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and stokely carmichael kwame ture.was born june 20191941 in trinidad, comes to the united states two weeks before his eleventh birthday in 1952, he moved to the mars park section of the bronx, he is -- his family is one of the only black families in that neighborhood. he is a precocious, very intelligent child, always identifying with underdogs, has a wide a ray of friends, interracial friends, accused a charismatic, becomes one of the only black students to kiss in to the bronx high school of science which is one of the best public high schools in new york city and he becomes one of the most popular if not the most popular students at bronx and what is extraordinary that stokely carmichael attends bronx science 1956-1960 and it is during some of the key years of the heroic period of the civil rights movement 1954-1965 and in high school he becomes an organizer. in high school he is going to be mentored by the key social democratic political activist, openly gay, one of the most brilliant minds of the civil rights move
and stokely carmichael kwame ture.was born june 20191941 in trinidad, comes to the united states two weeks before his eleventh birthday in 1952, he moved to the mars park section of the bronx, he is -- his family is one of the only black families in that neighborhood. he is a precocious, very intelligent child, always identifying with underdogs, has a wide a ray of friends, interracial friends, accused a charismatic, becomes one of the only black students to kiss in to the bronx high school of...
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perhaps others know him as kwame toure. >> they are two of his mentors.those two mentors really -- he becomes the embodiment of the pan-african revolution and becomes kwame toure. >> how did stokely or kwame, this brother, this individual view the notion of democracy in america? >> oh, gosh. he becomes a vibrant critic of american democracy. he fights for a vision of radical democracy where black sharele croppers are going to lead the country politically. by the time he's kwame he comes to reject the idea of american democracy and feels it was nothing more than hypocrisy. >> what to your mind -- and there is a long list. we could do a show on this. you could teach us seminars. i'm sure you do at tufts but what are the most misunderstood things all these years later about stokely carmichael? >> one, he wasn't an organizer, an activist. he was just an angry young man. the prophet of black rage. two, that he's somehow anti-white. stoengly has huge multi racial, interracial relationships. against institutional racism, never against white people. finally his c
perhaps others know him as kwame toure. >> they are two of his mentors.those two mentors really -- he becomes the embodiment of the pan-african revolution and becomes kwame toure. >> how did stokely or kwame, this brother, this individual view the notion of democracy in america? >> oh, gosh. he becomes a vibrant critic of american democracy. he fights for a vision of radical democracy where black sharele croppers are going to lead the country politically. by the time he's...
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kwame opam covers social media for the online magazine "the verge." >> the digital divide is such that having access to broadband internet is lesser in poorer
kwame opam covers social media for the online magazine "the verge." >> the digital divide is such that having access to broadband internet is lesser in poorer
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european court of human rights found it not to be a politically minded case although it was seen to be kwame not interdicted themselves by this wording by the hague which is designed it was very bizarre and makes it even more and more likely that there could be a possible mistrial and when you have different layers of european legislation one says one thing the other says the other who do you trust what's going on with the e.u. house because a friend i couldn't really get how serious could this get because if russia doesn't pay this fifty billion dollars what happens then because as it seizes you right richard which could happen yes but that sounds like a disaster what i think more than likely will be happening is they're going to try to make as much as there's information warfare going on they're going to try to make russia seem to be the new rogue state so to speak i mean as you see with the tragedy with m.h. seventeen in ukraine they're really trying to make russia seem to be a state sponsor of terrorism we're not saying it but it's all brought in for a look at all the tabloids we look at
european court of human rights found it not to be a politically minded case although it was seen to be kwame not interdicted themselves by this wording by the hague which is designed it was very bizarre and makes it even more and more likely that there could be a possible mistrial and when you have different layers of european legislation one says one thing the other says the other who do you trust what's going on with the e.u. house because a friend i couldn't really get how serious could this...
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kwame opam covers social media for the online magazine "the verge." >> the digital divide is such that having access to broadband internet is lesser in poorer communities, urban communities, that having access to a smartphone gives you a powerful chance to use the internet in a way other people might not. >> reporter: and smartphones are more social media driven? >> you're going to jump on them because it's what you're holding in your hand. >> reporter: that picture of police dogs was taken on may 3, 1963. of course, no one saw it until may 4 which the paper came out. it now takes just seconds for social media to rocket images around the globe, shaping people's sense of the story as shey go. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: major general harold greene was laid to rest today at arlington national cemetery. greene was shot to death last week by an afghan soldier at a military academy near kabul. he is the highest ranking u.s. army officer killed in a war zone since vietnam. greene's widow is a retired army colonel. his son is an army lieutenant. and we'll be right back. >> pel
kwame opam covers social media for the online magazine "the verge." >> the digital divide is such that having access to broadband internet is lesser in poorer communities, urban communities, that having access to a smartphone gives you a powerful chance to use the internet in a way other people might not. >> reporter: and smartphones are more social media driven? >> you're going to jump on them because it's what you're holding in your hand. >> reporter: that...
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just type in kwame ture and stokely carmichael and you will be able to watch that.gentlemen we are running out of time. mr. clyburn we have referenced ferguson a couple of times here in this conversation. what's going to happen when congress comes back with regard to the hearings, legislative action especially perhaps a lot of the talk was about the militarization of the police force. do you foresee any legislative action on behalf of congress? >> guest: oh yes i do especially regarding the militarization of the police forces. i think to have police officers decked out in camouflage, sit in the top of these mraps many of which are made in my district and i know why they are made. they are there for ieds, ieds that were really maiming people. they were made for the city streets. these things were made for war and for you to dress as if you are going to war for you to talk to people as if you had war with them. this is the kind of thing that is absolutely incredible. i think that congress is going to seek a response to that. the president really made it clear that he
just type in kwame ture and stokely carmichael and you will be able to watch that.gentlemen we are running out of time. mr. clyburn we have referenced ferguson a couple of times here in this conversation. what's going to happen when congress comes back with regard to the hearings, legislative action especially perhaps a lot of the talk was about the militarization of the police force. do you foresee any legislative action on behalf of congress? >> guest: oh yes i do especially regarding...