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to do was be defined by power with the take the voice of someone like fannie lou hamer and malcolm x and rosa parks and dr. martin luther king assuming other people. so every people talk about this informative moment in african-american history and american history, that they can never talk about barack obama without talking about all of the black freedom fighters who fought and died on the road of having an african-american president. before introduce my panel, redefining black power is about discussion. in this book we had seven-inches that were conducted over two and a half years, all of them from the perspective of activists, activists from the civil rights tradition, activists from the legal system. activists from the media, the investor complex to people who literally spent their lives trying to make things better for african-americans in this country. one of them, who really, probably one of my favorites, i never knew my grandparents, and he kind of felt a little grandfatherly to me in his very professorial way. and his heritage in barbados, too, so that kind of -- but doctor vincent hardy, how man

dr. vincent harding text about the movement and expansion and deepening of democracy. we don't want to talk about president obama without making sure we pay homage to fannie lou hamer ande people who paved the way for barack obama come with folks psycho reference again surely choosing. this is something we just don't talk about. barack obama was the first african-american to run and win, that he was not the first round. if that's the the way we wanted to make sure that she always talk about the other. for me personally, redefining black powers about saying listen, this is how i define my power, which may be very different to how you define it. some people are natural leaders. if you go out in late heard some are natural organizers. if you are a should go out and do it. but no longer do we want someone to say, well, you know you're from the diaspora come african-american. your life should be to take it i low graduation rate, high teen pregnancy rate, high unemployment, high mass incarceration. that is not all that we are in another professor neil earlier said we talk about the 47% of young black whiz who are graduating. what about the other 53% who are? why are they not

dr. martin luther king, fanny -- fannie lou hamer.l year for ever and is difficult to say these are the people that signify black power. we defining black power, what we really want to do was kind of mary that continuum as doctor vincent harding talks about, the deepening of democracy. we don't want to talk president obama without also making sure that we pay homage to fannie lou hamer, and all those people who really paved the way for barack obama. even with folks like i were reference shirley chisolm the this is summer we just don't talk about. barack obama was the first african-american to run and win but he was not the first to run. so it's the way we want to make sure we talk about one that you always talk about the other. for me personally, we defining black power is about saying listen, this is how i define my power which may be very different to how you define. some people are naturally theirs. if you are you should go out and lead. some people are natural organizers. if that's what you are you should go out and do. but i don'