i already applied for howard university. i really want to be back in school. it is really a drag being out of school. i am going to have to make up those days. it is just hard. thank you anyway. >> my name is nicole. i am her mom. i am not only here to speak for her, but on behalf of the other 19 students. like they said, jameesha is a very good student. i grew up in the community. i worked in the community. i graduated from galileo with a 3.5 gpa as well. i really need to get my baby back in school. she hasn't missed a lot of school. that can hinder from going to the next level. there is another student would like to speak for a little bit. he also attends galileo and was taking a pee classes. because he had to transfer to a different school, he is unable to continue because they do not offer ap classes. this is taking a huge impact on how this is affecting these kids. please help me and assist me. please get my daughter back in school. >> i am here representing the san francisco naacp. our president, reverend brown is unavailable tonight. ms. mendoza, congra

i told him that our moderator teaches at howard university.first white male graduate of howard university's law school. when i came back, i wanted to be right in the middle of the civil-rights issues. there are many things that you should know about time from this time in the kennedy administration, the peace corps. but that tells you everything you need to know about his care and his interest. kathleen kennedy townsend comes from a long history of public service as well. for those of us who are fortunate enough to live in maryland, we are especially appreciative of her efforts. she continues to speak out and teach. she is working on a political organization that will be active in the future. there are a lot of things i could say about her. i will not read the entire bio. i will encourage her to have a conversation with the rest of us here today. doug had to be a part of a memorial service for a staffer who recently passed. he will be joining us soon. i first met him when he was doing voter registration in north carolina back in the 1990's. he

he said to me as i told him that our moderator teaches at howard university, he said, "i was the firsttes of power university's law school because when i came back i wanted to be in the middle of the civil rights issues." there are many things you could know about harris from his time in the senate and in the kennedy administration and this time in the peace corps, but i think that shows you everything you need to know about his care and his interest in these issues. he also knew dr. king. kathleen kennedy townsend comes from a long history and tradition of public service as well. for those of us fortunate enough to live in maryland and had an opportunity to vote for error as lieutenant governor, we are especially appreciative of her efforts. she continues to speak out and teach. she's working on a political organization that will be active in the future, moving on with things. we want to be a partner with you in that. lots of things i could say about kathleen, but i will not read the entire bible fee. i will encourage her to have a conversation with the rest of us today. rev. douglas

and it is an amazing person with someone to read at howard university ron walters. >> he also worked closely with the jackson campaign. >> this is where was going. a chief strategist for the 88 campaign, i called him and asked him and when we see that complicated mask in when mispricing gets this money are that many, that is one of the main things jesse jackson sought in the 2008 campaign to have a delicate system and did you have in mind to help pay by a presidential candidate? and no. we did not even dream of that. but we did believe it would help it would help more people's color to become delegates and thereby influence the direction of the national party. with the campaign's five of the people running for president anyone changes base this guy july have been bashing for the last six months just shy of being christlike and you get things in exchange for that. and what he wanted to among other things was a proportional system and not for that proportional system they cleaned obama's clock and basically when we saw it was day wash and hillary clinton won the big states and cancel e

raised in the east bay, she attended howard university and then the university of california hastings college of law. after graduating, she took a position in the alameda county district tosh's office where she served as a deputy district attorney. in 1998, she was named managing attorney of the career criminal unit in the san francisco district attorney's office. in december of 2003, harris was elected as the first woman district attorney in san francisco's history. she was overwhelmingly reelected to a second term in november of 2007. harris isn't the only new face in san francisco's leadership. coming up at 6:00, a look at the other changes in the city's political structure. >>> despite a bad economy and fewer officers on patrol, police in san jose reporting a significant drop in homicides last year. there were 20 homicides in 2010, down from 28 the year before. the last time it was that low was back in 2000. and during that time the number of police on the street went down by 100. the numbers also buck the trend of rising violent crime in a worsening economy. some criminologists p

you read his speech that he gave at howard university. >> host: we shall overcome? >> guest: the one with the commencement address. he says you can't take a person that's been in the slavery and put them at the same position in the starting line. that's unfair. even this white southern man from texas can get it, and yet there are people who can't get it. now i do think, and i've come to my own conclusion that race-based affirmative action may no longer be an appropriate remedy. maybe anachronism for this time. to the extent there is going to be affirmative action, it has to be economic based. >> host: okay. >> guest: in other words. what i'm saying to you is the poor white person from appalachia, maybe entitle the to affirmative action just as a poor african-american or hispanic person. >> host: yes. you put it in economic framework. >> guest: color of race-based affirmative action is not good enough. >> host: one the people that people understand about the speech, and i think you make a beautiful analogy in terms of the metaphor catching lightning in a bottle. >> g

she has also instructed medical residents at georgetown and howard universities. a member of harris neck affiliate, the nonviolent action group and a published author, jean smith young worked as a field organizer in southwest georgia and mississippi. now that would give the floor over to tell some of her stories. [inaudible conversations] [applauding] >> hello. hello. and testing. okay. we are soldiers in the. we have at hand on the freedom plow. but one day we will get all we came. we will have to stand up and fight anyhow. let's go. here we are. [applauding] so i started with that song because i really like it, but also because it represents the book. the third reason i started with that is i wanted to talk about the importance of music and song in the movement. tsa to start first with how did i get there. the way i got to sncc and to mississippi and georgia was i asked -- adjoined the action group in d.c. at least for another day to talk about how wonderful. i can tell you that one day i said casually, this sounds kind of good. i think would like to go. the nex

century-old traditions of preparing for a presidential and military force- drawn funeral and howard university professor explains how former slave's escape and started to lives. experience american history tv on c-span 3 all weekend, every weekend. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history where you can press the c-span alert button and have our schedule in mailed to you. >> this weekend on c-span2's "book tv" on "after words" the history of the neo conservative movement. 52 women look back at their work in the civil rights movement. former british prime minister gordon brown on coming back from the economic downturn. find the complete schedule at booktv.org. >> tuesday, president obama deliver is the state of the union address to a joint section -- a joint session of congress. c-span's live coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. then the republican response and your phone calls. live on c-span, c-span radio and online ad c-span.org. you can also watch the press and's address on the c-span2, followed by reaction from members of congress from statuary hall -- you can also watch to t

he was also the first muslim chaplain applied to the university in the country at howard university,he also works with a government relations for the muslim alliance in north america. to my left, we have the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the parallel traffic and she is also a prolific blotter and is an attorney with the fund. next to her we have a professor of religion at the university of virginia in charlottesville. also a prolific author and noted figure and finally on the end dr. maher hathout who is a prolific author himself and a man i like to call one of the forefathers of the american muslim community. so please join me in welcoming our panel. [applause] okay, let's get to it. i want to start with public perception. because this is -- what is by and large shipping our regality as muslims in 2010. when we look at the year that we have had, you look at part 51, you look at the plan, you look at the asphalt and the arson attempt on mosques around the country and muslims around the country, most recently a imam being attacked in the subway system and a host of other things th

. ♪ deep in my heart depep in my heart ♪ as a freshman at howard university, staying in the same dormsophie carmichael, i was called out at night to go to zero rally. i was lucky to have been there -- to go to a rally. and this song still is, as far as i'm concerned, the official anthem of the movement. folks used to stand, interlock their arms, and sing it with a great deal of passion. and i hope it can rise to that occasion tonight, please -- you can rise to that occasion tonight, please. ♪ deep in my heart i do believe we shall overcome someday well, we shall overcome we shall overcome we shall overcome someday ♪ oh, deep in my heart i do believe that we shall overcome someday ♪ the truth shall make us free. ♪ caller: truth shall make us free truth shall make us free truth shall make us free someday oh, deep in my heart i do believe we shall overcome someday ♪ once more, please. ♪ we shall overcome we shall overcome we shall overcome someday oh, deep in my heart i do believe that we shall overcome someday ♪ [applause] >> on komsomol's "washington journal", we will talk with richard

century-old traditions of preparing for presidential and military horse-drawn funeral quezons and howard universityrofessor greg carr explains how former slaves escaped and started new lives. experience american history tv on c-span3 all weekend, every weekend. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history or you can press the schedule alert button and have our schedule e-mailed to you. >> tuesday, president obama delivers the state of the union address to a joint session of congress. c-span's coverage begins with our preview program followed by the president's speech at 9, then the republican response and your phone calls live on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. you can also watch the president's address on c-span2 followed by reaction from member of congress from statuary hall. >> up next, european commission president jose manuel barroso takes questions from the members of parliament who represent the 27 countries of the european union. in his first question hour of the year, he answered questions on a range of issues affecting europe including the strength of the euro and

turn-of-the-century old traditions of preparing for a horse-drawn funeral and howard university professor of african studies explains how slaves escape and started new lives. all weekend, every weekend. see the complete schedule online where you can press the c-span abroad button and have our schedules e-mail to you. -- e-mail to you. >> eric kantor and steny hoyer on the schedule. they discuss proposals to cut the federal budget and deficit. this is 45 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland, the distinguished minority whip, rise? mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i thank the speeblinger -- thank the speaker for recognition and i ask to speak out the of order for one minute to inquire of the schedule for the coming week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: i thank the speaker and i yield to my friend, the gentleman from virginia, mr. cantor. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman from maryland, the democratic whip, for yielding. on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for

william spriggs was the chair of the department of economics at howard university, but is now the assistant chair for policy in the u.s. department of labour. in his role, dr. sprague's brinks -- dr. spriggs brings a unique sensitivity. in the spring of 2008, dr. sprague's co-authored -- dr. iggs code-authored. i have to say, he was also the director of the national urban league think tank here, in washington, d.c., and my former boss, when i worked there. was that, we will go in order that i introduced them, and i ask you to hold your applause until the very end. thank you. >> thank you. mr. chairman, other distinguished members of congress, i am pleased to be here to kind of kick off a conversation, and in my remarks, i am there is a consensus among many economists and policy analysts that the federal debt needs to be reduced from its current level. in order to do that, the annual federal deficit must also be reduced. however, there are significant efforts is among those who studied this issue on several things. when deficit reduction should begin in earnest -- how fast the budget gap nee

[laughter] [applause] in my heart deep in my heart >> as a freshman at howard university, i was often called out at night to go to a rally. i was very lucky to have been there. and this song still is, as far as i am concerned, the official anthem of the movement. folks used to stand, lock their arms, interlock their arms, and sing it with a great deal of passion. and i hope you can rise to that occasion tonight, please. ♪ >> deep in my heart i do believe we shall overcome someday well, we shall overcome we shall overcome we shall overcome someday oh deep in my heart i do believe that we shall overcome someday ♪ >> the truth shall make us free. make us freeall truth shall make us free truth shall make us free someday oh deep in my heart i do believe we shall overcome someday we shall overcome we shall overcome we shall overcome someday oh deep in my heart i do believe that we shall overcome someday ♪ [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> i believe the best for carry- on dr. king's work is to reach

universities were all innocent lambs. liberals and progressives practicing their civil liberties, dragged before joe mccarthy. mccarthy was a senator. october 1947 called to washington d.c. to testify. john howard lawson was one of the hollywood ten. albert malts, 47196. 46836. i got some of frank marshall -- i get all of frank marshall davis's columns, weekly columns that he wrote for the honolulu record from 1949-1950, which was the communist party usa. i got in through the help of to a tremendous city college students. one found them on line, and the other was actually in hawaii. i am amazed it is here today. i will keep it secret. i promise. but she went into a library and got the columns on microfiche. actual hard copy. what you see here was just how anti-american the communist party was in the united states in the latter 1940's. president after world war ii? harry truman. what party? democrat. so he was the enemy. so they mercilessly savaged harry truman. davis just took him apart. davis turned harry truman into a demon in these articles. colonialist, imperialists, fascist, racist, monster. chairman, george marshall, you name it. examples, february 9th 1950. davis really shows the soviet