home here in east harlem are suffering mightily. even if jobs are starting to trickle back, many of them are part-time, many of them are poverty. >> and with less government aid for food, the strap is on shorties to fill the void and depend on donations to feed new york's hungry. >>> whether it's in new york or anywhere in the country, the face of hungary is the working poor. that's the view of janet, an activist and policy director. new york city policy center at new york city's hunter college. we spoke and i asked her about the changes she is seeing now food. >> if you look at what happened to the value of the minimum wage over the years, you get a little insight into that. it is, indeed, a lot of the people who work in the food industry who are most impacted by the low - the low wages, and the tipped minimum wages will blow the regular minimum wage. if we go back to 1968 and look at the minimum wage then, if you updated that for inflation, it would be at 10:90. >> and the federal government, the administration is proposing 10 and

to he and his wife decide move to east harlem and work in the tenements there, mostly and hungaryians. those were the two largest in populations. new york at that time, the coming off of t this explosion of immigrants that had come to the country. third of the 92 million or so people were first or second generation americans. started to he really see that the way the country was sustainable orot just and they had to change. started down that path and then the war was over. ralph, the second brother, also went to prince ton. hey went to m.i.t., became an engineer. quite conservative, very happy life u know, live a good nd be fair to others and, you know -- and -- do his duty. obsessed with y duty as were most of the victorian young men. began, he e war enlisted right away, became a captain in the army. edwin thomas iii was much more tortured. he saw that there were some -- looked around them and saw that this kind of effort that christians tended to make were, you know, were not doing anything. a lot of s hypocritical, you know, self-satisfaction involved. he when the war broke out in

they decide to move to east harlem and work with the hung investigatorhungarians. the country is just coming off its explosion of immigrants that have come into the country. i think a third of the tourists at the time were second generation americans. that's when he sort of started to see that the way the country was organized was not sustainable or justice and things needed to change. he started down that path and the war is what pushed him over. ralph, the second brother also went to princeton. he became an engineer, quite conservative. very happy to, you know, live a good life and be fair to others and, you know, he was one of the late victorian young men. when he enlisted he came a captain in the army. the third brother was much more tortured. there was a lot of hypocritical self satisfaction involved. when the war broke out in europe he went to study in scotland. he came back over to when the united states entered the war and constantly had to push the boundary of what was acceptable to show what he was true to himself and fighting for freedom and keeping some

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there were between 8000 and 10,000 people marching from toth avenue down the harlem protest the east st. louis race riot and protest racism across america. the east st. louis race riot was the spark for the first civil rights march. i think what i want a reader to take away from the book is that it ain't over. i just think that we need to be conscious -- very conscious -- is our forget that this racial history and all grew out of slavery. slaverydeadly legacy of and we still see its results around us. c-span's american history tour continues with a look at martin luther king's 1963 letter from birmingham jail. then the reverend's work who cofounded the southern christian leadership conference with reverend king. after that, the 1963 bombing of , church thatlabama killed four african-american girls.

maybe some of the situations in east harlem, not all. but if policy makers understand that baseball is a way of encouraging thinking, then we can apply a public policy overview to what is just known as a sport now. >> i'm going to throw this out to the panel, and i think this ties to some of what gary was just talking about. i grew up in sacramento, california, and i can remember coming home from school after i put my books down and got something to eat, i headed to the ball field. as long as it wasn't raining outside. i could ride around on my bike and just about every park i passed, kids were playing baseball. now as i arrive in the district of columbia, these fields are laying fallow. and is that a result of white flight from the urban center and what's happening in our cities? is that disinterest in the game of baseball overall? is it that it is an expensive sport to play, and so where 15 kids can play with one basketball, 15 kids can't play with one bat and one glove. where -- talk about from your all's experiences and what you're s

you'll have to get off, head east and then hopped back on at harlem.4 minute ride from that detour to get you into 53. you can avoid all that by taking the stevenson or the kennedy. there's light volume but it's not too bad on the eisenhower, as the closure continues things will get worse. also in maywood, first avenue we of high standing water between sir mac and roosevelt causing people to get stood up there. >> good morning. last week we talked about smart phone pictures how to take better pictures and today were talking about video. you know we all post video but there's some apps to spice up your video. take a look. >> smart phones video cameras have come a long way. some shooting video that rivals professional video equipment. alter cam apps this one gives your i phone an even bigger boost letting you shoot to k of video and a 24 frame rate is giving your video a filled look. the downside is one minute of footage will take up 3 gb of memory and the app cost $7 in the store. for a retro look, the 8 mm vintage camera app maybe an option taking or c

midwest to the chaos in the middle east -- we focus on libya which is going through some of the worst turmoil since 2011. >> islamists are refusing to accept the new harlem an elected in june and reconvened the outgoing parliament which they dominated. >> this leaves libya with two rival assemblies both backed by armed militias. this comes as a slot next -- as islamist militias are gaining ground. >> the aftermath of the battle for the international airport in tripoli, rival militias have been vying for control of the site for weeks. on saturday, an alliance of islamists seized the airport from pro-government forces who have been holding at the last three years. for the islamists, is a key strategic victory and embolden them to demand change. not long after they post these pictures of themselves taking over the airport, they called on the old parliament in tripoli, the one they used to domate summit to resume its work. they said the new liberal parliament did not represent the interests of the majority of libyans. such developments are creating alarm, not just in libya but abroad. regional leaders have been meeting to discuss the situation. but they reje

was eight to ten thousand people marched down fifth avenue from harlem to the middle of the town, middle of new york to protest the east st. louis race riot and protest racism across the america. but the east st. louis race riot was the spark for the civil rights. i want to take from the book, it ain't over, and i just think we need to be conscious, very conscious and not forget that this was a racial history and it all grew out of slavery. a deadly legacy of slavery, and we still see its results around us. >> from booktv's recent trip to salem, oregon, learn about the jewish response to removal of japanese-americans in world war ii. >> pearl harbor in december of '41 and almost immediately immediate talk about what can be done with the enemy alien population, which includes germans and japanese and italians, foreign nationals, who are enemy illens -- aliens and that's an internment which start witches them. what happened with the japanese americans is difficult and the internments most historians talk about it as removal and incarceration so the japanese american population in general on the west coast, which two-thir

there was eight to 10,000 people marched down fifth avenue from harlem to the middle of the town, middle of new york, to protest the east st. louis race riot. at the east st. louis race right was the spark for the first civil rights march. i think what i want to to take way from the book is it ain't over. i think we need to be conscious, very conscious and not forget that this was a racial history and all grew out of slavery. a deadly legacy of slavery, we still see its results around us. >> from booktv's recent trip to salem, oregon, learned about the jewish response to the removal and incarceration of japanese-americans during world war ii. >> pearl harbor of course is in december of 41. almost immediately people start talking about what should be done with the enemy alien publish which includes german and japanese and italians, foreign nationals who are in the element. there's an internet program that starts. what happened to japanese-americans is different and it's commonly called and tournament that most historians now talk about it as removal and incarceration. so the japanese-american population in general on the