harriet beecher stowe happened to be a protestant. she was a protestant but in the catholic version in italy at first it was banned in italy because it is a protestant novel. they did a little bit of tinkering and one was approved by the pope that had a lot about the immaculate conception. such a malleable novel and in paris you could buy a uncle tom's candy. there were restaurant items named after uncle tom characters. if you read my book you will get a taste of the impact. >> there is a subway station in berlin called uncle tom's kevin today. what do your contemporary students think of this book? teaching it since 1981. >> it is very funny but i don't know if it is true with the other professors in the audience. partly it is because of feminist scholars but in the last 30 years there has been increasing interest in the spectrum novel. there really hasn't. we no longer have to relieve -- read the dead white male. we can appreciate and love them but we can also read harriet beecher stowe and we can read slave narrative that we can app

he soon learned who would be read most of all, harriet beecher stowe. she, herself, had an explanation of her impact saying it always helps to have a define friend. [laughter] after the novel had become a best seller and her brother edward warned her not to become vain of the popularity. she told her friend, dear edward, he not be troubled, he doesn't know i didn't write that book. her friend explained, what? you did not write uncle tom? she replied no, i only put down what i saw. it all came before me in visions, one after another, and i put them down into words. now, her plans about the define authorship of uncle tom's cabin satisfied her own pious yearnings, but they raised questions about the actual background and repercussions on the novel. the issues at the heart of uncle tom's cabin such as race and religion, it's a very religious book, gender, law, democracy are just as vital today as they were in harriet beecher stowe's time. those interested in these issues or frankly just anybody who enjoys a terrific story, but pulls at the heart strings. i'

now still to come tonight he calls himself the modern day harriet tubman for stand up for standing up to democrats or even called b.s. on this congressman's night time award last michele bachmann here's the so he wanted to read another cold war and anderson cooper he like a little girl on a hair happy hour is coming up next. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here's the part of it and realize that everything is ok. i'm trying hard. to try. and get. first. let's not forget that we are hard working. i think. either one well. we never got that says they're safe get ready for freedom. are it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight it goes to florida congressman allen west a since arriving in congress this year allen west has made quite a name for himself as a plainspoken take no prisoners kind of lawmaker some people find him appealing i find him crazy now last night congressman west was on fox news to discuss the congressional black caucus and their anger directed towards president obama but listen

now still to come tonight he calls himself the modern day harriet tubman for stand up for standing up to democrats we call b.s. on this congressman tonight in our tool time of war last michele bachmann fears the soviet union or even another cold war and anderson cooper giggles like a little girl on her happy hour is coming up next. to. be able to talk. to. this street still keeps the secrets of the time to reveal the shooting to the soviet files. culture is the same of jargon joe you know a lot harder for most of us still we're trying to from some big field that changed everything twenty years ago communist party hardliners attempted to derail me hope of a child's efforts to reform the soviet union. takes fifteen to twenty million years for the planet to recover from a major extinction event but the planet has time we don't. it's been going on for months twenty twenty five years and since it's been moved to eco terrorists before there was even islamic fundamentalist terrorist in this country when a nine eleven happened the bush administration could not find any terrorists because the

now still to come tonight he calls himself the modern day harriet tubman for stand up for standing up to democrats we call b.s. on this congressman tonight we are told time of war last michele bachmann fears the so healing in a real another cold war and anderson cooper he told it like a little girl on a hair happy hour is coming up next. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here's some other part of it and realize that everything is ok you don't know i'm sorry is a big. deal . and you know. five. let's not forget that we had a heart break. i think. either one of well. we never got the look as they're very safe get ready to get their freedom. all right it's time for tonight's jewel time award and tonight it goes to florida congressman allen west jason's arriving in congress this year our west has made quite a name for himself as a plainspoken take no prisoners kind of lawmaker some people find him appealing i find him crazy how last guy congressman west was on fox news to discuss the congressional black

he said that in 1820 and soon learned who was to be read most of all -- harriet beecher stowe. stowe herself had an explanation of her impact. she said god wrote uncle tom's cabin. [laughter] it always helps to have a devine friend. [laughter] after the novel was a best seller, and her brother, edward, warned her not to become vain about the popularity, she told her friend, dear edward, he need not be troubled. he doesn't know i didn't write that book. [laughter] her friend explained, what? you did not write uncle tom? she replied no, i only put down what i saw. it all came before me in visions, one after another, and i put them down into words. now, her claims about the divine authorship of uncle tom's cabin satisfied her own pious yearnings, but it raises questions about the actual background and the repercussions of her landmark novel. the issues at the heart of uncle tom's cabin such as race and religion, it's a very religion book, gender law, morality, democracy are just as vital today as they were in harriet beecher stowe's time. those interested in these issues were fran

he's had three years. >> allen west saying that he is harriet tubman.f all, allen west saying he is harriet tubman is laughable. >> sean: forget him. i want to know, what has he done for three years that we can say has been good, not just for the african-american community nigel but for the country, what has he done? >> i can tell you what he has done. he has unleashed epa and other regulatory bodies to do what he couldn't get done through legislation and raise the cost of energy which is disproportionately going to hurt african-american and latino families. he's stifling economic growth. he is killing jobs. he is a disaster. he's pursuing a radical environmentalist and european socialist agenda that is not working for african-americans and latinos and they have no know they have a choice. >> sean: america is watching history now, he has fail the country in his mission to fix the economic mess as he said during the campaign the worst economy since the great depression. he's failed. now he's going to -- >> sean, there's a particular bitter irony. hold on

she doesn't really say anything about harriet tubman.describe john brown's widow and daughter who actually came with the alcott after john brown was dead. she talks about sitting between i think mr. and mrs. frederick douglass at a funeral for one of the great abolitionist in boston. she talks about theodore parker, who was a very well-known clergyman or actually had lost his congregation because of his radical views. she talks about charles sumner. she just worship the ground sumner walked on and you know she will go to a littles for a. theater of parker had won every afternoon and she describes oliver wendell holmes sr. looked up at her and said, i hear you have how many sisters are there? she said for and he said and all his tall as you? a very short man, so she does have a lot of antic notes and descriptions of people. she uses thoreau as a character a number of times and in one of her later books long after thoreau was dead, she brings him out as the favorite writer of the young man and kind of boost him. thoreau had been forgotten

compared his house colleague maxime tweerts an overseer of a plantation and said he is the modern day harriet tubman. what did whatever did freedom fighter west tell him to do? he told him to go to a jobs fair hosted in part by congresswoman maxime waters. tonight the fight for workers rights in the heartland. it is heating up again. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> you have established certain black leaders who are nothing more than overseers of that plantation. >> last night allen west took a shot at the president and congresswoman maxime waters. today waters responded. >> mr. west's brother is here. he found himself out of a job. and he asked his brother to help him. and his brother told him to come to me. >> now allen west's brother is weighing in. we'll play you the tape. >> he said that wisconsin was open for business. it wasn't just a slogan. >> today awful job numbers out of the state of wisconsin. we'll see how scott walker spins this. and we have the latest from ohio. and then psycho talk. el rushpo can't help himself when it come to race. >> the triple double oreo. it i

it seems any harriet jackson says tell them about the train. john lewis says yes. taylor branch has somebody else that says yes. and then he goes off into that prophecy, that musical moment it ended because there were two musical moments that and i have a dream and this may be a good place to add. remember the two most all moments that end i have a dream. the first is when that day comes, we all will thing my country to the d. with new meaning. it's a moment of nation building. for the first time because we can sing. black entered the white national anthem. but blacks crossing over into the way song is not the end. the slaves have the last word. and king makes, when that day, white children, black children, jews and gentiles will thing in the world of veal gentile. widespread into the voice of the black slaves. and in some sense, made white black and displays their granddaddies engram moms. so it is an important moment, a very black moment in style and in implication, even as he is doing one of the great moments of americans about religion. there is this other thin

the third one is on the corner of harriet and howard. the fourth is on clay and fillmore. and the fifth is on valencia and 17th. these spaces were testing to issues -- a couple of them in the commercial districts of a couple and residential areas. we want to see the demand for the spaces in these to differ areas that we will also look at the logistics about street sweeping. how will work and how will the issue of private cars parking in these areas associated with that -- a violation in front of view is creating a violation to allow us to address vehicles parked in the spot as well as the potential vehicles parked in the spot which would not allow the car share vehicles to access these spots. we're also looking at sign edge. what would we need to make it visit -- visible for the public as they walk by the spaces? we'll be looking at criteria to establish what a car share company is as well as what are the optimal criteria for a space that will allow us to expand the pilot citywide. we would like your support to move this into the pilot phase. >>supervisor mar: so if this c

she doesn't say anything about harriet tubman. describes john brown's widow and daughter who came to board with the alcotts after john brown was executed. she talked about sitting between mr. and mrs. frederick douglass at a funeral for one of the great abolitionist of boston. shea talked-about theodore parker who was a well-known clergymen who lost his congregation because of his radical views. she talked about charles sumner. she worshipped the ground he walked on. and would go to a little soiree. they had won every sunday afternoon. oliver wendell holmes sr. looked at her and said you have how many sisters? she said four. and all as tall as you? he was a very short man. a lot of anecdotes and descriptions of people. she knew henry david thoreau's character several times. after his death she brings him up as the favorite writer of a young man and boosts him because henry david thoreau had been forgotten. emerson and louisa may alcott tried to keep him in public view throughout their lifetime and eventually he was appreciated but

got the wheels in motion and is posted down the plan however we have been made to tell you brooke harriet's situation of the post dictatorship. of course with iraq and like iraq iran libya is sitting on this vast oil wealth and that complicates matters. severely but unlike iraq here in libya the coalition are saying that they've got this foundations government already in place this national transitional council already recognized by britain. france germany greece in that though will be keen to avoid another round that nick clegg the deputy prime minister has already said that they are in for the long haul they saying they have learned those lessons and that is to avoid the insurgence revenge killings to try and achieve this smooth transition and meantime a briton has sworn to stand by the fractured transitional government in the days and weeks ahead but self interest may be the driving force behind at london's promises that's according to john research the stop the war coalition. got rid of gadhafi and nobody is going to shed any tears for that brutal dictatorship but i imagine that what mo

and commissioner harriet, commissioner kline.ast week the pew research center issued a report that shows that the net worth of minorities, especially latinos and african-americans, has plummeted particularly due to the current economic conditions that we find such that latinos and african-americans' net worth now is 22 time less than white americans. and i think there's a civil rights issue embedded there, but that's not what i'm going to ask you about. most of the wealth that minorities have accumulated in the past has been based op our homes. -- on our homes. however, i think when you look at minority communities and immigrant communities, one of the ways to find success has been through entrepreneurial efforts, and you and your comments, professor byrne, mentioned the distinct between compensation for homes and compensation for businesses. do you make a distinction between a business that may be a family-owned business or family-run business versus something that is owned by a corporate entity, and could you speak to that? >>

he also compared himself to harriet tubman which i think is also offensive. i would really hope that allen west would really cut that stuff out and focus more on what he can do as a mb of congress to either create jobs or move the country forward rather than cow towning to the tea party base. >> karen, you get the last word on that one. thank you very much. >> that's not fair as all. >> i'm up against the clock here. >> okay. >>> big question, today, what kind of world do we live in when supporting science and saying so steals the spotlight? get me on facebook. i want to hear from you on twitter or my email. >>> it appears libyan rebels are gaining the upper hand. in the next few days we could simo mar gadhafi flee the country he's ruled for 30 years. troops are jockeying for position just outside the libyan capital of tripoli. >>> powerful storms created a big mess across parts of the country. baseball-sized hail fell in nebraska. the storm shattered windows and homes and cars yesterday and produced winds of more than 65 miles per hour. omaha's airport close

. >> and then this question from harriet in san diego. i am 71 and conservative with my money.stocks i should have in my portfolio? >> a question that come from women that have a tendency to be more conservative. 100 minus or age is the maximum amount to have in stocks, so in harriet's case, 70% would be the maximum. she could take it down to 20% if she is nervous, but there is a big risks not having any stocks, because then she faces inflation. a little bit of the extra juice in there is actually a conservative way of making sure that you don't out live your money. >> guys, thank you so much. if you have a question you want answered by our experts e-mail us anytime at cnnhelpde cnnhelpdesk@cnn.com. can i have some ice cream, please ? no, it's just for new people. hey ! chocolate, vanilla or strawberry ? chocolate ! chocolate it is ! yeah, but i'm new, too. umm... he's new... er... than you. even kids know it's wrong to treat new friends better than old friends. at ally bank, we treat all our customers fairly, with no teaser rates and no minimum deposit to open. it's just the r

a little bit complex, the harriet tubman safe house. been there for about eight years.et decides to lease some of its space to a daycare center. people at the harriet tubman center say we are trying to provide housing for people right out of jail including people convict theed of sex offenses, people who otherwise would be on the street wandering around committing crimes so they say we were here first. there's nothing in the delaware law that grandfathers him and the aclu says that's unconstitutional. the truth is we have no record in this society for sex offenders. we believe they have no rights morally we believe that. legally, they have certain rights. i mean, compared to children, people say who the heck cares about the sex offenders. let them move. but the truth is this harriet tubman center run by a former addict and former guy in trouble with the law, a guy that's been honored by the mayor of wilmington and a guy that's been honored and posed for pictures with vice president joe biden says we were here first. and maybe these folks shouldn't have rented it to the

helped vet >> you additional an points president bush did not consult him on his ill-fated choice of harriete court. >> that was pure george bush. i said, well okay. >> bret: the vice president's biggest disagreement with the president involved cheney's long time friend and chief of staff, scooter libby. libby got into big legal trouble over the leaked identity of cia agent valerie plame. libby was not the leaker, but got 2 1/2 years in prison for lying and obstructing a federal investigation. the president commuted libby's sentence in 2007. after the the 2008 election the vice president pushed his boss to grant libby a full pardon. in one of their last meetings before president obama took office, president bush told cheney, he was letting the conviction stand. >> no question about it. it upset dick. and i was concerned that it would strain our relationship. i can tell you, i still know he thinks it is the wrong decision. >> bret: how do you see your relationship now? >> it is good. i consider him a close friend. and i'm glad i picked him in 2000. i'm grad i kept him on the ticket in 2004. -

cheney helped vet judicial appointments, president bush did not consult him on his ill-fated choice of harriet the supreme court. >> i would not have picked her for the court. that was pure george bush. i said, well, okay. we will do what we can. >> the vice-president's biggest disagreement with the president involved cheney's long-time friend and chief of staff, scooter libby, who got into trouble over the leaked identity of valerie policemanes. libby got two and-a-half years in prison for lying and obstructing a federal investigation. the president commuted the sentence in 2007. but after the 2008 election, the vice-president pushed his boss to grant libby a full pardon. in one of their last meetings before president barack obama took office, president bush told cheney he was letting the conviction stand. >> no question about it, it upset dick. and i was concerned that it would strain our relationship. but i can tell you i still know he thinks it is the wrong decision to have made. >> how do you see your relationship now? >> it's good. you know? it's good. i consider him a very close friend.

so i'm here at the modern day harriet tubman to lead people in the underground railroad away from that. >> wait what do you think of that? i know he represent as white district, that's who he's talking to. >> that's so odd. no. i think that that's odd and doesn't make good sense and i don't think it even deserves a response. did he tell you his brother was here today? >> tell me. >> he has a brother out of work. his brother came up to me, introduced himself and told me that he had lost his job. had been laid off, and i asked him if he'd called his brother? he said he had. i said what did he say? he said, he told me to come to the job fair, come and see you. so we're hopeful we can help his brother. >> so he sent him to the plantation, as he put it? >> well, you know, that's a reasonable conclusion. >> thank you very much for coming on, congresswoman maxine waters. i hope you keep up the fight. i'd love to see, by the way, a huge demonstration in washington on the issue of jobs. labor, minorities, lots of people -- >> that may happen, yes. >> we're coming up on the anniversary, you know

>> jimmy: no. [ rhythmic knocking ] >>don't you remember the neighbors, bonnie and harriet? my aunt had the vcr -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> -- of all the episodes and we'd watch them over and over again. my sister and i loved it. >> jimmy: oh my gosh. that's super cool. come on, that's -- how cute is that -- >> i know. >> jimmy: -- that you know "small wonder"? and you also like too -- i was going to say -- "three's company." >> i did. i did. i mean, that was -- >> jimmy: these are classic shows. >> yeah, it was slightly later. "small wonder" was when i was really little and -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> "three's company" came a bit later. >> jimmy: well, it's an acquired taste. >> yeah, that's -- [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. once you get into larry dallas -- >> no, i watched it recently. there was, i think, some kind of repeat or something on one of the channels -- >> jimmy: tv land or something. >> yeah, and it's quite entertaining, even now. it's something that you can go back to and still enjoy. i don't know. i still can. >> jimmy: i love it. >> i still can, ye

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so i'm here as the modern day harriet tubman to lead people on the underground railroad away from that plantation. >> your thoughts, congresswoman waters, on that comment? >> hello? >> are you able to hear us? >> i heard i think most of what he said. it's a little bit outrageous. a little bit, you know, ridiculous. and that's hard to respond to. because it absolutely does not make good sense. the fact of the matter is, we're here. and we're connecting people with jobs. we're using whatever influence and power that we have not only to connect people, but to inspire and to motivate them. as a matter of fact, mr. west's brother is here. he found himself out of a job. and he asked his brother to help him, and his brother told him to come to me. to come to us. >> wow. >> we're here in atlanta where his brother lives. and he came up, he introduced himself, and i want his brother to get a job. and i hope that his brother gets a job here today. and that mr. west will understand that the reason he sent him to me is because he knows that i am serious and the black caucus is serious about connect

meanwhile, congressman alan west is in flag grant virant violati >> i'm here at the modern day harrietle on the underground railroad away from the plantation into a sengs of sensibility. >> oh, no he didn't! the smarter republican also called the democratic party "a plantation" black elected officials "overseer." stop it. no, really. stop it. the problems facing this country and the world for that matter demand that elected officials present real solutions to common an shis nations and show a skittish world that the united states hasn't gn off the deep end. west and perry aren't helping with that one bit. matt? >> great points, as always, jonath jonathan. tell me, a little time to talk. >> a lot of time, looking at the clock. >> i love to talk to you, jonathan capehart. it rick perry playing to his base when he's sort of throwing these things out and violating capehart's rules or making a mistake and this is first week errors on the national theater, or is it both? what's your take? >> i think it's both. look, the tea party, the tea party is base is fueling the energy behind the republ

the error derby and others to provide hope to costume workers, including journalists, for example, harrietntano who were involved in helping children, wives, families who are out of work, restarting of educational programs, alternative works programs and it really went to the wrong way to assuaging the dire consequence is of unemployment. postcode as you well know, karl marx was sitting in london at this time and was writing dispatches now and then for the new york tribune were commenting on the american civil war. did you find any of his writings of particular interest about these questions? >> guest: hegde first of all because he was on the faster you to make slavery point and it was also nice to see where he criticized north korea did from time to time. he definitely felt that this was really a result of the secretary of state for leadership. and sometimes he would you way off base because he wasn't always in touch in the political order the opinion of staying in london. >> what about abraham lincoln? he plays a subordinate role in this book. a much more prominent figure from the americ

. >> yeah, i loved also harriet's by. you have this secret notebook that nobody else would see. but also lot of science fiction, a lot of ray bradbury. and for some reason there was a very good book, and i just can't remember the name. i've been trying for years to remember it, it was about a young girl and she would paint the walls of her room with watercolor and make it beautiful world's, and then it would rain and everything was washed away. that we might have been kind of prophetic because i feel that's what happened to me when i began to paint. i create these beautiful world's and at some point i begin to destroy them. i don't know where that came in. there's a sudden loss of conference activity for many years very strong and as if i could really do anything. i don't know why that doubt sets in with one, or with someone who's trying to be an artist. but for some reason that was kind of debilitating for me as a painter. it feel somehow like that has something to do with gender. i'm not sure why, or at least with me, but for whatever reason didn't happen with writing. i didn'

he certainly knew about such furniture it, harriet tubman, -- sojourner truth, harriet tubman, and sobute to the dedicated women of the modern civil rights movement. martin understood that women worked tirelessly in the movement, and many endured that perhaps and were not scared actual violence to themselves as well as their loved ones. many in your threats and beatings, and mrs. viola who was murdered in selma in 1965 is a of the civil-r rights struggle. we rightly celebrate those acts of resistance that could spark the modern civil rights movement, but let's not forget also are continuing example of dignity and unrelenting commitment to the cause throughout the struggle. but we must also celebrate the courageous contributions of other women like dark the heights, and the legions of on some "sheroes"who put their lives on a line and made great sacrifices for the cause of freedom, often with no pay and very little recognition. in the beginning of the movement and months -- in montgomery, women served as energetic activists. throughout the year long boycott, they organized car pooling

including journalists like harriet -- [inaudible] who were involved this helping children, wives, families of cotton spinners who were out of work by starting up educational programs, alternative works programs. and it really went a very long way to assuaging the dire consequences of prolonged unemployment. >> host: um, as you well know, karl marx was sitting in london at this time and was writing dispatches now and then for the new york tribune about, commenting on the american civil war: did you find any of marx's writings of particular interest about any of these questions? >> guest: well, i did because, first of all, he was on the first to make the slavery points. >> host: right. >> guest: and it was also quite interesting when he criticized the north, which he did from time to time. he felt the leadership was lacking. >> host: uh-huh. >> guest: he definitely felt that this was really a result of the secretary of state, william henry seward's poor leadership. but sometimes he'd be way off base because he wasn't always in touch with what a political liberal or elite opinion was saying i

harriet tubman was credited with freeing 300. john parker freed more than 900 people. what about the plantations? what he said was we will free ourselves. the thing i want us to think about was the audacity which is not a word -- i just made it up. the many ways our people have been phenomenal and the reason i raise it is for my young people, my younger sisters and brothers, if they could do that what could we do next? if they could do that, enslave people to free themselves by purchasing themselves, 25% of enslaved people were self emancipated in cincinnati. you bought yourself. i always think that this is a sixth thought, who ran away and who saved? if i could be a sociologist and go back in time, who bought themselves and who ran away i know i was a runaway slave. i wasn't paying nobody for nothing. but the woman who was -- a seamstress. there were many women. men's stories are more told the history belongs to shiva holds the pen. she not only paid for herself but supporter white family. she supported 17 people with her needle. let's talk about this. we found that -

and in the civil rights movement whether they were the obvious heroes like harriet tubman who followed the north star, or c.j. walker who sees the business opportunities that impacted future generations of our beloved dr. dorothy height u.s. you receive the congressional gold medal said, we as african american women do not always get to do what we want to do, but we always do what we have to do. , and of course, correct asking -- coretta scott king who kept a legacy allied. -- who kept the legacy alive. the women we celebrate our women who took effect could stop for just a moment and call the roll, you would each have a name to put on that honor. these are the women who instilled hope against hope and invited the words of dr. martin luther king, when he said even if i believed the world was going to pieces tomorrow, i would still plant and apple tree. we, are the fruit of that tree, and we have come together to celebrate in a magnificent way, all of those all of those magnificent when in who indeed dared to dream. i must say, you know, i am reminded especially today of that old negro s

and commissioner harriet, commissioner kline. last week the pew research center issued a report that shows that the net worth of minorities, especially latinos and african-americans, has plummeted particularly due to the current economic conditions that we find such that latinos and african-americans' net worth now is 22 time less than white americans. and i think there's a civil rights issue embedded there, but that's not what i'm going to ask you about. most of the wealth that minorities have accumulated in the past has been based op our homes. -- on our homes. however, i think when you look at minority communities and immigrant communities, one of the ways to find success has been through entrepreneurial efforts, and you and your comments, professor byrne, mentioned the distinct between compensation for homes and compensation for businesses. do you make a distinction between a business that may be a family-owned business or family-run business versus something that is owned by a corporate entity, and could you speak to that? >

harriet tubman was credited with freeing 300. john parker freed more than 900 people.what about the plantations? what he said was we will free ourselves. the thing i want us to think about was the audacity which is not a word -- i just made it up. the many ways our people have been phenomenal and the reason i raise it is for my young people, my younger sisters and brothers, if they could do that what could we do next? if they could do that, enslave people to free themselves by purchasing themselves, 25% of enslaved people were self emancipated in cincinnati. you bought yourself. i always think that this is a sixth thought, who ran away and who saved? if i could be a sociologist and go back in time, who bought themselves and who ran away i know i was a runaway slave. i wasn't paying nobody for nothing. but the woman who was -- a seamstress. there were many women. men's stories are more told the history belongs to shiva holds the pen. she not only paid for herself but supporter white family. she supported 17 people with her needle. let's talk about this. we found that --

that's a huge tradition because we have got frederick douglass, we've got david walker, we've got harrietubman, and these self-made black men and women talked about self-determination. so the bulk of that book is a dramatic example of the way in be which malcolm's call for political determination was also reflected in his personal life. because his family are actually pioneers of black nationalism sent to omaha, nebraska, and who are run out of omaha, nebraska, by racial terrorists, by white supremacists who are eventually run out of lansing. and his father is killed and lynched in lansing. so when we think about malcolm x, malcolm x transforms himself over time based on the situation that he finds himself in. he finds himself growing up in an america where small d democracy does not exist, and even though he joins the nation of islam and talks about armageddon and says that the whole country is doomed, malcolm spends the rest of his life trying to transform these institutions even to the point, like sonia sanchez said, when he becomes this human rights activist which he always was, he be

harriet tubman was credited with freeing 300. john parker freed more than 900 people.what about the plantations? what he said was we will free ourselves. the thing i want us to think about was the audacity which is not a word -- i just made it up. the many ways our people have been phenomenal and the reason i raise it is for my young people, my younger sisters and brothers, if they could do that what could we do next? if they could do that, enslave people to free themselves by purchasing themselves, 25% of enslaved people were self emancipated in cincinnati. you bought yourself. i always think that this is a sixth thought, who ran away and who saved? if i could be a sociologist and go back in time, who bought themselves and who ran away i know i was a runaway slave. i wasn't paying nobody for nothing. but the woman who was -- a seamstress. there were many women. men's stories are more told the history belongs to shiva holds the pen. she not only paid for herself but supporter white family. she supported 17 people with her needle. let's talk about this. we found that --

been disregarded, disrespected and their concerns are not cared about so i'm here as the modern day harrietrground railroad away from that plantation into a sense of sensibility. >> i get the frustration. when you look at those unemployment numbers and you keep in mind that the cities, those small towns, the rural areas that the president chooses to go to, not a high african-american population and many of those towns have a better unemployment rate than the national average which is 9.1%. so why wouldn't you go to these really struggling places? keep in mind, he did go to michigan the week before and we know what's been going on in that state, not good news as far as employment goes. i think maxine watters has a point here. >> do you remember velma hart. they did an interview and they never expected this woman to stand up and she said i support you but i'm finding it hard and harder to support you and your policies. well, we weighed in with velma hart yesterday, she still doesn't have a job and she's making the point that maxine watters and colonel west are making. it's time to pay attenti

harriet tubman was credited with freeing 300. john parker freed more than 900 people.bout the plantations? what he said was we will free ourselves. the thing i want us to think about was the audacity which is not a word -- i just made it up. the many ways our people have been phenomenal and the reason i raise it is for my young people, my younger sisters and brothers, if they could do that what could we do next? if they could do that, enslave people to free themselves by purchasing themselves, 25% of enslaved people were self emancipated in cincinnati. you bought yourself. i always think that this is a sixth thought, who ran away and who saved? if i could be a sociologist and go back in time, who bought themselves and who ran away i know i was a runaway slave. i wasn't paying nobody for nothing. but the woman who was -- a seamstress. there were many women. men's stories are more told the history belongs to shiva holds the pen. she not only paid for herself but supporter white family. she supported 17 people with her needle. let's talk about this. we found that -- worki

there's harriet tubman, self-made black men and women, and they talked about self-determination, so the bulk of that book is a dramatic example of the way in which malcolm's call for political self-determination was also reflected in his personal life because his family are actually pie pioneers of black nationalism and set to ohm ha, nebraska and run out of nebraska by racial terrorists, by white sue preppists who are ran out of lancing, and his father is killed and lynched in lancing. think about him, he transforms himself overtime based on the situation that he finds himself in. he finds himself growing up in an america where small deed democracy does not exist, and even though he joins a nation of islam talking about armageddon and says the whole country is doomed, malcolm spend his life trying to transform the institutions even to the point like sonia sanchez says when he's a human rights activist, he becomes a global evangelist for a human rights version of islam. he becomes a revolutionary pan-africanist that people are going to pattern their own lives after, so malcolm is always

and we have harriet prochaska of beachwood, ohio, 100. loves to be valentine's.en purcell of roachdale, indiana. 100 years old. lives independently. still manages her 150-acre farm all by herself. now, that's an accomplishment. let me tell you. mamie boyd of st. louis, missouri. 100 years old today. i bet she's had plenty of ice cream. loves shoes. can't get enough of them. she once modeled in a show. love that. contributes her longevity to the faith and the good lord. you can't beat that, either. ruth hallin of st. petersburg, florida. 100 years old today and enjoys reading and really loves to go to the beach. down there, she can have a ball. we wish her a very happy birthday. she likes to gather shells. mary cummings, albany, new york. pretty town. 100 years old today. very, very social person. that's it. that's all from your nation's capital. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> when we come back up on the stage, behind me, grammy winners maroon 5 live in concert. but first, this is "today" on nbc. buying a new home is an investment. buying a new energy ef

whether they were the obvious heroes like harriet tubman, or madame c.j.ker, who seized business opportunities that impacted future generations, or our beloved dr. dorothy height, who when she received the congressional gold medal said we, as african-american women do not always get to do what we want to do, but we always do what we have to do, and, of course, correct scott king, who kept the legacy alive -- corella scott king, who kept the legacy alive. the women we celebrate our women who took effect could stop for just a moment and call the roll, you would each have a name to put on that honor. these are the women who instilled hope against hope and invited the words of dr. martin luther king, when he said even if i believed the world was going to pieces tomorrow, i would still plant and apple tree. we, are the fruit of that tree, and we have come together to celebrate in a magnificent way, all of those all of those magnificent when in who indeed dared to dream. i must say, you know, i am reminded especially today of that old negro spiritual where it sa

that's a huge tradition because we have got frederick douglass, we've got david walker, we've got harriettubman, and these self-made black men and women talked about self-determination. so the bulk of that book is a dramatic example of the way in be which malcolm's call for political determination was also reflected in his personal life. because his family are actually pioneers of black nationalism sent to omaha, nebraska, and who are run out of omaha, nebraska, by racial terrorists, by white supremacists who are eventually run out of lansing. and his father is killed and lynched in lansing. so when we think about malcolm x, malcolm x transforms himself over time based on the situation that he finds himself in. he finds himself growing up in an america where small d democracy does not exist, and even though he joins the nation of islam and talks about armageddon and says that the whole country is doomed, malcolm spends the rest of his life trying to transform these institutions even to the point, like sonia sanchez said, when he becomes this human rights activist which he always was, he b

he certainly knew about patricia motts, gertrude, harriet tubman, mary mcleod bethune, and so many othersork of courageous and dedicated women of the modern civil rights movement. martin understood that women worked tirelessly in the movement, and many injured the threats and not spare actual violence to themselves, as well as their loved ones. many in dordrechts and beatings -- many endured press and miss violet eastwood is a revered martyr of the voting rights struggle. activebrate rosa parks' resistance which sport to the modern civil rights movement, but let's not forget all so her continuing the example of dignity and unrelenting commitment to the calls throughout this --to the cuase throughout the struggle. we must also celebrate the courageous contributions of other women like to dorothyhaight and a legion of owned sung u --nsung sheroes who put their lives on the line and made great sacrifices for the cause of freedom, often with no pay and very little recognition. in the beginning of the movement in montgomery, women's certification as energetic activist. throughout the year long