frank smith. who is the director of the african-american african-american civil war museum here in washington, dc. dr. smith is a founding member of the student non-violent coordinating committee more house college back in the 1960s. and everyone here probably has heard of snake and it's one of its members the late congressman john lewis. frank smith has lived in washington dc since 1968 were among his many communities service roles. he served on the dc city council for four terms. here in this phd from the union institute in ohio he founded and serves as the executive director of the african-american civil war museum as i mentioned right here in washington dc. so please welcome dr. frank smith. oh. thank you very much. my name is frank smith, and i'm the founding director. of the african-american civil war memorial here in washington, dc today is august 22nd 2022. and it's actually the day that we celebrated african americans said what memorial as founders day? because it was this date back in 18

frank smith.>> thank you very much, my name is frank smith and i am a founding director of the african american civil war memorial here in washington d. c.. today is august 22nd, 2022, and, it is actually the day that we celebrate the african american civil war memorial as founders day. it was this day, back in 1963, when the president, created within the military something called the united states colored troops. it was the bureau of united states color troops role to recruit the train, and then deploy 200,000 african american soldiers in the civil war. this soldiers were being brought into the union army under paragraph eight of the emancipation proclamation, which we refer to as the enforcement clause. now, for those who are historians among us you know that these three amendments are, the emancipation proclamation and the three amendments that followed are the only threw that half enforcement clauses in them. the enforcement clause of the emancipation proclamation paragraph eight, in paragraph

he's a 6th grader who lives in los boy phrases south side with coach frank smith and the gladiators boxing club. he's only 12 years old. you may want to remember the name destiny. butler ferry porterfield says destiny butler junior. if someone you should know my hopes and goals is hopefully be in a good lamp. said 17. when they become professional by a 13 year old and bought things from the age of 6, and he already holds title belt his goal. what is it about this sport that you love? so like, you can hear people you can tell before any buffer trying to remember the name. i don't about no side about this and it was already boxed with any game. destiny was the male destiny with the nation. so it was came to me, it was linkedin profile, and they were on the top and again he he hasn't had any with this particular neighborhood. you were savage. the see at least once to twice more guns. you were subject c cracky. don't think every day you struggle with been times when you now we have lights, we have game sunday we have home. no, i'm not exactly right. but your best buy it is come from or chip th

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smith goes to washington, the 21st century version. in 1939, a frank kappa made the instant classic mr. smith goes to washington starring the marvelous jimmy stewart as the new prosecutor in town who took on the powers of the clash good versus evil, with -- frank upper with the new mr. smith going to washington, the new mr. smith would be a prosecutor. a special prosecutor. whose target would be donald trump. and no doubt, just in case this version of mr. smith goes to washington plays out like frank copperas 50-year-old movies stars and hollywood tonight might be calling their agents to line up for the part of mr. smith. attorney general merrick garland appointed jack smith today to take charge of to federal criminal investigations of donald trump and his associates. congresswoman donald trump also known as marjorie taylor greene tweeted, impeach merrick garland! that's how the news was received in trump world. trump issued a written system -- stating, the department of justice had nothing, except trumpeters, so they just appointed a special prosecuto

the label became a showcase for artists like betty wright, helene smith, frank williams and the rocketeerslist, quite an amazing list. >> willie: it is about 1,200. >> anthony: 1,200 songs. >> willie: it just flows. i'm like a song mechanic. you bring it to me. i'll help you fix it. >> anthony: william and his writing partner clarence "blowfly" reed wrote such classics as "clean up woman" and "rocking chair." deep city was miami's answer to motown. >> anthony: 50 years, 100 years from now, search and punch in the miami sound, your name is going to come up right away as principal creator of the miami sound. what were the distinctive features of the music you were making that separated it from motown, philadelphia, new york? >> willie: the culture was a mixture of bahamian, jamaican, and then some people came down from georgia and alabama, but that bahamian influence was dominant. >> anthony: right. >> willie: we would have bands who would march from over town all the way to liberty city and back in big parades. this influence, the dancing and the moving and the marching, i would say that wa

smith does get the nomination, he is. nominated again by franklin roosevelt. but more importantly, he wants his flank covered in new york. so he says frank, i want you to run for governor. and doesn't want to do it. eleanor puts the pressure a little bit or opens up the contacts roosevelt and doesn't think, you know, i don't think he saw a depression in 28 because he didn't think the time was to to run for his ascension to the to the presidency. so but runs he wins narrowly and then al smith thinks he's to be the you know the power behind the wheelchair he's going to franklin roosevelt what to do as governor roosevelt is not going to do that he fires two of al smith's best aides really. what's woman's name? oh, i'm going to forget her at the others. bob moses. the other one is bob moses, thereby. hangs a tale, thereby hangs many a tale. bell moskowitz that's and so they're kind of on the outs but they don't really get on the outs again until the 1932 campaign when roosevelt tries to or when smith tries stop the roosevelt juggernaut and really does grinding to a halt. the latter primaries. but then smith is kind of is double crossed by wi

frank as always great to talk to you about the stuff. gave me kind of your first reaction to the appointment of jack smith and do you think it was necessary for the attorney general to appoint a special counsel here? >> short answer is no, i don't think it is necessary. i think for me as minutes an example of two things being true at the same time. by that i mean merit karlyn may have made a reasonable and smart to in appointing jack smith. that is true. and at the same time, it can also be wholly unnecessary. similarly, it could be that jackson myth was the most stellar qualified lawyer available to be a special counsel. and at the same, time it could be that the gop as we have already seen including former president trump will be attempting to knock holes in him and tear him down as this unreasonable, far left wing extremist which by the way there is no evidence of. and then lastly it could be true that marriage garland has really put up a shield to help mitigate any perceptions or political partisan decision-making and true at the same time, that it will not make one iota difference to people who are insistent on seeing any investigati

frank open as ever. thank you. jess phillips no worries . coming jess phillips no worries. coming up, former secretary jacqui smithi grieved for my job smith, as i grieved for my job so i've grieved for my marriage which was very happy marriage of 33 years. and in some ways that will i will never get over and senior conserve mp caroline nokes he's going to believe me and what will this do to my career ? i talk about it . jacqui smith, 15 years ago you were appointed as britain's first woman home secretary. what's the toughest thing about job? well, it doesn't that long ago for a start, in ways it feels like yesterday, i think the toughest thing is that you suddenly that you are responsible for the security of , the country, our borders against counter—terrorism for communities, against crime , that communities, against crime, that feels like a great weight actually on your shoulders. but ihave actually on your shoulders. but i have to say, it's also a massive honour and for the two years i did it, saying i enjoyed it would probably be going too far. but i'm proud that i got the opportunity to do it. and you mentio

frank open as ever. thank you. jess phillips no worries . coming jess phillips no worries. coming up, former secretary jacqui smithi grieved for my job smith, as i grieved for my job so i've grieved for my marriage which was very happy marriage of 33 years. and in some ways that will i will never get over and senior conserve mp caroline nokes he's going to believe me and what will this do to my career ? i talk about it . jacqui smith, 15 years ago you were appointed as britain's first woman home secretary. what's the toughest thing about job? well, it doesn't that long ago for a start, in ways it feels like yesterday, i think the toughest thing is that you suddenly that you are responsible for the security of , the country, our borders against counter—terrorism for communities, against crime , that communities, against crime, that feels like a great weight actually on your shoulders. but ihave actually on your shoulders. but i have to say, it's also a massive honour and for the two years i did it, saying i enjoyed it would probably be going too far. but i'm proud that i got the opportunity to do it. and you mentio

the shocking slap seen around the world at last year's oscars, smith said after returning to his seat he was in a daze that lasted until a frankome. >> he had stayed up late to see his uncle will, you know, and we're sitting in my kitchen and he's on my lap and he's holding the oscar. and he's just like, why did you hit that man, uncle will? you know? [ bleep ]. why you trying to oprah me? >> reporter: after being subject to immense social media backlash for the slap, smith resigned from the academy which later banned him from all events for the next decade. >> asking what did i learn and it's that, we just got to be nice to each other, man. >> reporter: smith addressing the incident as part of a promotional campaign for his latest film, "emancipation." telling "entertainment weekly," i definitely lose a couple winks of sleep every night over concerns his oscar's infamy could hurt the movie's release and explaining to a local d.c. station he realizes audiences might not be ready to embrace him in a new role. >> i completely understand that. if, you know, someone is not ready, i would absolutely respect that and allow them thei

much as frank said, i understand it, but i don't agree with it, the part that i understand is exactly what you just said. that the average american sitting at home and learning about jack smith first time today says this is the person who had been utterly removed from american politics, he has been living in the hague, he is flying back from germany, as we speak. as merrick garland just said. and now he is being entrusted to run these investigations, because of that independence of spirit. he's got 16 years of history with the justice department, and now, he's being entrusted as garland said, and i think this is important, chris, and i am a word parser, as you know, to complete these investigations, in an even-handed and urgent way. and i'm hearing merrick garland say we're not starting from scratch. jack smith does not expect to start from scratch. but rather, we are giving to jack smith the body of work completed thus far, and we are trusting him to take this over the finish line wherever that may lead. whether to indictment, or not. but this job now belongs to him to complete. and i think the word complete is really doing a lot of work there. for people like me, who wish

splight, we've been working -- smith, we've been working together for human rights around the world. and today in china as you and i and frank wolf and so many others did over the years. so thank you for your leadership and your remarks on this important legislation. again, a strong step in our continued work to countser the genocide of the uyghur people. across china, millions of uyghurs and other muslim minorities are enduring outrageous and barbaric abuses from mass surveillance and discriminatory policing, mass incarceration and forced labor camps and mass torture, including solitary confinement and sterilization. in its latest human rights report, our own state department has unequivocally declared that the chinese communist party's persecution of the uyghurs amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity. it is often said the most sinister and cruel form of torture employed by authoritarian regimes is to tell the oppressed nobody even remembers you, they don't even know what the fuss is about. this congress remains bipartisan, bicameral, unbreakable in our commitment to shining a bright light on the persecution of the