dr. jackson headquartered in a white frame house on the property of washington junior high school, not on 25th street. residents lines were sharply drawn and, for instance, my family living in an apartment on madison avenue in a townhouse, we children did not dare play with the children of the appalaichan families who moved into the unplumbed garages with no matter, no plumbing, on utah place and right across the alley on madison avenue. we were unequal. when i was younger i visited dad as a window dresser and he was told that he would never be able to rise to a higher level of unemployment and that's how he migrated to be the youngest person on the police force as it integrated. i remember passing the cafeteria and i can see the crystal chandelier but we went to eat lunch with dad by going down into the basement and walking among the pipes that led to the colored cafeteria. going to city then and being the class that entered in the fall of 1956 after that supreme court decision was a watershed in my life because it opened up the doors to new worlds, new come pain johns, new experiences.

dr. barry landerman was one of the original interviewers for the mckel done jackson oral history project. among his notable interviews were james heparin, police commissioner of balt plor in the '50s. governor mill larpd taos, david w. zimmerman, former deputy superintendent of the state department of education and governor mckel don's son, theodore mckel done junior. dr. landerman received his dock rat from temple university section vd as the first chair of the oral history association's committee on education and as founder and past president of the oral history in the mid atlantic region. dr. michelle scott, an associate professor at umbc and her work specializes in the study of race and ethnicity in the american experience with emphasis on african-american history, black musical culture and women's studies. dr. scott has contributed to the martin luther king junior papers project, volumes two to four and the fourth coming colombian guide to african-american history from 1939 to the presented. william f. soez zi was a reporter in baltimore for nearly 20 years before leaving the newspap

dr. jackson sen. three days before the ship went down he rode a two-page letter to his mother, elizabeth, back in belfast. >> dear mother, i traveled from liverpool -- >> they do not have the original, that went on sale in new york and was expected to be snapped up by a titanic enthusiast, but a mystery buyer stepped in. the weather is going back to belfast to be cut -- the latter is going back to be put on public display. >> when i got the phone call, i had to sit down rather quickly. i was lightheaded. i had to ask the person to repeat the news several times to make sure i heard them correctly. >> last but, he shared the good news with the belfast titanic society. [applause] >> to get this, it is the icing on the cake. this letter has been missing for a number of years. it is a very rare thing and unique to belfast. >> the timing could hardly be better. the first titanic visitors center in belfast is opening at the end of this month. there are plenty of copies of the letter, but nine members of the

dr. dorothy hite and mahalia jackson. and that day would not have occurred beginning in its planning all the way to 1963 without women involved in the planning. but they weren't allowed to speak on the day. baltimore didn't have that same issue. baltimore and maryland are an exception. women were not only -- even that first letter that we heard when they were talking about how they were going to plan the membership drive and asking specifically for a female secretary. well, that's generally where often these major national organizations wantedo remain as a secretary, as a person pouring the coffee, person doing the leg work to organize the members. but not the personf thfo movement. and baltimore, maryland was different. they didn't have to be asked to be at the forefront. they were in the movement. and i'm taking this from the men who were involved who mentioned in a black men could not come into the movement at the same point that black women did. black women were willing to risk some of the early fights that were gener

dr. martin luther king jr. now says that civil right activists like al sharpton and jesse jackson are raoeulg up americans with nd her quote, playing the race card. evetta king joins me now. dr. king welcome, good to have you here. >> thank you for letting me join you. martha, if i may say, just listening to reverend sharpton and reverend jackson. reverend jackson, no justice no piece. there is power in the blood of reverend martin luther king jr. there is power in the blood of trayvon martin. certainly the power is in the blood of jesus christ. we are in easter season. to say no justice, no peace if you know jesus you know there is peace. trayvon's family is grieving right now and they don't need a lot of anger and fear surrounding that. certainly trayvon martin, a young man, cut down in his prime, i would say because of my ministry, a late abortion, now his dreams are dead. also with mr. zimmerman his life is turned upside down. two young men, one dead. of course we love oufr children, we love all children. america's youth are now an endangered species. we must answer this nonviolently, not with anger. as mot

dr. king's message of nonviolence. >> reverend jackson i hope you can hear me. >> i can. >> you just heardn say a moment ago he was hopeful would come out of the marches and the message that the marches give you an opportunity to deliver. what is your point as you continue to address the crowds assembled, in florida or else where? >> i think one point is the man that killed trayvon looked over him, with the gun in his hand and was able to walk away free, like the man who killed emmitt till three weeks later and this is justice delayed, justice denied is humiliatinhumiliating. second, not only should he face a process which he has not faced but the stand your point law shouis an insentive for vigilanteism. given the growing violence in the country there must be revived commitment to revival of battle and assault weapons. we've become much too violent and trigger happy in this country. >> there's a group called the new black panthers that actually are not really related to the original black panthers from civil rights days, the southern poverty law center calls them a hate group. they've off

remember when jesse jackson did that on saturday night live? yes, i do. >> today would have been dr. seuss' 108th birthday and as has become tradition in u.s. schools, libraries and daycares, they honor the author every march 2nd with second read across america day. now this is the early childhood center, one of them in beltsville and folks are reading to head start and we're told cat in the hat, the infamous cat and the hat also made an appearance, too. >>> today a movie base on the dr. seuss classic the lorax starts running in theaters. >> yeah, but some critics say an ad campaign that came along with it looks like something you'd see on saturday night live. mazda is teaming up with the film distributor universal to use images from the film to sell an suv and that has some environmentalist and children's groups saying what are you doing? mazda says it's trying to encourage reading and promote its environmentally friendly technology and sell a couple cars on the side. >>> tonight a hawaii mom feels humiliated, embarrassed and angry after her last trip to the airport. amy strand say

jackson lee. >> i want to thank my distinguished friend for your kindness and generosity in yielding the time to the speaker. and i want to thank dr. christensen for beginning us on this journey. and to the speaker for being educated by these powerful words of my colleagues. i do want to say that if you had to give a tribute biblically to donald payne, you would certainly "from timothy in saying -- quote from timothy in saying that "i fought the good fight." i would also say donald payne had a lot of fun in life. some of us can trace our friendship to years past, two decades past. but i know that as the world loved donald payne, he loved, from newark and new jersey. i had the pleasure of joining he and his friends during the last congressional black caucus. we have a variety of meetings with constituents, and there was nothing but love in that room. i have on, i would call it, a humble privilege to visit him at georgetown hospital, where his brother and sister were in the room. he would smile. in the course of being in the room, i heard that the former president of south africa, president mbeke, was trying to reach him. there will

from an organization with the commissioner on commemorating jimmy lee jackson day, who is the first person shot who went to a rally that dr. martin luther king held simply to express his right to vote. he was shot trying to protect his mom and his grandmother. dragged out of the place and stomped to death. now some 45 years later we are able to commemorate but we must recount the stories of those who were there and those who still march today. as we proceed to improve on voting today and ending the oppression of voter i.d., it is appropriate to celebrate this resolution and to march across the edmund pettus bridge this coming bloody sunday. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas yields back. the gentlelady from california, for what purpose do you rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, i rise this morning to say to rush limbaugh, shame on you. ms. speier: shame on you for being the hatemonger that you are. shame on you for being misogynistic. shame on you for calling the women of this countr

dr. keith ablow is dipping into his mailbag to answer that question. and more. he's coming up next. first, on this date in history, back in 1983, billie jean by michael jacksone song. [ male announcer ] what can you do with plain white rice? when you pour chunky beef with country vegetables soup over it... you can do dinner. four minutes, around four bucks. campbels chunky. it's amazing what soup can do. from centrum. its unique assessment tool... helps you find the multivitamin and supplements... that are right for you. so visit nutritionpossible.com. better nutrition... is within reach. centrum. nutrition possible. >> answer to the trivia question, raquelle welch. >> i knew the hesitation. >> that's a tough one. >> the winner is -- she's a movie star. the winner is rob smith in bayonne, jersey. congratulations. >> ok. >> here's hoping you're normal. admit it, you know you ask yourself at least once am i normal or not? >> daily. >> actually people ask that about me. we all know those unique things that don't seem like a big deal that until they cross the line from quirkiness to craziness. >> so how do you know -- >> crazy. >> it's time to get worried here t

jackson lee: i want to thank my distinguished friend for your kindness and generosity in yielding the time and to the speaker and i want to thank mrs. christensen for -- dr. christensen, for binning -- beginning us on this journey and to the speaker for being educated by these powerful words of my colleagues. i do want to say that if you had to give a tribute biblically to donald payne you would certainly quote from timothy in saying that i fought the good fight. and i am grate to feel also say that donald payne had a lot of fun in life. some of us can trace our friendship to years past, to decades past. but i know that as the world loved donald payne, he loved newark and new jersey. hayed the pleasure of joining him and his friends in the congressional black caucus, we have the opportunity to meet constituents and there is nothing but love in that room. i had, i recall a humble privilege to visit him at georgetown hospital, where his brother an sister were in the room, chief of staff, to have him smile as some of our colleagues have said but in the course of being in the room, i heard that the former president of south africa was trying to reach him. .