susan: tell me about w.e.b dubois. ms. nurridin: he is interested in thinking about how the collective race can be improved on a social level like angst through education and on a biological level. it is usually framed as a kind of respectability politics in terms of education and religion and moral improvement. there is a biological underpinning about who is actually fit enough to constitute this talent population. i have a number of interesting little nuggets from his work. one was an article from margaret sanger's birth-control review where he published in a special issue thousand titled "a negro number" about black people in birth-control. something to the effect that like a vegetable -- he uses that comparison, quality of accounts and not mere quantity. having quality reproduction rather than just simply having children for the sake of having them. susan: people who are not familiar with him, what was the time period? ms. nurridin: the first half of the 20 century. he has a long career. one of his most important works

dubois. on september 18, 1990. the international olympic committee selected atlanta georgia as host city for the centennial olympian. nearly two decades passed to the mayor's office thanks to unprecedented coalition and city's white progressive voters and went into host the olympics. atlanta scored a victory. fruiteds of of this success were not have never been shared equal. as black city governments pursued policies that benefited the black and white elites to the exclusion of vast majority of black citizens that brought them to power. this multimedia presentation examines these contradictions. they emerged and deep over the course of atlanta's 20th century history in this period. through archiveal research. it will demonstrate how appointed black king makers capitalize on the broader black electorate to rise to power. if you pay attention to social media, i'm sure you seen onslaught of hashtags such as #wakanda forever, recent days i'm sure you will see lot more in the future, the overwhelming white and conservat

dubois. i want to read something to you and we will get this thing started. on september 18th, 1990, the international olympic committee selected atlanta, georgia as the host city for the centennial olympics. a product of visionary leadership of black mayors jackson and andrew young, this achievement signaled a moment for a southern city that only 25 years before had reeled from urban rebellions, where poor black atlantans took to the streets to air grievances over police brutality and poor living conditions. nearly two decades had passed since maynard jackson ascended to the mayor's office thanks to an unprecedented coalition of black atlantans and the city's white progressive voters and winning the right to host the olympics, atlanta had scored a tremendous public relations victory. the city's boosters now flashed the hotlanta nickname marketed by the atlanta convention bureau, and different trade and tourist administrations to lay claim that atlanta had outgrown its status as regional capi

darrell scott, joshua dubois, thank you. got to go. >>> back to the breaking story this afternoon.eports that the president's lead lawyer floated the idea of pardons for michael flynn and paul manafort. back in 60 seconds. >>> we continue on with the breaking news this hour ooichlt brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. "new york times" is reporting that john toud, the former head of the president's personal legal team who stepped down a few days ago, floated the idea of pardoning michael flynn and paul

dubois. track for african americans on one side versus the value of liberal arts, a fighting they goes on to this day. the women, josephine gay, her extraordinary story, with the importance of education. you may have known the whitley sisters of kansas city, a group of sisters. they were walking encyclopedias and embodied almost 100 years of kansas city history. from carter woodson to gary kremer, a remarkable tapestry of great historians and tonight, we have terry kramer here -- gary kremer here. thank you. thank you. thank you to all of you who have been here. i was afraid nobody would show up so i brought my own cheering contingent, including my grandson. plenty showed up so that is great. tonight -- italk was asked to talk about two books. race and meaning and the carver book. we will see whether we get to the second book or not. it is gratifying to be here to help you and kansas city celebrate black history month. as i'm sure you know, the origins of lack history month started -- black h

would you love to see dubois host a local some guy. i think so if you take the facility in all in there it's from up with a top down or here on the y. already in charge of other merits we have. last months there was a. what you call that everybody wants you're not playing with. why you'd sooner because if i said it was to me in stadiums like this and more than sixty five sixty thousand think of all this the facility different needs met why i am all day about it one day it's easy to host the word go. how did you find the first three days of the tournament. to be honest i think we fulfill what we wanted is the first in his i mean the best ins compete in india for the entire world we're going miss we're going to tell you venters liverpool we was find his money about phone of lloyd gyptian al-ali which is one of the biggest guys of war also very. close read all russian and it's always easier for me this is i'm going to win because when i arrived to the wind that night five years ago. it was like a you know they were only in the i was the i

while you here in dubois and i'm. very pleased to be here because and then busted off international and thirteen tournaments invited by the chills i was so very pleased because to have to promote this kind of difference for the kids how important is it. the kids gets access to great coaches great facilities we started playing football in a very different song and it's quite incredible to think that if the facilities that these young players will get supplied how important is it for them in their development i think is. is very helpful for the development of the group member in the game but of course is always very important to you that you're going to need to work hard every day and the good to the question that's where you have in your life and you know our values and what you want to achieve peaceful to what you think about your country men cristiana renowned off the world cup this year while there's always the. gold is to do better than the last time no the best result to be had in the world cup is always very very

two years earlier, she had to search for her murdered daughter, amber dubois.ran a search organization called team amber in memory of her daughter. she couldn't know back then the role she was going to play, the events she would set in motion. for now, it was who she knew. so i put him in touch with marc klaas because it was up in northern california and they were up in the same area. keith morrison: marc klaas, a rare man with a rare skill-- how to find the missing. lester holt: coming up, a man who knows how it feels to lose a daughter and had learned from personal experience how to lead the search. we needed help from the police. and when we pressed them, why should we be looking there? they finally said, because that's where the cell towers take us. lester holt: when "dateline" continues. psst, we are the new light & fit with zero artificial sweeteners. zeroooooo!! ooh eye contact. ♪ ♪ yeah girl, 13 grams of protein. yaaassss! we're the new light & fit greek nonfat yogurt with zero artificial sweeteners. previously treated withd platinum-based chemotherapy,

dubois was looking at ways to n enforce inequality in a different one, and so we have looked towards other system ss do so. if racism and with we have not dealt with that problem, no matter the system that you are putting in, it begins to infect everything. so democracies tend to be a good thing, and capitalism when properly regulated can be a good thing, but if we don't account for the racial divisions in the country, no matter which system we implement, we will will end up recreating something that is undesirable. and we have just a two or three minutes. so any sort of the parting words, and i am a hopeless optimis optimist, and i do actually believe that the nation can find a way towards the national and political solidairity, and i don't know what the path looks like, but i believe it is within the capacity of being an american for us to achieve it, and that is, the nation that does figure it out will leave a legacy for posterity and for humanity of a system of government that is inclusive and the world has never seen before. and so any final thoughts before we wrap up here? all

dubois. in 1990, the international olympic committee selected atlanta, georgia as the host for the olympics. achievement signaled a moment for a southern city that only 25 years before had reeled from urban rebellions. they took to the streets to air grievances over poor living conditions. nearly two decades had passed since he had ascended to the mayor's office thanks to a coalition. winning the right to host the olympics, atlanta had scored a tremendous public relations victory. flashed the nickname, marketed by the atlantic convention bureau and different trade administration's to lay claim atlanta had outgrown its status, transcending the region and history, after a massive intervention or reinvention. it had arrived at the newest and most modern world-class international city. the fruits of this success were not and have never been shared equal. poor blacks had benefited little of the events from the previous two decades. atlanta's poor and working-class reaped few rewards from the re-cr

dubois, he did not have access to the statistics that i have just laid out for you, but he is looking at the situation, it's clear to him something is very wrong, and he observed, and this is a quote, we have today in the united states, cheek by jowl, prosperity and depression. this african-american newsboy is selling a penny newspaper whose headline is proclaiming attacks on billionaires, or dissent over the billionaire's tax. this is from 1921. cheek by jowl, prosperity and depression. not only were african-americans, like this young boy and the other african-americans and other minorities impoverished, so too were farmers, as you could tell from the wages we looked at. they made up about 30% of our population. so too were coal miners and unskilled laborers. we have a vast proportion of americans who are essentially impoverished, so despite the slow rate of inflation in the 1920's -- we look at the distribution of wealth -- despite the slow rate of inflation, prices are not changing, most americans did not earn enough to buy the necessities, and they did not earn enough to have the

dubois wrote a line --led "the cover the colorblind" and he said the great problem of the 20th century will be the color line, race. if he were here today, he would say we still haven't got it right. yes, sir. >> i want to commend you on your research in studying african american history. the one thing we as african-americans continue to deal with is we have been economically, politically, and socially colonized and imperialized in this country, and until we deal with this situation, when i say socially imperialism, now they are attacking our homes, and our children are taken. you said in the book one of the points of being free is having the freedom to have a family. the situation with the coffin, that coffin is talking to all of us. we are coming to the end of our lives, and how we treat each other and respect each other, one day we have to account for all that. we need to put away our differences, how we treat each other and respect each other and do what is right. i don't claim to be a minister, but i know god is dealing in my life in what he wants me to do good i was hit by a car