i love what you and harry belafonte did together. sorry mr. d. -- mr. b.led "it ain't over until it's over." why this and why now? and ao around the country lot of people come to see me. they are all -- women over 40 have been laid off, lost their jobs. their husband died or got a divorce. they had a great dream to raise a family and now, they are 42 years old and their daughter has a drivers license and their son is going to college. that dream runs out on them. there are so many reasons why women who are out of the job market have to come up with a new way to take care of themselves and their children. some of these women have hit bottom. one woman was homeless and started a company by inventing straws and party goods. she slept on friend's couches. one ran away from an abusive marriage. i had never thought about this before. the only thing she takes is her kids. another woman started a company to make close to get to their women who -- the women who run away with children. another is called come and no underwear. -- commando underwear. i will not ask yo

you don't have the standing to talk to harry belafonte.pplause] he referred to him in a rap song and so on and slide look that someone from a different generation but i know i'm an academic and an intellectual but a whole different other side of me comes out. that's my brother and you can't talk to him like that. moreover you don't have standing because this man raised his life literally risked his life. to bring money to sncc in 1964 he and sydney poitier flew down there thinking because they were the most famous black table in the world at that point that nothing could happen to them and the government would be forced to investigate something big. that is who that -- this man is but that said i think we should be hesitant to rely upon or to expect that from the celebrity model of entertainer. we live in a different point. i think we need to recognize that because of capitalism and moreover the capitalism culture jay-z and beyoncÉ are symptomatic of much bigger concerns. this is not unrelated to the pastors and preachers and so on. what w

no, no, you don't understand, you don't have the standing to talk to harry belafonte -- [laughter] >> right. [applause] >> i think he referred to him as a boy at one point. >> yeah. he referred to him in a rap song. and it's like, look, that's someone who's from a different generation, but, you know, i know i'm an academic and i'm an intellectual, but a whole different other side of me comes out if you want to disrespect him like that, because that's my brother. you can't talk to him like that. moreover, you don't have the standing because this man risked his life, literally risked his life. when they needed to bring money to sncc in 964 because he and sidney poitier flew down there, not that nothing could happen to them, but that the government would be forced to investigate if something did. so that's who, that's who this man is, right? but that said, that said, i think we should be hesitant to rely upon or to expect that from the celebrity model of entertainer. we live in a different point, and i think we need to recognize that because of capitalism and moreover the capitalism cult

i had always adored harry belafonte, we had already decided to do one called glory.ust felt strongly about it. i just touched his arm. the sponsor went crazy. my star doesn't touch a black man's arm. >> petula clark said i'm not doing it over and it is my show and it is going in that way. >> we were not having any of that nonsense, no way. so it went out the way we wanted it to go out. i didn't really have any other problems with sponsors but that sort of gave me a taste of what could happen. ♪ >> in the tv business, the '60s was probably about the last decade during which the sponsors had a really iron grip on content. >> brought to you by dash. >> even if they tried to keep tv this white homogenous whole milk product, the world found its way in. it just had to. >> don't you everybody remember to bring a silencer. >> with i spy, robert culp and bill cosby were equals. he made race a nonissue. because he is undenial. >> the winner is bill cosby. >> bobby and i tried to put forth an example of the way it should be, racially in this country. we need more people in this

. >> i've dealt to diana ross, harry belafonte, sinatra. >> really? >> he was class. he was a gentleman. but those were the good days. but it's nice now, too. >> would you describe yourself as a degenerate gambler? >> i definitely have been. i'm trying to move past that. i have a 2-year-old at home. so i'm working on that phase. but i'll always have that gambling gear. there's no doubt about it. >> eric and erica lindgren are professional gamblers, poker players, to be precise. it's routine for them to sit down to a game with a bankroll of half a million dollars. tonight, slightly smaller stakes. >> hey, benny, how do you like my chances? >> good. good. >> that's a trained answer. >> instead of actual poker, we are set up with a dumbed down for the camera version of texas hold 'em. you play against the house. the odds, to say the least, are stacked against you. >> oh, here's a winner. here's a winner. two pair. he's cutting up over there. see how easy it is? you got this game down. >> uh-oh. those are famous last words. >> all right. let's

. >> i've dealt to diana ross, harry belafonte, sinatra.tra was class. >> really? >> he was class. he was a gentleman. but those were the good days. but it's nice now, too. >> would you describe yourself as a degenerate gambler? >> i definitely have been. i'm trying to move past that. i have a 2-year-old at home. so i'm working on that phase. but i'll always have that gambling gear. there's no doubt about it. >> eric and erica lindgren are professional gamblers, poker players, to be precise. it's routine for them to sit down to a game with a bankroll of half a million dollars. tonight, slightly smaller stakes. >> hey, benny, how do you like my chances? >> good. good. >> that's a trained answer. >> instead of actual poker, we are set up with a dumbed down for the camera version of texas hold 'em. you play against the house. the odds, to say the least, are stacked against you. >> oh, here's a winner. here's a winner. two pair. he's cutting up over there. see how easy it is? you got this game down. >> uh-oh. those are famous last words. >> all

she and brother harry belafonte raised money because the movement needed money.es, she marched and did all these things that other people did and she wrote and she knew brother malcolm and brother martin. she was in africa. this is a woman who simply at some point moved constantly with her art and activism, and saw no problem with the two of them. >> i want to turn to maya angelou talking about her close friend coretta scott king. the two shared a close on is dr. martin luther king was assassinated on maya angelou's birthday. they would talk every year on that date, april 4. in 2006, maya angelou spoke at caretta scott king's funeral in georgia. >> on those late nights when coretta and i would talk, i would make her laugh and she said that marching can use to tell her, you don't laugh enough. and there's a recent book out about sisters in which she spoke about her blood sister, but at the end of her essay, she said, i do have a chosen sister, maya angelou, who makes me laugh even when i don't want to. [laughter] and it's true. i told her some jokes only for no mi

. >> the black power mixtape featuring harry belafonte, stokely carmichael, eldridge cleaver, angela bobby seale. >> the trailer of "black power mixtape 1967-1975." we're joined by the renowned american activist, film director, political activist, danny glover and kathleen cleaver, featured in the book and film, teaches at emory law school. we welcome you both to democracy now! the relevance of the black panther movement, the black power movement in the united states to today, kathleen cleaver? there's a session last night at the new school. why do you think it still reverberates? >> a reverberates because it was about condition. it is not an ideological situation where he something, but about the social and political and economic conditions that black people were facing at the time and how .o go about improving that civil rights were guaranteed under law, but that was not sufficient for our amenity that was so excluded and oppressed angela challenges directly racism on many different levels. ,f racism had been resolved then maybe be people wouldn't be so interested in black power. s

harry that explains why belafonte is one of those to endorse the text. s name certainly stands out. >> harry lived during uris. right neareat -- night us. he was a great supporter. harry it is not just belafonte or leonard bernstein playing a piano came to your brother andrew, he extended an and -- an invitation to a great american to speed to his school. his invitation was accepted. it is amazing because we know forevermes and they are etched in our memory. they are part of americana. to me, 50amazing years later, how many -- how little we know about these three young men. so getting into andrew's story specifically, one makes a connection to a great i can jackie roosevelt robinson. mr. robinson lived in new york city at that point and he was iconic. he is one of our great historical legacy and he only lives a couple of blocks away. my mother and father knew him. people in that circle knew each other. there want a lot, but he was on the upper west side and my brother loved baseball. i'm not a great big baseball fan that he was and he took me to ebbets fi

when he talks about harry belafonte and what he said about jay-z and beyonce and other people's responsibilitiesties when they get famous. when he pulls in all the other allegations that have happened in the nba that are sexist, homophobic and racist and what the nba's response has been, it stops you for a minute. >> except they don't own teams and they don't have the same power over them and person that kobe was talking to who did a big apology to her, was not a homosexual. it changed the context a little bit. >> yes. >> you beat me like an egg this morning on that one. he's got a tough -- he's got a tough road to hoe. >> this is a dual strategy. she's selling. he's preserving their legal claim. >>> coming up next on "new day," hundreds of nigerian schoolgirls abducted are still missing. i sat down exclusively with an a. young girl who survived an attack by the militant group. quiet! mom has a headache! had a headache! but now, i& don't. excedrin is fast. in fact for some, relief starts in just 15 minutes. excedrin. headache. gone. ♪ here's a good one seattle... what did geico say to the marine