it says the klan should not be legally operating in kansas. they hit upon the idea that the klan is a chartered organization in georgia. therefore, a corporation. foreign corporations are not

a legal ouster of the klan at that time. it took about five years. >> throughout the weekend american history tv is featuring topeka, kansas. our staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about topeka and other stops on our tour at www.c-span.org/citiestour >> unable to anyone, 1865, president liggins buddy left on a funeral train on -- to illinois. one of the stops was baltimore maryland. we visited bno railroad museum where fritz klein portrays president lincoln. he talked about his struggle to protect the you can -- union. the major players in the south and north that played a role in the civil war and his plans for reconstruction. he also discusses his role of bringing in kentucky and his career. this is about 45 minutes. lincoln: ladies and gentlemen, my friends and fellow citizens i am very pleased to have this opportunity to be with you this afternoon. and i am highly gratified that we can meet together this day not in sorrow, but with gladness of heart. surely, the evacuation of peters

what he accomplished was making the klan an issue in the campaign. it -- before, it was not an issue. he brought it to the forefront. all that remained was for the supreme court to give their

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president andrew johnson and the republican-dominated congress on how hate groups such as the ku klux klan used the 14th amendment to promote white supremacy. the speech is one in a series of four on reconstruction hosted by the supreme court historical society. it was in the supreme court chamber, and he is introduced by supreme court justice anthony kennedy. this is just under an hour. [applause] justice kennedy: thank you for coming. my remarks will not trespass on the distinguished speaker. save to make tin of different points. one is to introduce professor michael ross, but first, to note that we should all feel privileged to be here today. this is the first in a series of lectures that have been renamed. these are now called the leon silverman supreme court lectures. leon was wonderful. he was the president of the supreme court historical society. i think in 1991 until 2002. he was a fascinating man. he used to say, these events people don't want to talk to me. they want to talk to the justices. if you knew leon, i think there is doubt about that. he said despite my wit and charm, th

this is going to be a session -- >> do you think it's okay for ads to use the n word or the ku klux klan taking out an ad? >> yeah and i think there are certain things that you've got to protect against but -- >> so these pam geller ads that was her exhibit in texas as well, you don't think that crosses the line into really inflammatory hateful against identifiable groups, that doesn't fall into that category of using the n word or the ku klux klan? >> not in the same way culturally i don't think so. >> we showed some ad in the story let's see if we can bring that one up where it refers to savages, does that get your attention. here we are comparing palestinians as savages. you pick savages -- that's hate speech. >> that's not like yelling fire in a crowded theater, cause people to run out that's the analogy that's been drawn. you get something that's black and white up on the ceiling or the facade of buses or of trains, and it's with a million other ads. there aren't people having debates and fuming over it. somebody might see it, they might be offended and maybe they'll send a letter t

against identifiable groups, that doesn't fall into that category of using the n word or the ku klux klan? >> not in the same way culturally i don't think so. >> we showed some ad in the story let's see if we can bring that one up where it refers to savages, does that get your attention. here we are comparing palestinians as savages. you pick savages -- that's hate speech. >> that's not like yelling fire in a crowded theater, cause people to run out, that's the analogy that's been drawn. you get something that's black and white up on the ceiling or the facade of buses or of trains, and it's with a million other ads. there aren't people having debates and fuming over it. somebody might see it, they might be offended and maybe they'll send a letter to the mta protesting it. they'll raise money and put up an ad which some group did to counter it. to counteract what you don't like in free speech is more free speech. >> it's not worth the hassle for the million dollars that comes in every year? >> we wouldn't have to fight them in court. >> when they file a suit against the mta the mta has to

the ku klux klan organized in 1867 with nathan bedford forrest as its grand wizard. one thing that happens in tennessee because it goes through the process of reunion quite quickly is that there's really no federal force from the outside to protect the vote for african-americans. and so governor brownlow is in a position where he creates something called the state guard. but it's very clear that violence by whites mostly ex-confederates, who are absolutely opposed to the asked of african-american sufferage is going to permeate this entire period. so in 1867 when you have an opportunity for african-americans to vote for the first time in tennessee, you see violence at the polls. '68 maybe the worst year for election violence in the united states possibly american history. your going to see a clear linkage throughout the rest of the south between voting for african-americans and violent white counterrevolutionaries. let's come back around to this. what is the legacy of reconstruction? what were the successes? were there any? we talked about the failures. what's really

the short-lived period of southern black legislatures and how hate groups, such as the ku klux klan, used the 14 amendment to promote white supremacy full stop the series is part one of four on reconstruction hosted by the supreme court historical society for stop the is introduced by supreme court justice anthony kennedy. this is just under one hour. [applause] justice kennedy: thank you again for coming. my remarks will not trespass on those of our distinguished speaker. i want to make two different points, one to introduce professor michael ross, but to first note that we should all feel privileged to be here today because -- this evening -- this is the first in a series of lectures that have been renamed. these are now called the leon silverman supreme court lectures. leon was simply wonderful. he was the president of the supreme court historical society. in the early i think in 1991 1990's, until 2002. he was a fascinating man. he used to say, well, at these events, people don't want to talk to me. they want to talk to the justices. if you knew leon, i think there is considerabl

to fitting them on to missiles the military may decline by state- run news early this morning the klanight mean not for u.s. security happen today lawmakers in washington are moving fast on a bill that would get rid of labels on packages of meat as a break came from an accord to combat it introduced the measures organization said the u.s. labels could act to put canadian and mexican live stock at a disadvantage take a look at this video not a u.s. army it being held here after he pulled a loss calen couple from his burning car and was all caught on camera the accident happened on our road in north carolina this past sunday the driver the called the accident cost center line collide with a car that was driven by elderly couple that is one on the capt. steves who live nearby jump to action. >>: at to the to safety >>james: he was doing his job nothing special elderly couple in the driver of the other vehicle did suffer serious injuries in that accident but none of them are life- threatening. >>james: wal-mart has of the plans for the country's military veterans the retail giant said it p

a topeka newspaper editor advocated for the eradication of the ku klux klan in kansas. hosted by our communications cable partners c-span's cities tour staff recently visited many sites show kidding this -- showcasing the city's history. lauren more -- learn more all weekend. >> the state historical society are to collect kansas documents. this is the repository for kansas history. today, we are in the archives and we will look at territorial maps, some documents written by john brown senior. we will look at some of the territorial manuscripts of the constitution, and a variety of items and written documents related to territorial kansas. the territorial time and kansas bn in 1854. it ran for almost seven years. kansas was attended to become a state. this became known as bleeding kansas, very controversial. not only in the territory of kansas, but nationally. the country was focused on what was going on out here. kansas got the nickname bleeding kansas because of the struggle over whether kansas would enter the union as a free state or a slave state. we will look at a m

newspaper editor william allen white advocated for the eradication of the ku klux klan and early 1900s. hosted by our cox communications cable partner, c-span's city tours recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about the call weekend here on american is -- about topeka a weekend here on american history tv. >> i came to know charles curtis after i moved to topeka. i am resident historian of the cemetery where he is buried. i came to him no -- i came to know more of history. the more i found out, the more fascinating or realized he was. he is reduced to a trivia question. the only vice president of native american lineage or interest rate -- or ancestry. he deserves more than that. i have done some curtis research in the last 20 years. it has got more serious. his journey has become more remarkable to me in the last couple of years. i realize exactly what he did. he is born on north topeka, 1860. he's born during the territorial period. he is caw french, and white dissent. his father is a white man oren curtis. his ancestors are passengers on the mayflower

now going to be able to enforce the law without the data the budget analyst came to the same ku klux klan conclusion i think that is correct i disagree with the new position i have yet to understand how they're to enforce the law without the data and thirldz to have the planning department i want to be clear we are going to protect the confident of the information as a taxpayer i pay my taxes and small businesses pay taxes to the government provide confidential information and the city protects the confidentiality of that information that will be afforded to the protection through this process and the fourth thing amend the definition the parties so we provide stability to protect their interests and the final couple of points allowing the interested parties to take mrarmdz to court where an application in a building in short-term rentals to 60 days i'll say and end with this i think that what we do or not do in this committee and substantially at the board of supervisors will be a very important point in terms of how this board of supervisors and how the city government is seen by san fr

the short-lived period of southern black legislatures and how hate groups, such as the ku klux klan, used the 14 amendment

reactionary violence by paramilitary groups like the knights of the white camelia and the ku klux klan. and the white leaks, precious -- presage what what might happen on a massive scale and federal soldiers went on. one of the military patrolling the american south as an army of occupation for very long. in the end, congressional republicans placed their confidence for what they believed was the transformative powers of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. northern republicans hoped that with the right to vote african-americans would soon be able to protect themselves. to defend their own rights. without the aid of the federal army. they believed white politicians hoping to gain election would have to campaign for black votes and as a result, give the freed men and women a fair shake. and if somehow a reactionary white majority gained control of a southern state legislature african-americans could turn to the federal courts and the 14 amendment to overturn laws or practices that replicated the black codes. the republicans' confidence was tested because military reconstruction did not l

. >> would you have arrested every member of the cueku klux klan or just the people -- >> it may have not gotten that big. >> go ahead, scott. >> i would. >> charles? >> it's against the first amendment, i think. >> what should people accept if you put something like julie noted on social media, you'll at least be investigated or persecuted. everybody seems to be so scared that oh if somebody puts something like that up, we can't go after these people until they act on these intentions! come >> come on. >> ben, i've been watching your facial expressions on the side. what do you have to say about this? >> well i'm horrified that julie loves isis. i wouldn't have expected that of a liberal democrat. >> such a sweet girl. >> i'll see you later. i'm off to syria. >> we have to go with it. at a certain point, what we learned in law school is you have free speech to the point you endanger other people's lives. if they're saying we're going to kill people in the name of isis of course they should be watched. >> agreed. until that point, they can express their opinion. no matter how repulsive

. >> the klan became a name of terror to millions in the south. >> but one of the things i always noticedyou ask anyone about the kkk, the first image is a klansman hanging a backman, and i just thought it would be so interesting to see what would it be like if it was the klansman in the tree. the response i have gotten from this photo is this is the most powerful photo i have ever seen. i have been thanked for this picture more than any other picture i have ever taken. what was interesting of the men holding down the police officer is i did that probably nine, ten months ago, so i did it before the i can't breathe and a lot of these things that have recently been happening. and as they were happening i was like oh man this photo just keeps getting more and more powerful. if someone did that to a police officer, the uproar that that would cause would be cataclysmic. the martin luther king picture is these four women in a hair salon, and as they read this story, they realize their lives are about to change and the reactions you see are so interesting, because the women in the photograph ha

>> julius money don'try in the book the ku klux klan controlled part of cape can 1/2 rell and he probably -- cape canaveral and he probably knew that most part of his group were chanceman. he told this story that he would go up to each man and would try to shake his hand. he got to the last hand. he said, boy, that's no way to talk to a white man. and julius said, i looked at him and said, oh, excuse me great white bastard what should i call you? he laughed and those were the skills and improvization that these people had to deploy all the time at the drop of a happen. katty: steven, they did it every day and didn't necessarily join the protest outside because they were so focused on not failing in their own. >> they had these jobs. they went to work every day but the problems of the south, of the deep south, when they walked out the office door, when they walked off the gates of those federal facilities, they were in huntsville, they were in alabama, florida. they were still subjects to all of the race laws that existed, all of the persecution that existed. if someone threatened to call

when it got from south heading east the sec alleged that the video of the cleanup and sister texas klan police a lives not only in texas but oklahoma and mexico as well the search continues this morning to try and find more people who are missing 11 before an accounting for ride now and hays county texas it of them who were in a vacation home that was what the way the whole house of the way by the federal water on sunday >>: 7 tear fines >>darya: the governor declared a disaster emergency stand in this 40 texas counties this is getting worse and worse. >>james: this is the wide view the resume and and show you what they're dealing with now in texas look at the heavy band of severe weather keeps pushing through portions of houston and the eastern corner of texas but now pushing into louisiana as well that as long they expect the high waters to be making things awfully difficult from the portion of the state where watching very carefully this to be something that lets not just through the day today but tomorrow between now and then more nasty storm the weather on tap for the part of the c

. >> i made the point earlier, it would be like going into a black church dressed like a klan member. this was a private event. it's not face-to-face. i'm not in your face. >> i happen to agree with all of you on the free speech point because it protects me as a journalist. >> we'll leave it right there. ahead on "the five." a major deflategate development. the investigation is in. did the new england patriots intentionally deflate the games before the champion game? this allergy season, will you be a sound sleeper, or a mouth breather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicines alone. so you can breathe and sleep. shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. >>> former president clinton says people should listen to his wife hillary because she's so honest. >> only 20% believe that she is honest. that's the kind of number that you don't get elected president. >> she could still win, though, according to ron fournier. >> her favorability numbers could keep going down and she could still win president because republicans may

matt searches for original ku klux klan. joanne likes to search for nazi silverware. i don't know if that's racist. she could just be a collector. there is no way to know. >> i host dinner party. dinner parties. to that point andy so cleverly made what racial slurs do you typically search for on-line and please be specific. >> i can never spell them correctly so google can't judge me. you know, i think a lot of this is rap music is very popular in the northeast. >> there you go. >> i search lyrics all the time to post on social media. >> remember the area is the appalachian mountains leading into the south. >> what else do you do in the mountains but to listen to rap? >> down in the hollers of west virginia they are listening to rap music? >> racism is more prevalent to older people. mill 11 y'alls are more open and experienced the inclusion. old people don't like the internet. old people don't say i will go and google that. like andy said this is not a good way to determine by searching who in fact is racist. >> andy, i'll get to you in a second, of course, but think

i would observe i would observe that the ku klux klan claims that they are christian although they hate jews and blacks. i wonder if you could give me more than a one-word answer if i were i were to ask if there was a newspaper headline that says christians whence negro. would that be a fair headline? thank you much by. >> caller: not sure where your going to mobile you are attempting to say is we ought not to be quick to judge islam by the extremist actions of illness or front for a big daddy. i agree with that. president lcc was the leading university in cairo the seat of islamic burning in the world give a lecture on january 1. you will be able to find where he instructed the scholars of islam that the problem wasn't islam. needed to be confronted reformed. they. that for me to say that. leading islamic scholars. it is a problem. a lot of people in isis. returned isis fighter. we have had that happen in london commend the united states, in france. we france. we have to be serious about the fact that there are a lot, thousands, tens of thousands of radical islamists who are not repres

. >> by the way, that pushed the klan you're making a very tough charge here against the president. you're comparing that to woodrow wilson? >> absolutely. it's the same phenomena. you have a certain degree of racial tension. the racial tension existed back then. and instead of being the calming voice, that brings people together you divide people. and you stoke the fire. and you stoke the racism. the only difference is the same democratic progressivism of divide and conquer. the only difference is the victimizer and the victim have switched sides. >> stacy, you tweeted out back in 2012, your support for mitt romney. sadly, i read some of the ugliest comments i have ever read in my life. you write about it in your book. you were a victim of racism for being black and conservative. explain. >> i think first of all it's good that i started a dialogue. but this is just an example of this white house plantation mentality. this narrative that they are trying to push upon the, you know the disenfranchised. the uneducated. they want to keep them there, throw money at the problem, and think

pinkerton thugs, pinkerton, not to mention the terror visited upon african-americans not only through the klan but the red shirts and on and on. that is also part of the dna. and a frightening part which means the backlash could be a frightening rate -- right-wing backlash where people call up for authority or hyper masculine authority but that notion of hyper masculinity is very insightful reseal it with the military and the united states with the celebration of military virtues. the hierarchy and there is a religion at this point built around the military that is very scary. >> we have time for one more question. >> i have been reading your column for a few years and i want to recommend to everyone i thought it was the most precise distillation of years' worth of your thinking. the tennis match began in the block after your column of people crying out lung both sides for you have to vote in the next election. local or national. you're not voting is the protest. can you comment? >> if voting was the effective date would be illegal. [laughter] i will vote as a protest i supported nader through

president andrew johnson and the republican-dominated congress on how hate groups such as the ku klux klan used the 14th amendment to promote white supremacy. the speech is one in a series of four on reconstruction hosted by the supreme court historical society. it was in the supreme court chamber, and he is introduced by supreme court justice anthony kennedy. this is just under an hour. [applause]

and after slavery came, segregation, klan, downtown. guess what the police was regarded after that?laws. and then came the aftermath of world war ii when black men came hopeful after risking their lives only to on be told they were [ bleep ] again. and then came the so-called civil rights era. where, as quickly as we gained the civil rights act of 1964 and 1965, there was a counterrevolution. his name was richard nixon. and he increased the number of police in the black community five fold. and it got worse. there was a guy named ronald reagan who increased the sentences meted out the black people four fold. then there was a guy named bill clinton. and he said nobody would be tougher on crime than him. and then finally we got this failed war on drugs, which increases dramatically the number of interactions between black men and the police. has there been an increase in police brutality? yeah. >> joining us now for the interview is william h. "billy" murphy. the gray family attorney. mr. murphy, thank you very much for your time. it's nice to have you here tonight. >> it's an honor t

>> what he's saying is frankly no different than a klan member saying i want to push out the truth about it's hate. and this protest not about freedom of expression. it's going to be hundreds of protesters with guns. the goal is to intimidate the muslim community, to tell them you don't belong here. you don't have the same rights as us because of your religion. just like the past in our religion where people have tried to deprive people of their rights because of their race or ethnicity. to me it's pure hate. the man is not only an atheist, he's an anti-theist. he especially has a problem with islam. >> the other thing i took notice was when he was asked a question, he wroeproped in his military experience saying he's a marine. to my knowledge, the united states marines have not taken a position on the faith of islam. i think that needs to be pointed out. you spoke with the leader of the mosque where this event is planned. how are they taking this and what's their plan for tonight? >> i spoke to who you just saw on the video. their goal is to avoid any confrontation. he didn't get the pr

as the myth goes, there was the heroic efforts of the ku klux klan and they rose up redeeming -- rose up, redeeming their state and transforming white civilization. this was made popular by movies and books such as "worth of a nation and it gave a sheen of respectability for jim crow. as historian jg -- james goodman observed, this is through decades of lynching and disfranchisement and-heightened prejudiced -- disfranchisement and heightened prejudiced. this afternoon, our panel of experts will tackle the problem of reconstruction, it's myths its realities, its successes its failures, and how it came to shape and distort our understanding of the civil war. so gentlemen, thank you for being here and welcome. it's a jump right into it. what is cute -- what was reconstruction. -- one was reconstruction? -- what was reconstruction? tracy? dr. mckenzie the term -- dr. mckenzie: the term itself is more ambiguous than we typically use it, we are typically topping -- talking about what the federal government role was through the long-term consequences of the war. i like to tell my students t

as the myth goes, the white south, through the heroic efforts of the ku klux klan and other paramilitary groups rose up, redeeming their state and saving white civilization. this so-called dunning school of interpretation was made popular by movies and books such as "birth of a nation" and it gave a sheen of respectability for jim crow. as historian james goodman observed, this is through decades of lynching segregation, disenfranchisement, debt. -- debt peonage,-presidents made -- heightened prejudiced. this afternoon, our panel of experts will tackle the problem of reconstruction, its myths its realities, its successes its failures, and how it came to shape and distort our understanding of the civil war. so gentlemen, thank you for being here and welcome. let's jump right into it. what was reconstruction? why was it and post? what were the goals of reconstruction? this thing that we are talking about today. tracy? dr. mckenzie: i would be happy to. i like to tell my students that reconstruction is the title of chapter 16 in every survey text of american history. [laughter] the term its

he would, eventually, run the ku klux klan out of the county.arah polk, i have heard somehow kept him from going to the union prison camps when any other confederate prisoner would have been sent to union prison camps. i heard that she was afforded power because the union's people respected her so much. ms. swain: thank you. i am going to jump in. our time is short. we will get to your question. this civil does, and sarah polk is a widow. what happens to sarah polk especially during the civil war? ms. hunt: she becomes a widow. she war widows weeds for the next 42 years. the house they purchased for their retirement became a shrine to her husband. she became very reclusive. she received people. it during the war, she did not take sides. the mayor came to her and said, the union is coming into the city, what should i tell the general? she said you may tell him that i am at home. he came to call. the confederates and the union troops respected her. she did not take sides. she was completely neutral and she isolated herself in that. period prior to

the riots in memphis and new orleans, saw the ku klux klan rise up, he said, that is not the spirit ofpomattox, that'snge. the spirit of revenge. that's a spirit of retaliation. it's a spirit to the contrary of what we agreed upon.urned lee, for his part, burned with had resentment that even though he had surrendered in good faith bringing the war and its purposes to an end, grant and the north continued to press for more and more in the five years ed after appomattox. lee was appalled when grant was elected president of the united unite states.d he wrote a cousin, our boasted ernment self government is fast becoming the jeer and laughing stock of the the world. ve that's not very long after these days, but those are years that were filled with a profound reimagining of what this country might mean. what would it mean not only if slavery were gone, and not only if the north and south were unified and what it would mean violatio if they had the chance to be full americans.have so from lee's perspective, hings to reconstruction was a violation of the bargain struck here. a bargain that w

conclusion that the negroes great stumbling block in their stride toward freedom is not the ku klux klan but the white moderate who is more devoted to order the justice. today i will modify the white moderate to include black moderates. reached a place of power and privilege that makes us more inclined to reach for order them for justice. this is why in our work we must 1st be an intern revolution. a revolution of our values arts, minds, and so. indeed on our watch the prison industrial complex has quintupled. indeed on our watch we have seen the expansion of the criminalization people of color taking a many manifestations including the internalizing of that even in our own communities and the concrete housing of that in the public. these conditions have reached a tragic concern level, and i believe as people of faith we are not just fighting for the future of our country. they are fighting for the soul of our nation. determined to bring a moral imperative and prophetic declaration of these conversations. we have listened the thousands of voices. we have attempted to help facilitate the

do you feel a sense of vindication when you see this depiction of a klan member being lynched?ry entitled historical fiction, artist tyler shields explores what our country would look like if the bodies in all-too familiar scenes swap places. he's no stranger to controversy. he previously angered animal rights activists by setting fire to a crocodile bag. he joins me from los angeles. how are you doing? >> doing good. >> thanks for joining us and thanks for this incredible project. why now and why this project? what made you decide to take on the issue of race so explicitly? >> it's something i grew up with. i grew up in the south. when i was a kid, i actually saw, you know the kkk have a rally. and i remember -- i didn't know what it was. i was so young, i was probably 5 or 6. i thought they were just dressed up as clowns honestly. i was just a child. i didn't know the difference. as you grow up in that you kind of realize that there's a lot of people who are extremely racist. this is something that happens all the time. and i think it was from my childhood that i thought why.

why should we care about what one individual living basically in georgia where the ku klux klan was refounded? >> poor nancy. bless her heart. she's really not worth our time. she represents more than anything severe incompetence right? >> let me say we don't know. maybe, maybe not. >> incompetence because let's back up the tape a bit. the principal of a school forget s to let the valedictorian speak. >> right. >> i'm optimistic in general. we don't need a poll to tell us race relations are bad in the country. they have always been bad. the optimism for me comes partially from the case that my grandmother's grandfather was born a slave in texas and i'm here with you. the arc is long and it bends because of the efforts of people willing to put their lives on the line. the problems with a person like nancy is it shows the myth of the idea that our kids can't be educated unless they have integrated schools and tokes like nancy giving them opportunities but they are not. how do we bend the arc of justice for young black people? it has to be in a case where a school like mine there are more s.a.t.

he constantly goes on the floor to attack the ku klux klan and racism. one more issue to mention because it is important, is his commitment to civil service reform. at the time if you wanted a federal job you basically bribed someone to give you one. to the victor belonged the spoils. whoever won elections would appoint their friends and expect them to make contributions are yes to whoever gets them the job. garfield felt that it was time to have most federal jobs based upon merit, not on who you know or what you can buy. so, he is one of the leaders of trying to get civil service reform, which becomes important, this is why he was killed. the main black mark against garfield when he was in the house is he got caught up in one of the largest scandals of the time. the ab scam of its time, known as the credit mobile scandal. essentially stock in construction company there and the union pacific railroad, they were building the transcontinental railroad, members of congress want it there were some unscrupulous dealings. he had 10 shares and it was sold befor

conclusion that the negroes great stumbling block in their stride toward freedom is not the ku klux klanbut the white moderate who is more devoted to order the justice. -- to order than to justice. today, i will modify the white moderate to include black moderates. reached a place of power and privilege that makes us more inclined to reach for order them for justice. this is why in our work we believe that every revolution must 1st be an intern al revolution. a revolution of our values arts, minds, and so. indeed on -- our hearts, minds, and souls in indeed, on our watch the prison industrial complex has quintupled. indeed on our watch we have seen the expansion of the criminalization people of color taking a many manifestations including the internalizing of that even in our own communities and the concrete housing of that -- and they concretize a that in the general public. these conditions have reached a tragic concern level, and i believe as people of faith we are not just fighting for the future of our country. we are fighting for the soul of our nation. so in this spirit, we are de