nor is it a legacy of slavery or jim crow. that is just not true.when, in the 1960's, with the families being destroyed and faer black america, our scholars looked at the state of the black family after slavery. they looked at six plantations. about 75% of all slave families had a man and a woman raising children. the nuclear family continued for a hundred years after that. in 1930 to 1940, when racism was enshrined in law, we have the highest marriage rate, elderly people could walk safely their communities without fear of being assaulted by their grandchildren. children were not shot in their cribs. but all of this changed in the 1960's when the government, after the civil rights act was passed, and the government entered and it decimated those institutions that created railroads and hotels and schools, those what we call mediating structures that stand in between individuals, they were decated by the 1960's. when you separate work from income, when mothersaid -- when they had children, you know, so you -- that's when the crime rate began to soar,

it's to be medgar down in mississippi fighting jim crow, segregation. it's going to be the leadership of black officers and veterans, world war one, who are going to push back against the racial violence that happens during red summer, because oftentimes when we talk about red summer, it's only, you know, from the perspective of being killed. but in chicago, that wasn't the case because they had veterans setting up snipers, men picket. folks are. how in any who but thinking about the importance of military training and this is one of the reasons why you have that consistency of african-americans because the use of military training to defend their communities, their families is crucial because guess what they couldn't do during slavery. so now they can have guns and they had them and now they do fight back. and they did so, for example, the tulsa massacre right. how many of you watched the watchmen love show, right? it begins, unfortunately, with it. well, fortunately begins with the tulsa massacre and for the first minute when that show aired, apparent

her book, madness, race and insanity and a jim crow asylum. antonia, if you can just in a minute or less, please summarize the title for the room. oh boy. yes. in one minute. madness tells the story of a 93 year old institute of an asylum that was founded in 1911. in the heart of the woods in maryland and. it was originally called maryland's hospital for the insane, a name that i think you a lot about what this institution's was and and what it did to and in the community around that it served there this was the only hospital in the state of maryland that for decades was willing to treat black people who were suffering with mental illness or accused of having some some kind of diagnosis and tell the about century long of this institution really a window into the american psyche as a way to explore the legacy of race and mental health. and to look at this industry, this field that today feels so broken to americans of every background and to situate black in the black community and and what happened to them in this space. and so the hospital re

>> mean, had in america in going back to jim crow isn't it? america in going back to jim crow isn't it? >> south, they had in america in going back to jim crow isn't it? >> south, they hadin america in going back to jim crow isn't it? >> south, they had separate:a in the south, they had separate water thought, water fountains and we thought, that's there's that's terrible. then there's one. we going back one. we go, are we going back that or are we going back to that? >> it feels like it. it feels like, you know, rosa parks got got up from section the got up from her section of the bus. is just bus. and this theatre is just shoving her back to the back of the bus. it's, uh. yeah, it feels regressing. feels like a really regressing. >> let's put them at. let's separate them, at the separate them, put them at the back bus because we back of the bus because we wouldn't want any of the black people to feel uncomfortable sitting the white people. sitting with the white people. they make sound like it's they make it sound like it's something nice. y

, in the early 1900s, oklahoma was a place where black people thought they could have a fresh as jim crow party sees the deep south with, an ever tightening grip. oklahoma promised better schools, bountiful crops and socially quality. it was like the bright sunshine of the morning of may. i met mississippi, man said after reading about life at west greenwood, it became like oklahoma's brightest star of all imagine living in a place where most of the teachers there high school had master's degrees. that was true. greenwood imagine living in a place where black people own their land than renting it, that was true. greenwood imagine living in a place where wealth was not the defining metric of success, but community involved. that was that was true in greenwood. if we were in the old greenwood right now, i'd be tech talking to you now at trinity united methodist church at mount zion baptist church, which is built in the heart of the neighborhood with 70,000 bricks and a countless number of prayers after this talk. we did a dinner at susie, those cafe 106 north greenwood avenue, where my moth

jim crow. >> reporter: who, besides percival everett, would have a pet crow named jim crow?redit him for having written some of the novel. >> reporter: consider the irony. one of everett's favorite literary devices that jim crow helped him write a book about race. a novel within a novel, satirizing publishing industry complicity and perpetuating stereotypes of black america. "erasure" has been turned into the oscar-winning film "american fiction," starring jeffrey wright. >> that's brlack, right? >> want to rub their noises in it. >> reporter: another irony, the film he had nothing to do with but likes has given percival everett more visibility than the 30-plus books he has written, or the fact that he has been short-listed for the booker prize, and a finalist for a pulitzer. everett's books are often perversely funny. imagine a funny novel about lynching, written in the form of a police procedural. funny, until it isn't. >> humor is interesting because if i can disarm a reader with humor, i can address serious stuff. >> reporter: everett's latest novel, "james," just out, i

michelle alexander joins us now, best-selling author of the best-selling book "the new jim crow: massarceration in the age of colorblindness." it is great to have you back with us. looks like you for having me. i was happy to be here. amy: if you can talk about what gives you hope right now even as you write about what is happening in gaza, as you talk about what is happening with issues of police brutality and mass incarceration through the united states, talk about movements and your references to dr. king. >> what gives me hope right now is that despite everything, revolutionary love is bursting and blossoming in all kinds of places and spaces. years of relentless and patient organizing and deep learning about each other's histories and struggles led to a moment when black activists are showing up at protest organized by jewish students who are raising their voices in solidarity with palestinians who are suffering occupation and annihilation in gaza. this is due to connections that have been made over the course of years between liberation struggles on the streets of ferguson and t

as i mentioned beyond all possible doubt jim crow on steroids, this is taking me back to an era where i can still hear why grandparents talk about what it was like to hear that bomb that went off at the 16th street baptist church. but what it also says to me is that my black in america is not beautiful, that i'm not given those inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in this country. >> thank you for connecting this with what a lot of people might think is an abstraction to something very real and what people can do about it in november. this is not something to watch and say, hey, it's alabama, they do some crazy stuff down there, this is the kind of thing catching on in other parts of the country as well. thank you for joining us tonight. we appreciate your time. >> thank you so much. >>> all right, we have a one more story coming up. as benjamin netanyahu signals he's determined to launch a ground offensive in gaza's densely packed southern most city, a look at the leverage president biden has to prioritize the protection of civilians. that's next. civilia

as i mentioned, beyond jim crow on steroids. arab were i can still hear my grandparents talk about what it was like to hear the bomb that went off at the 16th street baptist church but it also says to me that my black in america is not beautiful. that i am not given the inalienable rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness in this country. >> enqueue for connecting this, something people may think is a abstraction to something very real and what people can do about it in november. this is the kind of thing that is catching on in other parts of the country as well. thank you for joining us tonight. >>> we have one more story coming up as the prime minister of israel signals he is determined to launch a ground offensive in gaza's southernmost city. a look at the leverage president biden has to prioritize the protection of civilians. that is next. that is next. the! curry from deep. that's caaaaaaaaash. i prefer the old intro! this is much better! i don't think so! steph, one more thing... the team owner gets five minutes a

ideology came out of well-intentioned desire to fix and address the legacy of slavery, the legacy of jim crow, persistent racial disparity. the country and starting really in the sixties and seventies and then continuing on into the eighties, there was a group of scholars that came up with something called critical race theory, which has been much in the news the past few years, but which was originally a conscious effort to redirect the civil rights movement, to reject the rhetoric of martin luther king, bayard rustin, and other traditional civil rights heroes, to say that actually they didn't go far enough and they should have put race on the front burner. what happened is that ideology percolated inside the academy for a few decades, and then just in the past decade, starting around 2013, those ideas that had been essentially dormant in certain corners of academia academia really spread throughout society and have had vocal exponents such as mexican, mexican and robin d'angelo, who say that rather than strive for colorblind society, rather than strive for a society where someone's race doe

this is beyond jim crow on steroids. sends throughout this country, throughout the world that we are doing in alabama. estate so rich for discriminatory practices. >> when we have been concentrating a lot on because of the restrictions on reproductive practices. it seems like there are a lot of conservative thinkers and ink tanks that are behind the movement to ban de i. the same people that think there has been censorship that university campuses and not enough free thought but the concept about learning about things like 1961 and 1963 and black history and wondering and being curious about what reparations or fixing it looks like is being shut down by people that complain that their speech has been shut down on other fronts. >> absolutely. we live in a time in the state of alabama where it is no longer good or safe to be black in america. i'm a black woman. i'm proud to be a black woman. i'm proud of my heritage. we have individuals carrying pieces of legislation such as this one that they did with the crt bill. when y

reference the chitlin circuit, a network of venues where black musicians could safely perform during the jim crowf writing, the criticisms i faced when i first entered this genre forced me to propel past the limitations that were put on me. ♪ this ain't texas ♪ >> reporter: the album's single, "texas hold 'em," is already tauping country music charts. the album also features major pop artists, post malone and miley cyrus. ♪ i'll be your shotgun rider ♪ >> reporter: "cowboy carter's" youngest collaborator is beyonce's young daughter ruby. >> mom, can i hear the lullaby? >> reporter: the major musical project proving beyonce is an american artist in a category all her own. ♪ round, round, round ♪ >> we know what we'll be listening to this weekend. that's "nightly news" for this friday. i'm tom llamas. thanks so much for watching. have a great night. ♪ the tears i cry ♪ >>> next on "nbc bay area news tonight," california is getting hit with some late-season storms, and our jeff ranieri is tracking the timeline. >>> and more snow falling in the sierra right now. we'll take you live to tahoe. >>> then

them down -- it was around the time of george floyd and people wanted to remove these vestiges of jim crowy, especially in the majority black city like portsmouth. we both represented portsmouth, i am the delicate entry she is the senator. she went out to a demonstration where they were protesting the monument sti being up. there at 2:00 p.m. and said they need to come down. she left and went back to work. well, eight or nine hours later, some people started knocking them down. months later, police bring charges. a magistrate charges her with destruction of property and some other feloniesseveral felony offenses, all politically motivated. she had just become president pro tem of the senate, first black president pro tem of the senate, she had ascended to the lofty role and she was an easy target. we ended up defending her successfully and all the charges were dssshe is even feistier no! [laughs] she is a colleague of mine and i am proud tca her as a friend. host: we are sitting a couple of blocks from the confederate white house when it was here in richmond. we know about the robert e. le

you remember president biden was talking abo georgia changing some of their laws and calling jim crowost people. they don't find too many obstacles. a lot of the fights in the last few years it is changing policy there were exceptions made to the law were republicans take them back to where they7 were in 2018 election in 2016. democrats want to keep it up and 2020. it's not quite as dramatic as it sounds. >> this a lot more news around that. >> i think we should try to make it as easy as possible. it's less of a problem than a lot of people like to think. >> let's go further on the other side of it. you got to candidates the american public says were not about their excitement one of them at least a lot.s vok like? and is that an issue in terms of whatever it when people don't go to the polls while they accept the election. i'm not making this partisan. in terms of do we accept this as a valid election at the clinton trump turnout. 2018 was basically a record high midterm turnaround record height for a midterm 2020 was record high. 2022 it was high it was not as high as the previous m

but we can make the assumption, of course, undercontinued even r jim crow, when america was a systemicn white supremacy did rein supreme over the -- reign supreme over the land, that restitution was due to black americans. i make the case in my book that the was a form of reparation than the affirmative action program that forms of mas to a group of people who were suffering from the residue effects of slavery. host: earlier this week university of texas was on our program and he expressed the argument for financial reparations. take a look at what he has to say. we'll have you respond. >> in 2020, many people didn't understand about shraeufpbry and the way in which black labor built the wealth in the united states. but also built up global capitalism. there are extraordinary books about this, including the harvard slavery report, including empire of cotton. craig so many just interesting, important books.■j it's not just the labor of slavery, we were used as collateral, we were used as mortgage securities, we w used to provide global investment for everything from harvard university t

the artwork representing the chitlin circuit where black musicians could safely perform during the jim crow first entered this genre forced me to propel past the limitations put on me. ♪ this ain't texas ♪ >> reporter: the album's single, "texas hold 'em," is already topping country charts and starring post malone and miley cyrus. ♪ i'll be your shotgun rider ♪ >> reporter: "cowboy carter's" youngest collaborator is beyonce's daughter ruby. >> mom, can i hear the lullaby? >> reporter: the major musical project proving beyonce is an american artist in a category all her own. ♪ round, round, round ♪ >> we know what we'll be listening to this weekend. that's "nightly news" for this friday. i'm tom llamas. thanks so much for watching. have a great night. ♪ the tears i cry ♪ >>> right now, a wet start to the holiday weekend as we take a live look at the radar where you can see the green, yellow, red and orange over the bay area. we are checking on all of this for your. good afternoon, welcome to nbc bay area news at 4:30. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri keeping an eye on the storm and he will b

we never had jim crow laws in britain , actually. crow laws in britain, actually. jeremy. might have had a colour bar, which was disgraceful. all but black people and poor people actually were never told that they were not that they did not belong in theatres. so please keep your race relations nonsense on the other side of the pond, the british government should not be giving money to the arts council to institute signs that promote this kind of divisiveness, and i think it's an absolute disgrace that these black only nights are going ahead. it's not what britain needs . as belinda , do britain needs. as belinda, do you think this is what britain needs ? needs? >> oh, please go away. it's almost like whenever america sneezes , you know, england has sneezes, you know, england has to catch its cold. and i just want done with these crazy lunatic racists who are sanctioned by a lot of the liberal progressives here as being somehow virtuous and saint like because they're speaking for, you know, black and brown people. they're insulting and infante missing black and brown peopl

what we know, she really did approach him and tried to get him to do anything, especially about the jim crow laws. she remained silent and didn't talk about that. okay. so we have a question from genevieve, who's actually a peace corps volunteer in belize. thanks for tuning in, genevieve. how many first ladies besides mrs. obama have ancestry that includes african-american heritage, to your knowledge, no one else to my knowledge. don't. michelle obama was such a you know, like i said, huge leap forward from where we were before. but not only was she the first who was a descendant of enslaved people in the south, but some of her ancestors were white. and so she's also an example of this history of how african-american women were sexually abused by their owners and had babies and she descendent from one of those individuals. so she she also has white ancestry. hey, next, we have a question from john, who's asking if you could comment on the views of ida sexton mckinley toward her african-american neighbors and servants at the white house that her neighbors that i can't do i haven't done as muc

ford was a well known community organizer who challenged jim crow laws and protested discrimination inpiscopal church and the union, the wtcu. at the 1982wtcu state convention in benton, harbor, she was as tt of the work among colored people. she was a founding member of the married ladies 19th century club, hosting meetings and leading activities for the first literary and social club for african-american women in grand rapids. in 1913, mrs. ford was chosen by governor woodbridge ferris to represent the state of michigan at the 50th anniversary celebration of the emancipation proclamation in new york. what an honor for west michigan. our second story is t story of paul phillips. phillips grew up in omaha, nebraska, where he sat a state record in■z track, earning himsf a scholarship to market university -- marquette university and later he received a p.h.d. in sociology from fisk university. in 1946 he came to grand rapids to work for the borough. passionate about civic work by 1947 he became executive director and secretary of the grand rapids urban leaague where he'd continue to serv

and every time they did it, i mean they ushered in jim crow for 60 years in this country. so honestly when we see the supreme court doing this, when we see them subverting a provision of the constitution those framers, the only framers in the history of this country who have looked insurrection in the eye and overcome it and stitched back together a broken nation, when we see them do this, we should understand this is an emergency moment for our democracy. >> and that emergency we're going to talk in the coming block how crystal clear it is and just at our doorstep. please stay with me if you can for a few more minutes. >>> still to come tonight president biden has a lot to brag about in the "state of the union" address, economy, and higher wages and lower crime. but when do americans start giving him credit? >>> plus the new crop of americans who have molded themselves in trump's image are coming to a down ballot race near you. that is next. ballot race near you that is next why choose a sleep number smart bed? can it keep me warm when i'm cold? wait. no i'm always hot. s

look to the legacy of republican party giving women the right to vote ending the democrat's racist jim crowws and more. so he is defending what he had to say. it doesn't seem to me that he's super smart with his words, though, saying you would like to go back to a time when women would vote doesn't seem super smart, how confident are you that you can defeat this man in november? >> his vision is divisive, is filled with spite and hate. it will be job killing. he wants to hallow out our public schools. my vision for north carolina is different. it is forward looking. it is hopeful. it is about investing in our people and their futures. i believe the voters of north carolina, if we do our job and educate them appropriately about the candidates, they'll make the choice. >> josh stein, we thank you for sitting through our -- the wi-fi shenanigans and talking with us. thank you very much. best of luck with your campaign. >>> coming up next, something that we are unlikely to hear about in any trump campaign ads or fundraising appeals, how his policy and personality are becoming a voter turnout ma

is not only there are people who are coming in for necessary health care, this is a backdrop like jim crow , a backdrop like american slavery. i am not being hyperbolic in saying that. people -- women are having to flee states where they risk death, where they risk bodily harm in order to get health care that will save their lives. i think that is really important we emphasize over and over again because there is a rhetoric that suggests something other than that. amy: i want to ask you about that federal court, the fifth circuit court of appeals decision upholding a texas law that prevents young people from confidentially accessing birth control from clinics. the court ruled clinics can be required to notify and get consent from parents. planned parenthood criticized the ruling saying it marks a significant and dangerous departure from decades of precedent that has allowed all young people to confidentially get basic health care like birth control through title x. explain the significance, came right before this visit of vice president harris. >> again to understand what this means as his

"many of us like to ask ourselves what would i do if i was alive during slavery or jim crow south orpartheid? what would i do if my country was committing genocide? the answer is, you are doing it right now." if you can explain what that meant to you and how people have responded to you? >> sorry. that post i think spoke to me and many people who had to look at what they were really doing and -- for me, i have a young daughter. i thought about in the future if she were to ask me, what were you doing when this was happening? you were at the state department. i what to be able to tell her that i did not stay silent. and i know many people who are deeply affected by those words that aaron bushnell posted. i do think people are trying to do what they can. there is still very important work being done inside the state department. but i do think until our top levels of leadership are ready to make a change, there is very little that the rank-and-file are able to do. amy: annelle sheline, thank you for being with us. she is just resigned from the state department in protest of u.s. support

>> democrats have some returns in that, is called the jim crow laws. >> trace: it's amazing, it's clearlysay you can vote here you cannot. that are know if you want to weigh in on is kristina, but i haven't listening for you coming up because we have a new york, illinois, california spinning billions trying to relocate illegal migrants. california was talking about 20,000 chinese illegal immigrants coming across the border, and they just don't have the resourced back they don't have the money, they don't have -- they just don't have what it takes. >> as a gift or huge effort put forward by your condo hundred something, loan number, a thousand. they are missing the mic there. it's coming back to basics and common sense, which is what my campaign is, is that we should be addressing immigration way before we get to this point. we need to secure the border, make sure we have judges for asylum-seekers, don't let people in until they go through the asylum seeking process. do that through the beginning of the migration process. all of these steps you have to take, and then we see the results of

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the decision to uphold slavery and deny blacks citizenship, and then institutionalizing jim crowe lawsoctrine as unconstitutional. today's bench has a legitimacy crisis with the poll last month revealing six out of ten americans disapprove of the supreme court job performance. the decision to entertain trump's all encompassing claim of presidential immunity will likely to erode confidence in the court with many viewing the court as the extension of the maga movement. they could shield trump from accountability, providing a pathway to keep himself over the law. much like the broader movement, the hard right block on the bench seems determined to pursue the political agenda no matter how destabilizing may be to the country. in ruling to keep donald trump back on the ballot, the court appears to be working backwards, expressing a concern for not discounting the will of the people and invalidating election results, but this is the sin that trump is guilty of. the sin that the court fails to address and prevents the court from holding trump accountable. the constitution grants states primar