from harriet tubman to slave porters in the underground railroad, to michelle obama and today's white house. the footprints on history from african-americans cannot be washed away. and the bells of greatness, ingenious, artistic talent, philanthropy, and leadership cannot be on rum -- cannot be unrung. we have come this far by faith. we celebrate and embrace this theme of the african american women, culture, and history. wellcome will not allow me in this discourse to call the role of great women in african american history. let me pray that their numbers are many, and the stories of them tell the truth of women, african american women, in culture and history. for our women have been on the move. our women have refused to be moved. and our women continue to move mountains in african american history. and now, in closing, let me cradle this month's celebration in the history -- in the city of st. francis, with a sense of gratitude and neutral respect. the we black, white, brown, or red, we are all god's children. mavis in vacation -- may this invocation be accepted and the record show

he meets with harriet tubman. blacks lived with him. he really lived his beliefs in a quiet, astonishing way. as to the white support, the secret six, really one of my favorite parts of the story. an area where there's a little room for humor, they were really parlor radicals. these entransincidentalists and very wealthy businessmen, mostly in the boston area who funneled brown money and guns. and they fed him at salons in new england and brown dines with thoreau and emerson. alcott calls brown the manliest man they've ever met. they're intoxicated by this. it's quite a bit like the 1960s, when you had wealthy folks in manhattan hosting black panthers and other radicals. in the end, these people are not, shall we say, profiles in courage. when brown's raid goes bad and they're implicated, one of them is already overseas, three of the others flee for canada. my favorite, garrett smith, checks himself into an insane asylum in new york to avoid prosecution where he's treated with cannabis and morphine and that was apparently the treatment

harriet tubman! eva brawn. fergie. that syria killer charlize theron played in "monster." mrs. butterworth. all women! all equally special. (cheers and applause) the point is, women are the big prize this campaign year and both sides are fallopian it to win it. (laughter) that's why the obama campaign released this ad bragging about his signing the lily ledbetter equal pay for women act showing him with actual women. not to be outdone, the romney campaign put out bumper stickers saying "moms drive the economy." and they're also appealing to lady drivers with a female version of truck nuts, the camry toe. (laughter) it protects the grill. it protects the grill. keeps bugs out and stuff. (laughter) well, i for one will not be outdone by others outdoing. so speaking from my side, ladies my side is right by your side. and i want to say that women are so amazing-- at not being men. (laughter) what what with the whole lack ago penis thing and the plumbing situation down which i can't even imagine, i can't... i agree with anne romney. you are all special, as unique as individual snowf

we've grown up on shirley chisholm, kim gandy, patricia ireland, terry o'neil, harriet tubman before them, ida b. wells-barnett before them, ella baker before them. all of these are women who have fought too many battles for us to go back. so, we won't go back. it's time for us to take our own stand and stand the ground for women and insist that we won't go back for any reason. so, we've got to get it on when we leave this conference today. we can't wait for the summer. we can't wait for november. we've got to get it together now. i want you to know that it is time that we understand that all, each of our interests is somehow related to all of our interests. so, the far right, as i said earlier, may well have shot the first shot, but it's the one who's still standing when the last shot is fired. and women, we intend to be there because we are a team. thank you. i love you. god bless you. [ cheers and applause ] >> i forget that e. faye is also an ordained minister. >> can you tell? >> and to hear her voice ringing there in indignation. we're going to throw open -- we have a little ti

. >>> i'm here as the modern day harriet tubman to lead people on the underground railroad into a case're unfamiliar with congressman allen west, by all means do become acquainted. the florida congressman's comments are typically too unmoored to do anything but stare in disbelief. his latest assertion certainly fits the bill. >> i believe it is about 70, 80 to 81 members of the democrat party that are members of the communist party. >> joining us now from minneapolis is democratic congressman keith ellisson. the mexico of congress to which mr. west was referring. good afternoon. >> good afternoon thank you. . >> i must ask you, are you now or have you ever been a communist? if so, do you draw your links from which branch? >> i have never been, nor 50 ever known anyone in congress who is a member of the communist party. the fact is that it is really sad that we would have to deal with these allegations. if you look at florida, they have a foreclosure crisis. they have a high unemployment rate. they have all kinds of problems there. to think that their member of congress is wasting time

you have called yourself the modern-day harriet tubman.s triggered tremendous conversation about race in this country. what do you think -- >> and that's -- >> what do you think should happen, kochk resman in. >> i think that's why we've had irrational voices. >> what do you think should happen? >> well, i said already in two statements that i put out that looking upon some of the mishandling early on of this case that the sheriff up there should have been relieved of his duties, that i think that mr. zimmerman should have been held in custody until a good, complete, full investigation has been done. i think that now we have the right type of enforcement agencies and also the right type of attention from the state, local level and also the federal level to make this a good investigation. but also, let's be very honest. we don't need organizations like the new black panther party going out there putting bounties, million-dollar bounties, on the head of an american citizen. we also don't need starlets that are out there twittering out people

the most recent figure we added in february was harriet tubman and a great interactive. glamor also. the a. list celebrities. we have a great michael jackson exhibit. three different michael jackson figures through june. and we have a new figure launching in mid-may. no. >> can we guess? >> you can guess, of course. >> entertainment figure? >> it's not. historical figure. >> historical figure. >> what's going on in mid-june, rock the mall, girl scouts, whom might we be doing? >> look at that. okay. you're a fantastic pitch man. >> thank you. >> you don't really need to sell it, because we already love madame tussauds. take advantage of this. it's tomorrow, saturday, april 7th from 8:00 to 10:00. kids 12 and under -- >> free. >> -- free. 12 and over ten dollars. >> yes and thank you. >> thank you. see you saturday. president hayes, thank you so much as well. wisdom, over to you. >>> allison, thank you. 8:36. 43degrees outside on good friday. coming up, fewer young adults are getting their driver's license. what's believed to be behind this decrease. >> plus, america's sma

patricia ireland's, harriet tubman, qaeda b. wells, all of these are women who have fought too many battles for us to go back. we won't go back. it is time for us to take our own stand and stand the ground for women. insist that we won't go back for any reason. we have to get it on. we can't wait for the summer. we can't wait for november. we have to get it together now. of what you to know that if its time we understand that each of our interests is somehow related to all of our interests. the far right, as i said earlier, may well have been shocked -- shot the first shot, but it is the one who is still standing when the last shot is fired. women, we intend to be there because we are a team. thank you and i love you. god bless. [applause] >> also an ordained minister. indignation. we are going to throw open -- we have a little time, not much for q&a. the reason that i stop some of the candid it's that or hear as a nonprofit organization until basically we want to keep it in the philosophical range, especially right here. encour

there was gloria steinem, shirley chism, there's kim gandy, patricia ireland, terry o'neill, harriet tubman before them, ella baker before them. all of these are women who who e fought too many battles for us to go back. so we won't go back. it's time for us to take our own stand and stand the ground for women and insist that we won't go back for any reason. so we've got to get it on when we leave this conference today. we can't wait for the summer. we can't wait for november. we've got to get it together now. i want you to know that it is time that we understand that all, each of our interests is somehow related to all of our interest. so the far right, as i said earlier, may well have shot the first shot, but it's the one who's still standing when the last shot is fired. and, women, we intend to be there because we are a team. thank you, i love you, god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> i forget that e. faye is also an ordained minister. [laughter] and you can hear her voice ringing there in indignation. we're going to throw open, we have a little time -- not much -- for q&a. the reason