from its inception as this magazine was well respected largely circulated in the mislead popular edward lewis founding c.e.o. and publisher of essence started the magazine with the republic men seeking to transform the lives of black women and change the media landscape throughout the ebbs and flows and print media essence has remained stable converting not only to digital media platforms but also elevating its key event the essence festival the annual event brings in major corporate sponsors like 18 p.

. >> edward lewis is hoping not to have a repeat of the 91 oakland hills fire. >> sunday i was watching the 49er game and that is when helicopters came over to the area asking us to evacuate. >> to of those additional oakland fire engines will be put in high-risk areas like here in the hills. three of those engines that are coming online tomorrow just for the fourth of july will be stationed around lake merritt where they expect a lot of people and a lot of attempts to shoot off illegal fireworks. >> sever protests across the bay area and many people questioning the meaning of fourth of july in 2020 amid the pandemic and black lives matter movement. some protesters share their personal views on the holiday saying they will not be celebrating. >> the whole notion around freedom everyone is born free. if you were brought here as property and the state has never recognized your humanity it is always the same. >> i believe we are not really free. we have never really been free. >> demonstrators are calling for people to wear all black tomorrow on the fourth to show solidarity. >> this just

its inception essence magazine was well respected largely circulated and the mentally popular edward lewis founding c.e.o. and publisher of essence started the magazine with 3 black men seeking to transform the lives of black women and change the media landscape throughout the arabs implodes in print media essence has remained stable converting not only to digital media platforms but also elevating its key event the essence festival the annual event brings in major corporate sponsors like coca-cola chase bank mcdonald's procter and gamble and others not to mention big name celebrities but on the heels of its 50th anniversary essence is under fire escaping article titled the truth about this was published on medium dot com the group called black female anonymous lists several grievances including a toxic work environment sexual harassment pay inequity and intimidation the group is calling for the immediate resignations of essence top brass including the current c.e.o. recalling dennis black the male anonymous claims c.e.o. dennis's surface level commitment to black women is driven by greed

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in the chat box, edward says, can we recognize the fight of john lewis to protect voting rights. thank you for reminding me. it is deeply meaningful to pause to recognize the role of representative lewis, one of the great constitutional heroes of the 20th century and one of the most important figures for the expansion of voting rights in the century. the constitution centered was honored in 2016 to award the liberty medal to representative lewis and it was inspiring to hear him invoke the legacy of his mentor, dr. king, in inspiring his nonviolent protest which helped to lead to the voting rights act of 1965 and the shining example of his moral and constitutional vision is one that will live with all of us for many years. so just take a moment for all of us to recognize and celebrate his blessed memory. alex, with that in mind, what does representative lewis' achievements and those of the civil rights movement in passing the voting rights act of '65, how did that transform the nature of voting rights in america and describe that period from 1965 to the present where it seems that

than words, and you really should keep the name of the honorable john lewis out of the department of justice's mouth. >> donna edwards? >> yeah, this is where i think when people get frustrated that members of congress make statements instead of asking questions. here is where it's an important statement that was made by cedric richmond that put on the record in front of the american people what this department of justice has done and the fact that they are now doing quote/unquote criminal justice reform. but they have not a single black person in the leadership that was brought into the department of justice. and i think it really, you know, calls into question the attorney general's statement at the beginning of the hearing when he said that he didn't believe in or support the idea of systemic racism. that he didn't know that it existed. and clearly cedric richmond demonstrated that in his own department, that is true. >> donna edwards, andrew weissmann, chuck rosenberg, matt miller, there are not any people on this planet who i would have rather spent the hour talking to about this testimony today. thank you for s

the difference is that john lewis could have lashed out at his enemies but he believed in what abraham lincoln said, a generation of people who said the death of med ger edwardsinated, saw malcolm x assassinated and saw the death of goodman, churney and cheney and middleton. these individuals saw all of the pain so they could attempt to make this country bend its moral arc to one of justice and they know they would not have any success but for the blood shed. what makes john lewis so great is that all of the blood that was shed, all of that pain, he didn't retreat. he didn't lash out. but what he did was he utilized that to try to get into good trouble and bring people together. see that is a special type of faith because i ain't that far on my christian journey yet to be turning the other cheek. i'm not that far on my journey yet to make sure that i could stand as tall as john lewis did. so that is what we have to aspire to. because through all of that pain, through all of the that blood that was shed and the anger, he never lashed out. instead he used that righteous indignation to go to the halls of congress and attempt work with people like mitch mcconnel

if the chat box, edward sharpson says can we please take a minute or two to recognize the world of john lewis in the role of fighting to protect voting rights. thank you so much for reminding me of what i meant to do at the beginning of the program and jumped right in, because of my enthusiasm, but it is deeply meaningful to pause to recognize the role of representative lewis, one of the great constitutional heroes of the 20th century, and one of the most important figures forthexpansion of voting rights in this century, the constitution center was greatly honored in 2016 to award the liberty medal to representative lewis, and it was so inspiring to hear him invoke the legacy of his mentor, dr. king, in inspiring his nonviolent protest at the pettus bridge, which helped lead to the enactment of the voting rights act of 1965 and a shining example of his moral and constitutional vision is one that will live with all of us for many years. so just take a moment for all of us to recognize and celebrate his memory. al alex, with that in mind, what does representative lewis' achievements and those o