he was such a fan and felt he was the next guy after jackie robinson.ed more details on jackie robinson than he would ever talk to me about him and i was sitting there trying to glean more about him and it occurred to me, that's the kind of guy he was. >> yeah, you know, you bring up this jackie robinson thing and i love you did that. this is the 75th anniversary of jackie robinson breaking a color barrier and that was hank's idol and people don't give jackie enough respect what he did away from baseball as much as breaking the color barrier and i bring that up because jackie robinson was a civil rights leader as you know reverend al and others on the panel. in 1972, october of 1972 after jackie robinson died, hank aaron went to willy mays and rnie banks and said now that he died it's up to cause to carry on the civil rights and he told me they weren't going to do it because they didn't want to harm their image and this tells you the person hank was. hank said you know what? i'll do it myself. i want to tell you something, i was a hank aaron whisperer.

jackie robinson pointed to the same fear in the letter he wrote about and in 1964.terally could not go home. and of course had been happy to leave her press of town, an excellent student you got a basketball scholarship eventually graduate from tougaloo college. there, she joined the naacp and the student nonviolent coordinating committee. also notice nick. and among other many other actions we, took part in assad in the 1963 at the woolworth in jackson mississippi. which you have seen this picture already in class. i don't know if you had seen that one which is memphis norman, one of the other young men who was with them. he was almost killed in that moment. it was an extremely tense and dangerous three hours in which this man almost died. she was of course horrific li treated with all kinds of disgusting items being poured on her, and so is her friend drum joan trump our entertainer john salter. he also was viciously attacked with brassiness goals in a bloody attack. the police were outside, many of them did nothing to intervene. >> i want to ask, you since you ha

jackie robinson pointed to the same fear in a letter. he wrote about anne in 1964 and literally could not go home. and of course had been happy to leave for oppressive town an excellent student. she got a basketball scholarship and eventually graduated from tougaloo college there. she joined the naacp and the student nonviolent coordinating committee also known as nick and among many other actions. take took part in the sit-in in 1963 at the woolworth in jackson, mississippi, which you have seen this picture already in class. i didn't know if you'd seen that one, which is on memphis norman one of the other young men who was with them and he was you know, almost killed in that moment. it was an extremely tense and dangerous three hours in which this man almost died. she was of course horrifically treated with all kinds of disgusting items being poured on her and so was her friend joan trump power and her teacher john salter. he also was viciously attacked with brass knuckles and very bloody attack there. the police were outside many of th

he had already landed his breakout role as baseball legend jackie robinson in the movie "42."as cast as kachalla, black panther in marvel's "captain america: civil war." >> where'd he go? >> two years later, 2018, the movie "black panther" shattered box office records, grossing over, and i'm going to say it really clearly, a billion dollars. it also broke boundaries, showing a black king leading a nation of color. >> wakanda forever! >> what does it mean to you when you hear people say wakanda forever? >> wakanda is like paradise, the thing that is so powerful. yes, the representation, but really, it's the humanity. it's the complexity. it's the richness that has become this -- just this catalyst for community, for uniting the global diaspora. >> reporter: behind the scenes, he was battling stage 3 colon cancer. it later progressed to stage 4. what do you think were his toughest challenges? >> i think, you know -- i know that even in moments where, you know, there's hope, there's always just that little -- in the back. i think that the hardest thing was wondering if he was goi

it will be 75 years since jackie robinson made his debut and we are still dealing with some of the samestuff. spirit that is the participation of major league baseball. >> it was down to 6 percent now it is 8 percent it was almost 20 percent at that point and part of that is the way society has changed to play basketball or baseball they don't want to play it is much when i was a kid we played in the schoolyard or the park every single day but again some of this situation with coaches in general managers so if we have three black coaches in the nfl last syear and now someone who is biracial and identified as black and actually came down when it was already low and for a long time just one black coach and he still has a job because it's hard to fire him at this point. [laughter] i have known him since he first got the job and ironically it was almost word for word the e-mail that i got from brian mccarthy on why roger would not speak to me trying to s promote diversity and he said why wouldn't he talked to me? because he is embarrassed but he doesn't want to do their paying w 44 million.

that's why when we talk about the civil rights movement but also jackie robinson becomes a full decadeore the civil rights movement coming into and coming out against the vietnam war were very v few people were againstee it. you see these reflected in a powerful manner. >> thank you so much those are all the questions we can take. i have done so many of these and i enjoy doing this with you so much. i really appreciate you taking the time too do this with me. >> of course but it is a great read thank you wide ranging connecting the dots of things are able to, talk about in one short hour. thank you for being here tonight. >> there is a link that goes into the chat and i will that represents the team.

around the spike for inclusion within breakout talk with the civil rights for me also talk about jackie robinson who comes into the lake almost a full decade before the start of the civil rights movement. he comes into major league baseball with doctor king's student student at boston university for goodness sakes.ni or muhammad ali coming at the vietnam war when very few people in the country were against the vietnam war pretty see these reflected in sports in a very powerful manner it can be incredibly effective lens teaching about the contradictions of the united states. >> thank you so much. those are all the questions we can take it. i'm going to pass investor marchioness. >> before you go, marcia, i just had to say that was fantastic. i have done so many of these at this point and i enjoy doing this with you so much. and i really appreciate your taking the time to do this with me. >> of course ici had a great tie too. thank you for taking time to be here and thank you for writing the book up it was amazing i recommend everyone get it from the local store and the link that has been provided

that is why when we talked with the civil rights movement were talking about jackie robinson who comes in almost a full decade through the civil rights movement, he comes into major league baseball by doctor king's at boston university for goodness sakes are muhammad ali coming out against the vietnam war and very few people in the country were against the vietnam war. we see these things reflected in sports in a very powerful manner and it can be an effective lens for teaching about the contradictions of the united states. >> thank you so much these are all the questions we can take. i'm going to pass it back to marsha now. >> before you go i have to say, that was fantastic i've done so many of these. and i enjoy doing this with you so much. i really appreciate you taking the time to do this with me. >> i agree thank you for being here and thank you for writing the book, it was amazing i recommend everyone getting it from the local store the link that has been provided. it's a great lead. >> sounds good. >> i want to thank you both. what a wide ranging connecting the dots mind blowing

i am rosa parks and i am albert einstein and i am jackie robinson and anne frank and and we've had a great time doing them. and the is i think it's really what scott said earlier. it just got me going. and i think for me, i know sometimes i'm writing for little kids, sometimes i'm writing for adults, and sometimes i'm writing fiction and sometimes very nonfiction. but to me, a good a good story. so the kid may not have the metaphor or they may not have. i have to watch my vocabulary in terms of what people will understand, but i test my adult books, my kids books on my kids i'll say to them, i'll tell what the chapter one is. and if they say it's boring, i know it's not there. and my and if my daughter says that, sounds good, that's a miracle right. a teenage daughter who like is not walking away. if i if i don't get an eyeroll i'm like this is going to sell and so to me i just i just i do i jump from one or the other. the thing about the kids books is i write the entire book. i don't do anything else until it's done, but it's only 40 pages and it just a couple of words per page and

that's why when we talk about the civil rights movement we also talk of jackie robinson who comes into the league almost a full decade before the start of the civil rights movement. he comes into major league baseball while dr. king is toasted a a possible user bur, for goodness sakes. or muhammad ali come out against the vietnam war when very few people in the country were against the vietnam war. we see these things reflected in sports and a very powerful manner and it can be an accredited effect of lands for teaching about the contradictions of the united states. >> well, thank you so much. those are all the questions we can take. i am going to pass it back to marcia now. >> before you go, marcia, i just have to say kahlil, that was fantastic. i've done so many of these at this point and i enjoyed doing this with you so much, and he really appreciate you taking the time to do this with me. >> of course. i had a great time. thank you for agreeing to come here and thank you for riding the book. it was amazing. i recommend a go and get it from the local store of the lake that has been

opportunity to study those who excluded from the republican party who on their own volition, like jackie robinson who criticized what was going on at the cow palace and in goldwater's campaign, we have a we have an to look at the grass and see how those african-americans who were part the republican party, who comprised republican party, who were led who led the republican during reconstruction like revels. we can take a look at those who were left out of the republican party martin luther king was associated with the republic party. so it to me that it provides an opportune to look those who walked away who walked from the republican party and enriches their history so. okay yeah. thank you. yeah. so a little bit a little bit of background about about my research. as i study, i'm in political science and i study how carceral regimes transform in one of the ones that i am particularly interested in understanding and what my research has been based on the transformation of the sort of carceral institutions of jim crow, specifically the chain gang system into sort of explode did very large and robu

i am rosa parks and i am albert einstein and i am jackie robinson and anne frank and and we've had a great time doing them. and the is i think it's really what scott said earlier. it just got me going. and i think for me, i know sometimes i'm writing for little kids, sometimes i'm writing for adults, and sometimes i'm writing fiction and sometimes very nonfiction. but to me, a good a good story. so the kid may not have the metaphor or they may not have. i have to watch my vocabulary in terms of what people will understand, but i test my adult books, my kids books on my kids i'll say to them, i'll tell what the chapter one is. and if they say it's boring, i know it's not there. and my and if my daughter says that, sounds good, that's a miracle right. a teenage daughter who like is not walking away. if i if i don't get an eyeroll i'm like this is going to sell and so to me i just i just i do i jump from one or the other. the thing about the kids books is i write the entire book. i don't do anything else until it's done, but it's only 40 pages and it just a couple of words per page and

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