-- emans pated by the 13th amendment, there's been a rise of political power among first blacks andhen communities of color, maybe a 10-year period, and then a swift backlash as soon as possible to put them back in their place. so you had after the civil war, you had african-americans elected to our state legislators. -- legislatures. constitutional conventions. and then the minute reconstruction ended, jim crow went into effect. and then you had the civil rights movement and the gains there and brown vs. board of education, and then you had klan rallies and massive resistance. and then we elected the first african-american president of the united states. and we made all kinds of progress for all communities of color. and then we got donald trump. this is a pattern. and if we don't recognize that pattern and understand our history and recognize the signs, it's going to happen again. [applause] >> told y'all. [laughter] told y'all. >> i mean, there was a whole lot in there. and i'm not going to pretend to be that good of a moderater to dissect everything that you just said. , so do i

-- emans pated by the 13th amendment, there's been a rise of political power among first blacks and then communities of color, maybe a 10-year period, and then a swift backlash as soon as possible to put them back in their place. so you had after the civil war, you had african-americans elected to our state legislatures. constitutional conventions. and then the minute reconstruction ended, jim crow went into effect. and then you had the civil rights movement and the gains there and brown vs. board of education, and then you had klan rallies and massive resistance. and then we elected the first african-american president of the united states. and we made all kinds of progress for all communities of color. and then we got donald trump. this is a pattern. and if we don't recognize that pattern and understand our history and recognize the signs, it's going to happen again. [applause] >> told y'all. [laughter] told y'all. >> i mean, there was a whole lot in there. and i'm not going to pretend to be that good of a moderater to dissect everything that you just said. , so do i want to go to