julius garvey, the youngest son of marcus garvey. during the proceedings 30 years since the congressional hearing on the matter, garvey has been honored internationally as the leader and thinker in the field of human rights. the organization of american states has designated a halt at its main building quote marcus garvey hall. additionally, his country of birth jamaica barbie has been named the countries first national hero. garvey's likeness is imprinted on the country's currency. in recognition of marcus garvey's lifelong contribution to society, his effort to uplift people of african descent and his work to promote economic independence, marcus garvey should be exonerated. by way of a posthumous pardon. president obama should take the appropriate measures to clear marcus garvey's name, showing that it is never too late to right a wrong. it is time to exonerate marcus garvey and let history reflect the true nature of his legacy. god bless the united states of america. god bless jamaica, and god bless the memory of marcus garvey. o

dear doctor garvey. it is with great pride and pleasure that i write this letter in my personal capacity as an activist and is current or former member of the national board of the naacp congressional black caucus foundation, rainbow push and the republic of new africa. i request that the honorable marcus garvey be this stowed presidential pardon posthumously based on the unjust conviction suffered under the fbi presidential appointee, j edgar hoover. the work of marcus garvey was a major influence in my journey from jail to judge and like millions of others , disenfranchised black men, he gave me a sense of pride and commitment to fight again and correct destructive conditions in my community and the african diaspora. should you decide to exonerate his legacy by acknowledging and acting to validate his work to organize millions in our community , to focus inwardly in concert with the social justice for the most oppressed people of history, i am sure it will continue to inspire millions of troubled afric

julius garvey. the youngest son of marcus garvey. during the proceedings, 30 years since the congressional hearing garvey has been honored internationally as a leader and thinker in the field of human rights. the organization of american states has designated a hall in its main building. marcus garvey hall. additionally, garvey has been named as the first national hero. recognition of marcus garvey's lifelong contribution to society. marcus garvey should be exonerated. by way of a posthumous pardon. president obama should take appropriate measures to clear marcus garvey's name. showing it is never too late to write a wrong. right a wrong. it is time to exonerate marcus garvey, and let history reflect the true nature of his legacy. god bless the united states of america, god bless jamaica, and god bless the memory of marcus garvey, one love that honorable pp the -- one. love. clark,orable yvette d. representing new york's ninth congressional district. i would also like to acknowledge this happens to be the birthday of marcus garvey, a

lewis garvey.hat, i would like to bring professor hansford up to talk a little bit about the case, and possibly introduce this as well. professor justin hansford: good afternoon. i want to begin by reading you excerpt from the legal case against marcus garvey, an the secondhored by appeals in 1925. it may be true garvey fancied himself if not a messiah, that he deemed himself a man with a that he was going to deliver, and he was going to shifts -- ships that would take his people out of bondage. but even with this assumed, it that if it is gospel in exhortation to buy worthless stocks, accompanied by deceivingly false statements as thereof, he was guilty of a scheme or artifice of to. delay to examine in detail to examine the fraud scheme exhibited by practically uncontradicted evidence. appeal through the ambition, emotions or race consciousness of men of color, it was a simple familiar device of which the object, as of so many others besttain how it could unload capital stock at the largest possi

julius garvey. the answer, i think will shop, disappoint, and greatly disappoint many of the readers. we submitted it to the department of justice into the white house, and i think it will also shop, disappoint and surprise many of them.an surprise many of them. what it railed reveal is it was deliberately and intentionally silenced, and the law was just a tool that was used by j edgar hoover and other people who were interested in seeing garvey's message depressed. today in 2006 teen, president obama has an opportunity to write this wrong. why is this the time to make things right? we outlined three reasons in the legal brief. first of all, this is not the first time the president has given a posthumous pardon to someone who has passed away. both president clinton and president bush have given posthumous parting in the last years of their administration. clinton 1999 and president bush 2008. these are definitely legal, and definitely president for doing so. secondly, marcus garvey is innocent. we h

julius garvey. the youngest son of marcus garvey. during the preceding 30 years since the congressional hearing on the matter, garvey has been honored internationally as a leader and thinker in the field of human rights. the organization of americans designated a hall at its main building, marcus garvey hall. additionally, in jamaica, his country of birth, garvey has been named as the first national hero. he is printed on the currency. in recognition of marcus garvey's lifelong contribution to society, marcus garvey should be populousd, by way of a pardon. president obama should take the appropriate measures to clear marcus garvey's name. showing it is never too late to right a wrong. it is time to exonerate marcus garvey, and let history reflect the true nature of his legacy. god bless the united states of america, god bless jamaica, and god bless the memory of marcus garvey. one love, honorable yvette d. clark, representing new york's ninth congressional district. i would also like to acknowledge this happens to be the birthday of

>> justice for garvey. justice 4 garvey. >> i am stunned by the lack of knowledge across the spectrum. that it isy think not impossible. i think the challenge is how do , who is on ourselves the advisory committee to make this happen. most ofthe problem is the people who have taken up the challenge are intellectuals, who write the great stuff. it's not the people who get organized. i think it's an organizing? than anything else. >> will take two more questions. reporter with the african-american newspaper. other benefits to being exonerated besides clearing the record? father would think about the state of black relations in the u.s. now? byi sort of alluded to that drawing a straight line between 1916 and 2016. i think the extra benefit is to legitimize the person and the ideology. it's sort of like coming out of the closet. you don't have to whisper. there's a difference. i think a lot of people, because so manytigma from people come up to me and say my father or my uncle was in the organization. i used t

i want to begin by reading you an excerpt from the legal case against marcus garvey. an opinion authored by the second circuit court of appeals in 1925.

lewis garvey. so with that, i would like to bring professor hansford up to talk a little bit about the legal case, and possibly introduce this as well. thank you. professor justin hansford: good afternoon. i want to begin by reading you

lewis garvey. that, i would like to bring professor hansford up to talk a little bit about the case, and possibly introduce this as well. professor justin hansford: good

board vice-president chris garvey fired back. ((chris garvey/school board vice president: : to say that the board and the district have not been engaged in the process i think is a little less than accurate." )) ((mauricio marin)) when it comes down to it...dawson says she just wants her children to get the best education possible. ((annette dawson-owen place to go but up so we need to start making changes for education here in nevada." )) ((brian loftus)) >> the state committee in charge of overseeing the re-organization plan is scheduled to vote whether or not to move forward with these regulations next week. and if all goes as planned....the changes will start in the 2017-2018 school year./// sherry how's the weather today? those shooting stars... and this year did promise to be a great year for viewing. ...... the moon has set and the skies are ............ temps are comfortable outside right now - in the low 80s and upper 70s. ............ the air is dry and we'll be warming up as we head into the weekend. .............. tem

i want to begin by reading you an excerpt from the legal case against marcus garvey, an opinion authored by the second

in world the newspaper that garvey published. she was certainly conscious enough of his work that she sent her poems to that publication. i'm not trying to suggest because she is not, but she is interested in this kind of asking him to escort community, the areas at the end of subset go to them talk and they are working really as migrant workers. that is a diaspora community and constantly her narrators making us aware of the fact that they are bohemian in the community, that there are other people and that they are working cooperatively she doesn't pay enough attention to the capitalist system that they are all working for. and among themselves they are working with each other. >> what is interesting talking about her conservatism, she says wide association disavowed something, a wonderful phrase and so if we must die, we must basically reproduce this palm is one of her east coast. i'm sending this one out. it reminds me of a transport connection in harlem in jamaica much like marcus garvey. [inaudible] and it's hard to reconcil

board vice-president chris garvey fired back. ((chris garvey/school board vice president: : to say that the board and the district have not been engaged in the process i think is a little less than accurate." )) ((mauricio marin)) when it comes down to it...dawson says she just wants her children to get the best education possible. ((annette dawson-owens/parent: "we have no place to go but up so we need to ((dave courvoisier)) >> the state committee in charge of overseeing the re-organization plan is scheduled to vote whether or not to move forward with these regulations next week. and if all goes as planned....the changes will start in the 2017-2018 school year./// ((christianne klein)) >>> the man accused of sexually assaulting a hotel employee inside the boulder station told police he used drugs and doesn't remember what happened... according to an arrest report. ivon major's mother turned him in after seeing surveillance video on the news punched the victim in the face and body multiple times before fondling her and forcing h

garvey was convicted of mail fraud in 1953.ritics say his prosecution was racially motivated and meant to discredit him. now garvey's family is asking the president to exonerate him. >>> new at 6:00, congress is asking questions about where your tax dollars went regarding our investigation into charity planet aid. we first told you about the federal government's relationship with the controversial group in may. tisha is here with the latest developments. >> betty mccollum from minnesota issued these two letters, requesting federal investigation of planet aid by the inspector general for the u.s. department of agriculture. we first showed you how the usda allocad charity. when our reporting partners went to africa, they told us they were unable to find many improvements that the charity claimed to have accomplished, installing hundreds of water pumps and distributing thousands of pigs and goats. representative mccollum urged investigators to begin an immediate and thorough investigation into planet aid and its possible misuse of

marcus garvey is famous for his philosophy

away from crenshaw boulevard >> who was marcus garvey? he was to begin by birth and he simply believes he wanted to uplift people of african descent they had to believe in themselves with that economical approach. if they let get galvanizing millions in the caribbean. . . >> i was on the continental airline flight from lake charles to los angeles. >> what kind of neighborhood did you go up in and what you remember about your schooling there. i know you went to a community college what you remember from your early days in school? >> guest: i came of age in the 1970s in los angeles. my area off of -- avenue. there are transplants from louisiana, arkansas and texas. many of them were part of post-world war ii boom. those were african americans who lost several states. they moved to los angeles to get a good job and good benefits. crop with my stepdad as well was a member of a union first 47 years. in my neighborhood hard-working people who wanted to see their children to radically different economically than they did. >> c-span: can you reme

decklen garvey, this is a big move. why did you and your party draik break from your nominee? me on, christine. it's great to be here. we as a club have been mowing, releasing a statement like this for quite some time. but what really spurred us to expedite the process is the past week post-convention comments about captain khan really. >> that was the tipping point. >> donald trump becoming someone we could not stand by and say nothing about. so what we did was on tuesday evening, the executive board and i, we sent an e-mail to all of our members asking them to respond. whether they, where they were on the state of the 2016 race and what they wanted the club to represent moving forward and the results of that survey cemented for us this was the correct path to take. >> i got to tell you, i think about being a young republican in college. for many of you, this is the most presidential vote you will ever cast, you started in a primary season with so many names. you probably had the i heart rubio crowd, jeb is the best crowd. all of these people excited about the primary season

reporter: we checked out the marcus garvey park, and i got to say it should have the same acclaim astral park. it's massive. it has olympic size pool, and right there, we found more art, shakespeare in the park. ♪. >> you can be like the understudy. >> i could be the main part. cleopatra. watch out. >> it was purposeful to not only try to provide jobs for people of color, you know, back stage, on stage, our audiences are diverse. we love being able to produce things within a diverse diaspora. that's the core of who we are. reporter: bill, what we learned is art is an essential part of keeping the authenticity of harlem and also great for the local economy. bill: between your trips -- i'm learning more about harlem than i ever knew. what's the next one. reporter: the 125th street, the heart beat of harlem. bill: nicely done. reporter: saving sandy, a baby born with a tumor, now a parent's fight to save their little girl. could this miracle surgery save her life? next "chasing news." i approve this message. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and

marcus garvey park. a.j. ross will be up there. she is the master. the sheep meadow, blue skies. 81 the high temperature. morning lows were the coolest since june 28th. we had 40s to the north and west. five warmer than tonight. 82 the average high. sunset at 7:42. a gorgeous evening. the september preview coming to an end as things heat up and humidity climbs above average the next seven days. spotty storms late in the week. not everyone will see those. we are tracking gaston. probably a hurric that -- hermine form? that will be the one we would be concerned about. whitestone 83. 82 in oakwood. inland numbers are around 80. coastal numbers in the mid-70s. comfortable evening. not as windy as last night. sunshine early, clear skies overnight. mostly sunny skies. we get in the mid- to upper- 80s, especially away from the coast. it's about the high pressure. a lot of clear real estate. great day coming up. as the high moves offshore, a mix on thursday, especially north and west. there could be a late day storm catskills, poconos, north west. not talkin

. >> sergio, we are back at marcus garvey park in harlem.time i challenge you to shake what your mama gave you. we are taking a dance class. i hope you have your tights ready, it's going to be a blast. >> first things i am not am not wearing tights. i have one dance move and it works in every song you just have to modify. >> can you just expand your repertoire? she actually has an entire following. i'm not even sure, were only doing a small little dance class. so this is what is known as 2016 at 16 at the theater in harlem. we have music. of course we have dance. >> we are in for a special treat. we get to learn what is known as calvin our graffiti with dance instructor extraordinaire, calvin -- calvin this is a mixture of things so that everyone gets what they like. >> will have one move. >> signal ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm here to inspire the neighborhood and community to dance and use it as exercise, therapy, and arts. >> most impressive thing of what it means to harlem. not only to get to learn from some of the best but you also get a free danc

garvey will announce he's seeking a residential pardon for his father's 1923 mail fraud conviction. that's live at 1 p.m. eastern. hour, editor in chief of reason magazine libertarian party president candidate gary johnson. he national political correspondent terrell starr with usion on millennials and minorities in the 2016 election. later scott anderson of the new magazine talking about his article on the arab world since the u.s. invasion of iraq. we'll all take your facebook comments and tweets. host: good morning, wednesday august 17, 2016. three-hour program today on "the washington journal" that will include our weekly segment, on magazine as well as a look at libertarian millennial and minority issues in campaign 2016. but we begin with the focus on issue of veterans unemployment. the most recent job numbers saw a half point jump in the for veterans ate with post 9/11 iraq and the nistan veterans seeing largest jobless rate increase from june to july. that news came despite the generally strong

according to investigators, the man in this video shot two men morning near the corner of marcus garvey boulevard and monroe street in bedford-stuyvesant. the victims were critically wounded. >>> friends and family held a benefit concert for a teen who lost his leg in an explosion at central park. the family did not allow cameras to record him. golden was visiting central park for the 4th of july holiday when he stepped on a hom made explosive. his d strength since being released from the hospital. >> his strength and composure and positivity through this is just amazing to me. so he's helping me. he's helping me get through this as well. >> police are still investigating how that explosive ended up in central park. >>> demonstrators are back on the streets of chicago protesting the fatal police shooting of an african-american teenager. the city has released nine dash handcuffing that suspected car thief last month. none of this footage shows the moment that 18-year-old paul o'neill was fatally shot in the back. the officer involved turned on his camera after the shooting. an investigat

in the afternoon, julius garvey, son of marcus garvey, announces he's seeking a presidential pardon for his father's 1923 mail fraud conviction. we have it live at 1:00 p.m. activism andeastern. journal,'s washington day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, the overturned part of the voting rights act, courts across the country have struck down a number of state laws, saying they discriminate against specific groups of voters. saturday night, voting rights and the impact on the 2016 election. we will feature part of the 2013 supreme court oral argument in shelby versus holder.

get thousands of students to about the new school year is c-c-s-d board of school trustees, chris garvey. ((kirsten joyce)) >>> right now.. we want to get a check on your forecast. ((brian loftus)) >> hi sherry, how's the ((sherry swensk)) clear skies this morning after we had a really nice weekend. .... temps are cooling off to the 70s this morning. ........... with warm sunshine... it'll be hotter for kids back to school today. ...... roads doing? ((kirsten joyce)) internet by storm.. and not just by how cute she is. ((michelle mortensen)) >> the viral video her mom posted.. of her singing the a-b-c's. that's coming up as the valley's news leader continues. /// ((you're watching the valley's news leader... with brian loftus, kirsten year? well, the internet has fallen in love over a two-year-old for her rendition: (( "q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, and z. now i know my abc's, next time won't you sing with me." violet o-gea singing her a-b-c's. she may also have a career soon in broadway! violet's mother says, it's just the way she likes to sing any song. her dramatic performance on faceboo

steve garvey. so the history was amazing. gave me an opportunity, so i'll always be grateful for that. >> jimmy: all right, well, maybe the right thing will happen. you're now the owner of a soccer team in italy. >> yes, i am. >> jimmy: and you brought a jersey for me. >> i did. >> jimmy: let's see it. i'm curious about this. >> i bought this team, i'm a huge soccer fan, and the team is called a.c. reggiana 1919. >> jimmy: oh, look at that. >> i got jimmy this. [ cheers and applause ] >> i need everyone -- it's actually the town where kobe bryant's father played basketball. so i didn't know. kobe bryant speaks better italian than me. >> jimmy: very good. >> he's like fluent in italian. he's rattling it off. they're amazing fans and it's just been a great adventure and i'm probably going to lose a lot of money. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you know what the great thing about this jersey, reggiano, this is where they make the parmesan cheese. >> exactly. >> jimmy: and i am going to look so fat in this. [ laughter ] my body is going t

marcus garvey park tonight and they'll introduce the school of rock near 124th street. i'll be out there late they are week. very an a nice evening shaping up. temperatures at 76, but the humidity is nice and low. pressure on the rise. high pressure over us the next couple of days and the high only and it's base side queens at 79. hollis at 81. bronx in the mid-70s. look at the cat scales. monticello at 68. 80 in islip and 80 in bell more. 88-degree numbers down to the shorelines. a sharp in the -- 30 miles-an-hour wind at jfk. you'll notice the breeze through the early evening hours, but it the dew points in the low and middle 50s. we've spent so many time in the 70s. and now we're in this really comfortable invigorating stretch where lows through wednesday. here's your planner through the evening hours. sunshine early sky overnight. coolest night in a while, 63, 64 in new york city. 75 by noon time. not as breezy and a high around the 80-degree mark. and clear. there's the rain maker from last night. got good rain showers over the cat scales and the water sheds so our

. >> reporter: marcus garvey village, not far from where we are today, is as far from yachting as it gets. >> i've been shot twice, stabbed, all that, karate, everything. >> reporter: the low life says they became known and stood out in the neighborhood steeped in poverty. >> we wore it and made it what it was. he didn't make >> we didn't have no stylist. we did it. we had a vision and we knew howe to put it together. >> reporter: how did you afford the clothes? >> we didn't. >> it was permanently borrowed. >> five finger discount. >> reporter: to them, it was family despite brushes with the law. their new book, bury me with the low one, is a nod to the ones who became casualties to the the photographer and documentary filmmaker has been working on a book for five years with low life founder thurston howell iii who joined us from skype. >> people in japan started collecting this fashion because it was something that they wanted to attain because they'd seen it in the hip-hop videos and they've seen it within these magazines. >> reporter: their fashion traveled the globe. their poloi

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and respected chapters in the universal negro improvement association that was started by marcus garvey and others. he didn't do it alone of course. i began to understand this in a different kind of way, there are interpretations at the court, the uplift of people all over the planet and connected to that and 73 hours in, coming to where i am now, and the application of those types of history and experiences to the community i am from. in new jersey, tampa, florida and those places, and distressed but beautiful part of that area and the initial college and continued with subsequent degrees, like the rest of my family, remain grounded and connected on that community. and maintained the community, and the active part of efforts to address the challenges in those communities. those in the contents, in an effort to understand and eradicate everything that makes life difficult for human beings to be human is really a part of the fabric and i can't take credit for it. >> good afternoon. 2007, i saw the article in our local newspaper that said the selling of atlanta's children. it could have s

.>> t thank you libby garvey. gve thank you for all that do you tu for this town. town.ank you annie. annie thank you, tha(l you.(l y that was very impressive.ve very impressive. >>> i'm in all spice around thet corner from you annie right herh in rosslyn and i'm joined by rich vo sarrow and liz.d you guse. have the same lasteas name. na because you're married. mar >> we are. you run a business together. >> we do. >> all right. this is iyou. ais is iyou. tell me about all spice. >> so we are a modern americann deli and full sou kne catering g coyou. coyou. virginia. virginia >> all right.ig what kind of food do you y specialize in? in? >> just modern take on, you know, new cuisine, um, od cuisine, kind of mmodeting mting everhhing together. t >> all right. you gotot me that involved you've been coming here for number of years, liz.years l >> i used to eat here in the mid '9-- es when i worked in rosslyl and my husband and i talked t about wanting to open our own o t ssiness for many years, andrs, when we found out that all spici was for sale, we couldn't waitl to come ta

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