of his bar exam, charles houston was busy planning a road trip to new orleans. along the way he would document the inequality of southern black schools to support his developing legal strategy. juan williams: they need to document this in order to build a case. to make a brief. and so you get charles hamilton houston, in his car, bags of food, books, blankets, typewriter on the back seat - because he is going to be traveling through the south, and you know the hotels and restaurants don't always accommodate black people for sure. and he invites thurgood marshall to go with him. it's a powerful moment in thurgood marshall's life. rawn james: marshall was astounded by the abject poverty they encountered. in the deepest recesses of the jim crow baltimore was seg

known as the dessert divas of baldwin hills and crenshaw in los angeles, katara and shoniji launched southern girl desserts eight years ago. inspired by their southern roots, this baking duo wowed the west coast with their secret family recipes. >> our signature dessert here is our sweet potato pie cupcake. >> i didn't even try the frosting yet. that is amazing. within the first year of opening their doors, business was booming. so they staffed up, big time. >> we went from having one employee to literally overnight having 24 employees. everything was going great. we were probably paying out about $40,000 a month in payroll. >> but the costs of keeping up such a large staff soon proved to be problematic. >> we had overhired. so that was the first time we said we need a little help with payroll, let's just take out a loan. >> because southern girls desserts was a newly established business with little credit history, qualifying for a traditional bank loan was off the table. left with minimal options, the two decided to explore other kinds of loans. from day one they had been inundated

she's building the light rail in crenshaw. when she went there's a photo of all of the local labor that's building this light rail and her son and she sat in the box with the first lady a couple of years ago for the state of the union. and she took her kids to the site of where she works and they saw her picture and her 3-year-old said wow, mommy. you must be important. and the answer is hell yeah, she's important. and you know what? what is the most fulfilling thing, i asked her. she said my kid just turned 15. and i was able to get him a present on his birthday. that is the dignity of work. that's the stick tu tifness that i see. and i meet employers, not only tom in detroit, but go to detroit manufacturing systems. this is a place founded by a woman, single mom, native american. she went from zero to 1200 employees with the help of the workforce system. and she is now the largest provider -- they make the console for the ford f-150, the best selling truck in america. it's not an ad for ford. that's just a statement of fact.

stunning, i heard about it, i couldn't makes it because i was doing something elsewhere kimberly crenshaw asked people to stand up for the name of the black men who were killed and everyone stood up, from what i heard. when names of black women were killed, everyone took their seat because no one knew the names quite the same way. so i think zora's death, but her voice around feminist impulse in literature, there is certain kind of ugly correspondence there that youth should pay attention to, timely and contemporaneous and remind us of the work yet to do. so that is my opening salvo.o. >> those are wonderful. so many ways we can go with what each of you said. two things i'm hearing i would like to follow up on, especially yvette and cheryl, but also rich, if you could talk about hurston's use of language. when she does with the language so unique and rare. and also we can think about something rich said, we can follow that up with, rich talked about hurston's contradictions. her contradictions are so fascinating, you know i think also sustained our inquiry as well. so let's start with her

. >> gary: now as we said, but crenshaw that they have a five game lead. >> gary: they brought him backdelays. -- they brought him back during a couple of rain delays >> gary: 2-0 dodgers >> gary: 2 wild game teams >> gary: the cardinals, the mets >> gary: you here people saying, it's over! >> gary: let him play th e th--them olaylplay the seven games >> gary: that includes you, pam. >> gary: i just don't groan as much. >> brittney: >> grant: i think you've lo st your edge. (laughter) >> gary:asked about the kapernick situation >> i would not allow it on my team. not all of a sudden he is a second stranger and now he has this mission and i do not trust his sincerity. --second stringer >> gary: i give the russo credit but i cannot prove this if you take a demographic survey. older people, kapernick know. younger people seem to respond. >> gary: monday night was great. but to rely on the road, seattle on the road. that begins friday. >> gary:this guy can run. >> gary: but i don't know >> gary: cam newton will be his opponent this weekend. >> gary: you see him here when he was with jackson