we know of ella baker as the unsung woman, civil rights activist, who goes all the way back to the naacp in the 1930s as a field secretary for the naacp. she was almost single-handedly responsible for the massive expansion of that organization's membership. she was a executive secretary with dr. king's sclc. when the sit-ins broke out, she encouraged the young people who were involved to form their own organization, which became sncc. so song pays tribute to ella baker's role as a champion of the youth in the movement, and also represents someone who represents a group-centered grassroots approach to civil rights leadership. this is a live performance in minnesota. >> there's a lot of things going on in the world. there's a lot of freedoms being threatened. think about it. here we go. ♪ we who believe in freedom cannot rest ♪ ♪ we who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes ♪ good. >> now carol and i will sing the verses, and when it's your turn, come in nice and strong. ready? >> whenever you are. ♪ until the killing of black men, black mother's sons ♪ ♪ is as important as the kil

he was the head of state, that was great, he signed the voting loss, but doctor king, ella baker, those grassroots leaders were the ones who were pushing forward to give that president something to respond to. and i think that after inauguration, to many of us sat down and thought that we had passed the finish line, when really that was the starting line, november 2008. >> host: the environment is another place that you have raised criticism. what you think of what is happening with the keystone pipeline? >> does not >> guest: the keystone pipeline is a really bad idea. as initially proposed, it takes the dirtiest, most awful scraping the bottom of the bucket, nasty poly carbon and running it down through america's heartland over farmlands and aquifers to the gulf coast. so it can be refined and shipped to china. we wouldn't get any of that oil. more importantly, because of the kind of toxic stuff it is, it is very corrosive. we would have a lot of oil spills in canada, it would be risking america's beauty and the health and safety of america. to benefit a foreign corporation selling di

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