our bishop, james langston, would you come at this time, please? we're going to ask our bishop langston if he would provide for us today the invocation. please, sir. >> we recognize our lord and savior. rest on your feet in honor of who our maker is today, for this occasion for which we have gathered, and rest as we celebrate this invocation to kick off mary helen rogers june 2010 kickoff. we thank you for the time and space to celebrate this grand occasion. we've come a long way, but we recognize we yet have a long ways to go. we thank you for what you have done, and pray for your blessings on this occasion today ont hose who come forth. let their be joy and uplift as you take us far beyond even our expectations, for this is your doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes. we give you praise, glory, and honor. we thank you now. this is our prayer. amen, and amen. >> thank you so much, bishop. i am going to ask various -- perhaps one person in the audience who loves this song more than i do, i am going to ask if he would come in this time and meet us a

langston hughes started reading my column.es all the time, and this one says, "your column this week, like gospel music, jumps." signed langston. >> narrator: finally, the courier wouldn't be complete without the comics. >> bootsie was simply a cartoon of a great, big, heavy black man who was very funny and very wise and who represented in a very real sense the humor of black people. bootsie was contained in a cartoon different each week. it related to and was understood by every black person in the world. it was their world. it was inside. it was a portrayal of things that most people outside of our race are not aware of and not interested in. it became a household name. it was just one of the funniest cartoons in the world. >> narrator: the courier's cartoons had something for everyone. if you liked adventure, you could follow jive gray, ace reporter for a crusading african-american newspaper. bucky followed the more ordinary adventures of a youngster and his pals. a different kind of information could be found in sunny boy

those words of course come from langston hughes, a colleague of paul lawrence dunbar during the harlemns to a dream deferred? ask those for whom the american dream remains an elusive nightmare. what happens to a dream deferred? ask 40 million who still find themselves beneath the poverty level. i ask my man can give it to you like this. it's like a jungle. it's like a jungle. sometimes it makes me wonder how i keep from going under. ask those who find themselves in schools that are factories of failure that feed the prison pipeline so that we now have in this country what michelle alexander calls the new jim crow. what happens to a dream deferred? we are here to reclaim that dream. why? because we dare to believe with dr. king from 47 years ago who against the backdrop of a negative nightmare of jim crow aparta dared to declare we have a dream. so, yes, we are reclaiming the dream. why? because dreams still come true. they come true because 1963 led to the passage of civil rights legislation in 1964. dreams do come true because marching feet from sell ma to montgomery led to the passag

those words come from langston hughes, a colleague at dunbar. what happens to deferred?an elusive nightmare. asked 40 million who still find themselves beneath the poverty level. what happens to a dream deferred? i guess glen beck has to give it to you like this. it is like a jungle. it makes you wonder, how i keep from going under. sometimes it makes me wonder how i keep from going under. ask those who find themselves in schools better factories of failure, that feed the pipeline so that we now have in this country what is called the new jim crow. what happens to a dream deferred? we are year to reclaim that dream. why? because he dared to dream 47 years ago against the backdrop of a-nightmare of jim crow apartheid, there to declare we have a dream. yes, we are reclaiming the dream. why? because dreams still come true. 1963 led to the passage of civil rights legislation in 1964. dreams do come true. marching from selma to montgomery led to the passage of voting rights legislation. dreams do come true. because rosa parks sat, jesse ran, al sharpton at stud, obama online,

i often think of that quote by langston hughes who said a dream deferred for one is a dream deferred for all. we have to move the needle to ensure every kid is ready for college and working life. that is our challenge today, to have a new conversation about the future of education and to see how public opinion from both the public and students can help shape american education in the 21st century. he has challenged folks inside and outside the beltway to think differently about education, health care and jobs. jim? >> thank you. >> thank you, justin. i will make a couple of opening remarks here. he told me to keep the remarks appropriate. he said remember, you're not an expert in this field, and we don't want any of your usual recklessness. that is how he is helping me. he introduced me as chairman and c.e.o., and i notice you didn't clap. the image of c.e.o.'s is so low it is unbelievable. i can do this. officially as of today, i am eliminating the title of c.e.o. gallup has no c.e.o. it is just chairman. there it is. if anybody ever asks you who is the c.e.o. of gallup, your ands s

those words of course come from langston hughes, a colleague of paul lawrence dunbar during the harlemdeferred? ask 40 million who still find themselves beneath the poverty level. i ask my man can give it to you like this. it's like a jungle. it's like a jungle. sometimes it makes me wonder how i keep from going under. ask those who find themselves in schools that are factories of failure that feed the prison pipeline so that we now have in this country what michelle alexander calls the new jim crow. what happens to a dream deferred? we are here to reclaim that dream. why? because we dare to believe with dr. king from 47 years ago who against the backdrop of a negative nightmare of jim crow aparta dared to declare we have a dream. so, yes, we are reclaiming the dream. why? because dreams still come true. they come true because 1963 led to the passage of civil rights legislation in 1964. dreams do come true because marching feet from sell ma to montgomery led to the passage of voting rights legislation. dreams do come true because rossa parks sat, jesse ran,al sharpton stood, obama won,