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here he gets shot and killed in front of the frederick douglass site. it's the most famous runway slave in american had history. a lot of other runway slaves. frederick doug frederick douglass is the person remembered. a worker said, isn't that -- , i mean, what is going on out here? and anthony said, hey, frederick douglass reincarnated and people say hey, old man, get on we're trying to make money. that's the real -- reality of it. a lot of young people in the neighborhood think the house is haunted. with that said, -- [laughter] with that said, we went to the douglas home a couple of dais -- days later. and my friend washington is a native "washingtonian." he never read about douglas. it permeates our awareness as wan begans. he kept kind of almost interrogating the park rangers and said, well, if you ran up to douglas in the street, would he give you some advice and hey, get out of his face? what was he like. who did he hang with? what made him so successful he was able to command enough wealth and influence have thest state. i'm sure you have been t
here he gets shot and killed in front of the frederick douglass site. it's the most famous runway slave in american had history. a lot of other runway slaves. frederick doug frederick douglass is the person remembered. a worker said, isn't that -- , i mean, what is going on out here? and anthony said, hey, frederick douglass reincarnated and people say hey, old man, get on we're trying to make money. that's the real -- reality of it. a lot of young people in the neighborhood think the house is...
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i admire frederick douglass.am one who steers clear of politics, but i understand what he was all about. i've have been to his home town and i studied his life. board.re is across the even though he was a great man, i have fun with him as well. pushback?you expect >> i have artie gotten some. -- i have already gotten some. slavery is a raw subject. we have to find a way to talk about these subjects. i would rather people be angry that i wrote something funny about frederick douglass the not know who he is at all. not see them as a guy with funny hair because i do not think people understand how clever african-americans had to be to survive earing slavery. b deering slavery. if people knew how sick the whole business was -- had to be gearing slavery. during slavery. tavis: let me go back to the narrator of the story, onion. know a guy named onion. he stole my bike. he was not a bad guy. i still know his brother. bike: he did not return my ? >> i love those kind of wacky -- i love the way the old southern's talk. y
i admire frederick douglass.am one who steers clear of politics, but i understand what he was all about. i've have been to his home town and i studied his life. board.re is across the even though he was a great man, i have fun with him as well. pushback?you expect >> i have artie gotten some. -- i have already gotten some. slavery is a raw subject. we have to find a way to talk about these subjects. i would rather people be angry that i wrote something funny about frederick douglass the...
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and frederick douglass looked at him and said agitate, young man, agitate.me. and that agitation will continue until we deal withstand your ground and some resolve. brenda says the republicans target, punish, and humiliate the poor and their children. is that their idea of what they call family values? yes, it's very interesting. you know, i think people that struggle to bring and make ends meet and find a way know more about family values than those that are born on third base and think they hit a triple. i was raised by a single mother who had to get help from time to time with food stamps and welfare. but she taught me that life is about where you're going, not where you started. and she taught me don't make any excuses. you can be whoever you prepare yourself to be. and believe in yourself to be. that single mother knew family values more than someone who has a nurse to raise their children for them, teaching them nothing personally. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> obama's third election. let's play "hardball." >>>
and frederick douglass looked at him and said agitate, young man, agitate.me. and that agitation will continue until we deal withstand your ground and some resolve. brenda says the republicans target, punish, and humiliate the poor and their children. is that their idea of what they call family values? yes, it's very interesting. you know, i think people that struggle to bring and make ends meet and find a way know more about family values than those that are born on third base and think they...
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somebody who plays an important role in just one tracks such as frederick douglass in the abolitionist movement or william wilberforce who was early in the pioneering movement in england to abolish slavery. there are very few i encounter who made contributions in more than one track. lafayette, for example, played a crucial role and helping them the american revolution by cornering morgan cornwallis at yorktown. and then he went back to france later and he encouraged george washington. they were very close, like father and son. george washington didn't have any children, that he basically was in lafayette. lafayette brought plantations in south america, slave plantations in south america. mafia trained for slaves are to farm for themselves and he liberated them anyone along with all this. but washington was exhausted from the 20 odd years of campaigning first in the french and indian wars and then the american revolution. he couldn't do it. eventually when lafayette was imprisoned during the french revolution, his son was sent to george washington, take care of my son while all was bre
somebody who plays an important role in just one tracks such as frederick douglass in the abolitionist movement or william wilberforce who was early in the pioneering movement in england to abolish slavery. there are very few i encounter who made contributions in more than one track. lafayette, for example, played a crucial role and helping them the american revolution by cornering morgan cornwallis at yorktown. and then he went back to france later and he encouraged george washington. they...
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that protest is an essential ingredient of politics, and so while we're going around quoting frederick douglass, that's think about miss parks, miss robeson and all these people, and real rise that people tell you, you don't need to have a moment or be protesting. all you need to do is vote. first of all they're trying to suppress the vote in case you hadn't noticed. but the lesson is that you really, really have to be -- you need a movement and you need to be persistent, and you need to not give up, and you need to be strategic, and you need to think about what you're doing. so that you can make -- and that you can make change by doing that. and you don't have to be violent. you can be totally nonviolent. many ways to make change. so i think these are the lessons i learned. >> i was at the memorial for vicki garvin in died in '95, i believe. they did a video, and she was in a nursing home. and she said, i'm telling all these people out there, you have no excuse for not being active because i'm here in this nursing home rite can letters, trying to educate myself. so it seems to me that many of
that protest is an essential ingredient of politics, and so while we're going around quoting frederick douglass, that's think about miss parks, miss robeson and all these people, and real rise that people tell you, you don't need to have a moment or be protesting. all you need to do is vote. first of all they're trying to suppress the vote in case you hadn't noticed. but the lesson is that you really, really have to be -- you need a movement and you need to be persistent, and you need to not...
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somebody that played an important role in just one track such as frederick douglass in the abolitionist movement or william who was early in the great pioneer movement in england to abolish slavery. there were very few i encountered that made contributions in more than one track. lafayette for example played a crucial role in helping to win the american revolution by cornering cornwallis at yorktown then he went back to france later and encouraged george washington. they were very close like father and son. washington didn't have any children that he basically got to lafayette, and lafayette bought plantations in south america, great plantations in south america and trained the slave how to farm for themselves and liberated them and washington was going along with all of this but washington was exhausted from his 20 odd years of campaigning first in the french and indian war and then in the american revolution. he couldn't do it. but eventually when lafayette was in prison during the french revolution, his son was sent to george washington. take care of my son
somebody that played an important role in just one track such as frederick douglass in the abolitionist movement or william who was early in the great pioneer movement in england to abolish slavery. there were very few i encountered that made contributions in more than one track. lafayette for example played a crucial role in helping to win the american revolution by cornering cornwallis at yorktown then he went back to france later and encouraged george washington. they were very close like...
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frederick douglass would come to the white house and talk to lincoln, but i don't think a dinner was involved. it is not the first time an came, but itcan may be the first dinner. >> it could be. people threaten to kill tr. they said they should put a bomb under his chair because he advocated social equality to blacks and whites. you have to remember in african- american history, african reconstruction, this is the nadir, the low point of legal , and african- americans in the south were treated very badly. was very controversial to cross the color line socially. in one biography of her, there are a number of citations of personal correspondence where she would use what we would consider derogatory terms about african-americans. , itrites in the book follows in the range of general white attitudes among the upper- middle-class in those years. muchs delivered without -- has not been explored. what kind of influence can we know that she might have had in this thinking on this topic thatal >> this is a couple has been together every day. they went horseback riding, they went walking. the
frederick douglass would come to the white house and talk to lincoln, but i don't think a dinner was involved. it is not the first time an came, but itcan may be the first dinner. >> it could be. people threaten to kill tr. they said they should put a bomb under his chair because he advocated social equality to blacks and whites. you have to remember in african- american history, african reconstruction, this is the nadir, the low point of legal , and african- americans in the south were...
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of our students, we are becoming a school to be reckoned with here and we are the academy at frederick douglassh school. >> if the program continues to be successful, they hope to expand into more city schools next year. >> sounds like a great program. thank you. here is a look at other stories we're following right now. this man is accused of assaulting a woman and trapping her inside his home. the 19-year-old man early attacked a woman, threatening to kill her while she was visiting the house. to thede her way hospital. a trial is now underway in the eighth of a man at used of opening fire inside a nail salon. andng further -- murder assault charges after police say he shot the escrow fund and male friend inside. we have since confirmed there was a protective order at the time of the shooting. they were taken to shock trauma critically injured. his ex grow friend is taking the stand soon. water service disrupted right now in the area of district court downtown all because of a water mainly break this morning. the department of public works crews say it is closed to through traffic between 20
of our students, we are becoming a school to be reckoned with here and we are the academy at frederick douglassh school. >> if the program continues to be successful, they hope to expand into more city schools next year. >> sounds like a great program. thank you. here is a look at other stories we're following right now. this man is accused of assaulting a woman and trapping her inside his home. the 19-year-old man early attacked a woman, threatening to kill her while she was...
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a time that proves frederick douglass was right when he said if there is no struggle, there is no progress. it was three weeks in a day after the march on washington, martin luther king jr. was in birmingham, alabama. he was not there to sermonize, he was there to eulogize, to make sense of the sunday morning murder of young addie mae collins, denise mcnair, carole robertson, and cynthia wesley. the innocent blood of these little girls may well serve as a redemptive force. what may have been discomfort turned out to be prophecy. birmingham had to go through hell, but found its way back and pushed itself forward and pushed the whole country forward as well. this is one of the true american stories. two representatives from alabama have joined together to see that these daughters will always shine in the hearts of our nation. denise put on skits in the garage to raise money. carole always made sure she had her chores done so she could go to dance class on saturdays. cynthia did well in math and in the band and enjoyed hosting parties in their backyard. they become recipients of our highest c
a time that proves frederick douglass was right when he said if there is no struggle, there is no progress. it was three weeks in a day after the march on washington, martin luther king jr. was in birmingham, alabama. he was not there to sermonize, he was there to eulogize, to make sense of the sunday morning murder of young addie mae collins, denise mcnair, carole robertson, and cynthia wesley. the innocent blood of these little girls may well serve as a redemptive force. what may have been...
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he rivaled frederick douglass for prominence in black politics and earned the trust of whites that would seem notable in almost any era of american history. who was langston? langston was born in 1829 in virginia and raised in ohio and graduated from oberlin college in an era when most americans didn't think plaques had basic citizenship rights. langston was also the son of all white slave owner and african-american woman who sent his sons to a high to get an education because they were not going to be educated in virginia. he was biracial but he was also in our language and african-american. though langston went to ohio, went to oberlin college, became a lawyer and somehow persuaded a steady stream of whites to beat a path to his door and hire him as a lawyer in ohio when ohio didn't even allow african-americans to vote. he then rose through black and white politics until he had his career by becoming the dean of howard law school and the united states minister to haiti. links and as i argue in the book was the quintessential nineteenth century representative black man, established abol
he rivaled frederick douglass for prominence in black politics and earned the trust of whites that would seem notable in almost any era of american history. who was langston? langston was born in 1829 in virginia and raised in ohio and graduated from oberlin college in an era when most americans didn't think plaques had basic citizenship rights. langston was also the son of all white slave owner and african-american woman who sent his sons to a high to get an education because they were not...
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anthony and frederick douglass, charles sumner, william lloyd garrison, harriet jacobs, harriet beecher stowe to name just two heir yepts. emerson was still alive and writing long after this period. longfellow, you have emily dickenson, william tecumseh sherman, two people i'd love to have seen meet one another. [laughter] as well as victoria woodhaul who was the first woman who wan -- who ran for president in the united states. and there's a man whose name i won't even bother you with, the man who invented the word scientology which is rather strange and interesting and unusual and, of course -- or maybe not of course -- nathan bedford forest. i could spend the whole time allotted here just listing names, but not to worry, i'm not going to do that. i'm going to give you a little bit of background how i got into this book, some of the things that were important to me in the writing of it, and then i'm going read very briefly and be very delighted to take and answer your questions if i possibly can. so to go back to the book itself, i did name some names, now i want you to think for a mo
anthony and frederick douglass, charles sumner, william lloyd garrison, harriet jacobs, harriet beecher stowe to name just two heir yepts. emerson was still alive and writing long after this period. longfellow, you have emily dickenson, william tecumseh sherman, two people i'd love to have seen meet one another. [laughter] as well as victoria woodhaul who was the first woman who wan -- who ran for president in the united states. and there's a man whose name i won't even bother you with, the man...
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there and that's affected wages the other ten times is the simplest of all american equations frederick douglass said powers concedes nothing without a to me and as organized labor has been undermined and weakened structurally by the courts and by our legislatures and at times by our congress and even the white house. going back as you referenced reagan as we have seen a weakening of unions in any united states we have seen a steady chipping away at those wages so you can't deal with these ron john thank you sara right now only eleven point three percent of american workers belong to a union by ninety in one thousand nine hundred one by comparison it was twenty percent of all american workers were unionized back in the late thirty's early forty's it was a third i mean this is a huge decline so why the decline of the unions. oh you say the easy questions for me tom. it's not a really simple answer but it is a basic fact that big business has been fighting a war on workers well since the beginning and there was a brief period of time where workers were if not winning the war at least making some g
there and that's affected wages the other ten times is the simplest of all american equations frederick douglass said powers concedes nothing without a to me and as organized labor has been undermined and weakened structurally by the courts and by our legislatures and at times by our congress and even the white house. going back as you referenced reagan as we have seen a weakening of unions in any united states we have seen a steady chipping away at those wages so you can't deal with these ron...
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we know that as frederick douglass said, how we are conceived nothing without a demand, it never has and it never will. my demand today is that housing be recognized as a human right in this country. when i say this on the radio or television, i'm often told this is an unreasonable demand. what i permly think is unreasonable is that in the richest nation in the world, under a government that has figured out how to collect all my e-mail and phone logs, under an e-mail that is figured out how to wage war with remote controls and construct the largest prison system in u.s. history and in world history, we can't figure out how to structure society such that everybody has a basic place to put their children to sleep at night? housing must be recognized as a human right, and the power that won't or can't figure out how to ensure the right, we should figure out how to have the right to liberate homes and land ourselves. it is this type of collective liberation that people across the country, people like bertha garret, people like martha bigs are already doing. now i propose it is our time t
we know that as frederick douglass said, how we are conceived nothing without a demand, it never has and it never will. my demand today is that housing be recognized as a human right in this country. when i say this on the radio or television, i'm often told this is an unreasonable demand. what i permly think is unreasonable is that in the richest nation in the world, under a government that has figured out how to collect all my e-mail and phone logs, under an e-mail that is figured out how to...
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it is time for this nation to finish the work of frederick douglass and abraham lincoln, of jonathan kennedy and martin luther king. situation oft violence in america is perfectly captured by a federal report from the national commission on civil disorders. this blue-ribbon commission created by the president reports two our nation is moving to societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal. and that the violence is foreshadowed by an accumulation of unresolved grievances and by widespread the satisfaction. regulationson's are straightforward and basic. at her housing for black women and men, more investment in public education, new major public works process that included job-training and a stronger safety net. these recommendations resonate. this is our reality today. but this report was not written about today's situation. 1967, 46 yearsin ago, by a group better known at the turner commission, which was created by president lyndon johnson in response to the writing in detroit, los angeles, chicago and new york. in 1967, the federal government just that some in government do
it is time for this nation to finish the work of frederick douglass and abraham lincoln, of jonathan kennedy and martin luther king. situation oft violence in america is perfectly captured by a federal report from the national commission on civil disorders. this blue-ribbon commission created by the president reports two our nation is moving to societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal. and that the violence is foreshadowed by an accumulation of unresolved grievances and by...
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he is not frederick douglass. when you look at a picture of dr. king next to jfk and dr. king next to lyndon baines johnson, barack obama is lyndon baines johnson and john kennedy. he is abraham lincoln and as soon as the black community can understand that they can level a critique to the united states for not discussing the black agenda and not discussing black poverty. he says he is not president of black american. i say fine but black americans are american citizens no matter what anybody says. we are american citizens and should be advocating for an end of poverty, the end of racial inequality, and the end of mass incarceration, so when we think about president barack obama, we need to go back to what dr. king said in his last speech. he said the greatness of america lies in the right to protest for rights. whoever is in the white house, should be someone who is talking about an alleged -- an agenda that affects african-americans, even if that black person is the president of the united states. [applause] >> good afternoon. it's great to be here and i too want to joi
he is not frederick douglass. when you look at a picture of dr. king next to jfk and dr. king next to lyndon baines johnson, barack obama is lyndon baines johnson and john kennedy. he is abraham lincoln and as soon as the black community can understand that they can level a critique to the united states for not discussing the black agenda and not discussing black poverty. he says he is not president of black american. i say fine but black americans are american citizens no matter what anybody...
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frederick douglass about 50 years earlier said if you believe majorities matter and i believe they dofour fifths of the world is colored. he wasn't talking about black folk. he was talking about every other color. that's where we start. where will kids was on fire when people try to slander going into the 1963 march on washington. it motivated him, slandering because he was gay to churn out that many more basses. we got them in the civil rights act, pushing through the voting rights act. we also get rid of the europe only preference, part of the coalition that we are all together. we got rid of the europe only preference for immigration to this country. we have always been for sensible comprehensive immigration reform. the new naacp is nothing but a renaissance of the old naacp. the multiracial date the sound was already have in outlook and yet feel by the anger and experience that specific oppression of black people in our society generates and the good that it theories in your soul, that in order to have friends you got to be a friend in a democracy in order to manufacture have a lo
frederick douglass about 50 years earlier said if you believe majorities matter and i believe they dofour fifths of the world is colored. he wasn't talking about black folk. he was talking about every other color. that's where we start. where will kids was on fire when people try to slander going into the 1963 march on washington. it motivated him, slandering because he was gay to churn out that many more basses. we got them in the civil rights act, pushing through the voting rights act. we...
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which was, you know, frederick douglass come to the white house and talk to lincoln. i don't think a dinner was involved. so it's not the first time an african-american came to be an adviser, but it may be the first dinner. >> could be. could be. i think it may be the first. people in the south went crazy. people threatened to kill tr. they said they should put a bomb under the chair. he advocated social equality between black and white. we have to remember in african-american history after the construction, this is the low point of their segregation legal segregation passed by southern states. and african-americans in the south were treated very badly. it was controversial to cross the color line socially. it seem like an important time to talk about her attitude about african-americans. the personal spon she would use what we use consider derogatory terms about african-americans. and he writes in his book edith's racial comment fall within the range of general white attitude toward black among the american upper class in the years. well,let think this is a couple wh
which was, you know, frederick douglass come to the white house and talk to lincoln. i don't think a dinner was involved. so it's not the first time an african-american came to be an adviser, but it may be the first dinner. >> could be. could be. i think it may be the first. people in the south went crazy. people threatened to kill tr. they said they should put a bomb under the chair. he advocated social equality between black and white. we have to remember in african-american history...
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god in the church where an incredible human being wore came -- wore shpped, close to god in frederick douglass who had such a profound effect on abraham lincoln as well and made a tear change in this country for the better. it is amazing here with all the hatred being spewed toward christians, and i'm shocked that in my lifetime that we have seen the lessons of anti-semitism and the hatred toward jews start coming back even in this country . when i read about what happened in the concentration camps after -- during world war ii, i couldn't believe, and i just knew we would never allow that kind of hatred to raise its ugly head again. and yet not only in some hate philed countries in the middle east is it resurfacing, it's resurfacing here in america. there were five of us, republicans here in the house, that signed letters to five different departments asking we set out facts in those letters, there were facts, sained there are indications that there is muslim brotherhood influence in your department or within your agency since your job is to investigate issues in your agency or department, we
god in the church where an incredible human being wore came -- wore shpped, close to god in frederick douglass who had such a profound effect on abraham lincoln as well and made a tear change in this country for the better. it is amazing here with all the hatred being spewed toward christians, and i'm shocked that in my lifetime that we have seen the lessons of anti-semitism and the hatred toward jews start coming back even in this country . when i read about what happened in the concentration...
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every generation of americans has been protected by what frederick douglass once called "that glorious liberty document." we should take the time today to absolute those who defend the constitution. mr. bent voleyow: i fear -- mr. bent voleyow: i fear sometimes we take for granted the sacrifices these brave men and women bear. they are the ones that allow us to gather here today to do the will of the people. they are the reason why the constitution has lasted over two centuries as the prime example in the world of a free government. thank you and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: are there further the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. garamendi: mr. speaker, earlier in the session today, we paused in remembrance of those who were killed here in washington, d.c. yesterday. yet another tragedy for this nation, another shooting, raged by some individual. we heard on the floor here a few minutes ago, a plea by some o
every generation of americans has been protected by what frederick douglass once called "that glorious liberty document." we should take the time today to absolute those who defend the constitution. mr. bent voleyow: i fear -- mr. bent voleyow: i fear sometimes we take for granted the sacrifices these brave men and women bear. they are the ones that allow us to gather here today to do the will of the people. they are the reason why the constitution has lasted over two centuries as the...
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king in the shadows of abraham lincoln, who was there on the shoulders of frederick douglass and harriet beecher stowe, we have to acknowledge that we have come a long way in this nation, it is quite amazing. see the number of mayors and elected officials, scientists and doctors and lawyers that are physical how far weons of have come. we have to take a moment to recognize we have a long wait to go. the first thing that has to be said, worse fully, if people in america think that we have moved beyond the issue of race, they are wrong. president clinton said we have a long way home and a long way to go. the one that rises to the level if you arey struggling to survive from day to day. rights movement assumes that people would be alive. they struggle for better education and a better job. this is undermining the ability to get to the next day. that is one thing that we have lost our way on. ago, weis said not long did not get beat on the way to selma. -- so that people could kill each other. there is too much of that going on in america. this is an issue we have to address. as we speak abo
king in the shadows of abraham lincoln, who was there on the shoulders of frederick douglass and harriet beecher stowe, we have to acknowledge that we have come a long way in this nation, it is quite amazing. see the number of mayors and elected officials, scientists and doctors and lawyers that are physical how far weons of have come. we have to take a moment to recognize we have a long wait to go. the first thing that has to be said, worse fully, if people in america think that we have moved...