i am a teacher at martin luther king. i just questioned the selection process for administrators at our school. this is our fifth set as administrators. in the last five years i've been there. are you as a board being duped by associate superintendent to withhold information on administrators that are being assigned to martin luther king? you know because it was reported at the last board meeting that you are not provided all the information necessary to make an informed decision whether or not to re- elect an assigned administrator to martin luther king. run with the king is a public school. public schools require community participation. instead, we have an exclusionary regime. like all regimes, this is not encouraged -- and dissent is not encouraged. there is retaliation for independent thinking and support of our students and parents. please return the community, the school, mar and live the king to the community. thank you. >> i am here today because my daughter was a jump that mlked y several students. students who

i am the dean at martin luther king middle school. i am going to quote from this, from a restorative practitioners workshop, "schools are made up of relationships, interactions among people." we do not have this with our current administrative staffs. most of our students do not even know who the principle is, let alone her name and the same goes for the vice principal. [applause] >> my name is dr. karen green. i am a counselor at mlk. i am speaking on behalf of the counseling department. the goal of the counseling department is to help children make the school better and give the children positive experiences. we are trying to improve the quality of life. the counseling department is made up of dedicated educational professionals with many years of experience. i have 15. all members of the counseling department at -- spend far more hours of school than the contract calls for. we do the best job possible no matter how long or how much effort is required. we go above and beyond the call of duty. we work in the best interest of the chil

martin luther king jr. preached during the civil rights movement. this church is hollowed ground. welcome to a special edition of "politics nation." i'm al sharpton. and we're honored to broadcast from this church. dr. king became pastor here in 1954. from this church, he led the montgomery bus boycott, reshaping the course of history and igniting a movement that changed the world. today, after 54 miles of marching, we reached montgomery. many of us spoke at a rally on the steps of the state capital. the same steps where king stood 47 years ago at the end of his epic march from selma to montgomery. fighting for voting rights and immigrant rights. tonight, we'll have an exclusive interview with dr. king's oldest son about his father's legacy. and the fight to protect the gains of the civil rights movement. we'll also be talking politics. new job numbers. president obama is moving the economy in the right direction, even though republicans can't admit it. >>> plus, southern fried willard. romney suddenly disc

i want to address the issues at martin luther king. i have lost my auntie and i went up to the school because one of the substitutes called me there to come talk to him. he was going through some problems about my aunt passing away. i went to the school and i -- the principal shut the gate in my face and i felt that was very rude. we need to get rid of the administrators and the vice principal because i had the board to the unified school district, i still have not heard any answers about the teacher snatching my child and the bottom line is, we need more support in martin is a king. we have great teachers there but the administrators need to go because they're making people angry. they're not doing their job. the thing is, the kids are running around outside of the classrooms and they're not under control. we need more support. >> thank you. >> we are students, parents, and educators of dr. martin luther king. we ask you to return the dream to our school. not incidents such as these. february 24, administrator threatens to discipline

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. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is the cornerstone we all know. it is not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: welcome back. i want to pick up where we left off last night. we raised the name of president bill clinton who is our ambassador, asked by president obama, to lead the effort for haiti. what is the top line of what president clinton was able to do in terms of fund-raising? and has that money trickled down to the haitian people? >> president clinton is without a doubt the most significant foreign aid in haiti. i think that i can say very simply that it is a difficult process to find proper capacity where the money should go. donors are wary of the investments they make. and people critical of president clinton -- what they have to understand is that most of the billions of dollars that was raised, that they complained has not yet been spent, would not have been in the distance

king asked in montgomery, alabama. >> do you hear more about martin luther king at school or malcolmg. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> he seems interested in getting the youth involved and having the children learn about their history. >> this educator is dedicated to helping young people realize the value of preserving their own history. >> will we one day say the rap of lil wayne in the schomburg. >> i think it's a good idea, actually. i think all these questions about who is black, what is black, whether i fit in the world, so i have to bring those questions front and center into the life of this institution. >> for kalil mohammed the schomburg center is about the past and the future. >> we live in a time where some of the same problems of racial inequality, of racial disparity are still very much a part of the equation and history can help to navigate some of what happened in the past to give people a deeper sense that they're not dealing with these problems for the first time. >> we'll be right back. ♪ [ gasps ♪ [ laughs ♪ [ female announcer mcdonald's happy meal has really blossomed, with

martin luther king said, we it patriot for equal opportunity education to be realized. this is the civil rights challenge of thissen racial. -- of this issue. it's a daily fight for social justice and together it is a fight we will win. thank you so much. [ applause ] now i'd like to bring out the real stars of the show who you doing the hard work. carole smith, as i talked about, is the superintendent of the portland public schools. then we have a fantastic turn around school here in d.c., luke moore high school, which is an alternative high school with a charismatic and hard driving principal. we have rose smith, a teacher there and daquan smith, a senior there. f i could ask them to come ou real start of the show, high school senior daquan burley. i could not have done this in high school. you're way ahead of me. you're a senior now. i'd love to hear what the school was like in the first couple of years before the turn around and what the environment and what the culture is like now. >> well, the first couple of years, me being so young, when i came i was 14 years ol

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let me conclude with the words of martin luther king himself. "and if america is to be a great nation, this must become true." thank you very much. >> pastor fu, thank you very much. and without objection, your request to include the statement by michael horowitz from the hudson institute will be made a part of the record. and like you, i do greatly admire his work as well on behalf of human rights, and today's action is just another discernible manifestation of that deep concern for fundamental human rights in china and everywhere else. so, thank you for your testimony. just to begin the questioning, let mek ms. he, geng he, if i could. you point out in the testimony that gao zhisheng once said that you cannot be a human rights lawyer in china without becoming a rights case yourself. and i would say this as well as to ms. li as well. when we express dissatisfaction with a policy or with our government, we may get an editorial that's damning, we may get, as politicians, we may come under some kind of press scrutiny that we might not welcome, but

martin luther king." and we're going to pretty much have a lot of subtle messages saying, "well, what if this happened to america? and this is how we feel." and i happened to be in hamburg, germany, when all of it was going down. and like i said, it was like--it was a highlight of my career, being that we played in arizona with u2 in sun devil stadium, no pun intended. you know, everybody was expecting the big p.e. show to open up for u2. and we played that song and then got off the stage. and by the next year, they voted in a dr. martin luther king holiday. my whole thing was saying that you can spur and you can trigger minds into not being so much asleep by using art, using song, to make them think progressively against what's wrong or what's ignored. oftentimes, when we're not heard or seen while we're in pain, you know, it's business as usual in america. and my whole thing is to say, "well, sometimes it can't be business as usual, because slavery was business as usual." and if you have the discussion

>> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where soon walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your thank you. tavis: sinead o'connor has been one of the most high-profile artists for years now. a number of acclaimed albums. goad her latest cd is called "how about i be me (and you be you)?" i love the title. here is the video for the song "the wolf is getting married." ♪ >> ♪ some people are in disguise ♪ i will never cry a ggain ♪ makes me smile ♪ makes me laugh ♪ tavis: often difficult to get unanimity amongst critics, but i think pretty much everyone i have read writing about your new project things this may be your most romantic cd to date. was that intentional? five have intentional in that i think it is the subconscious -- >> half in that the subconscious as the right in. it was the first time i ever wrote romantic songs. tavis: most orders will tell you when they write songs -- most artists will tell you when they wr

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day trucks making a difference every day -- >> making a difference every day. pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [applause] >> this conversation would not be possible were it not for the generous support of the american federation of teachers. [applause] i can jump right to this because the link between a lack of quality education and poverty is so well established but is one thing we do not have to debate. even republicans agree there is a lamink. the question is what is a link between poverty and a child ability to learn. >> let me start by saying thank you because we do not ever talk about poverty and not, and the fact you're making this a priority so we shine the light so nobody says it can be ignored, thank you very much. i find it morally reprehensible the debate is a false choice. the moment you utter the word poverty as a schoolteacher, you immediately ge

martin luther king, jr. as a public figure, shifting on to the 1960s with a greater involvement of youth activists and a coordinating committee and there was the swag of the civil rights movement and in the last two decades, historians have begun to look at the civil rights movement. over a longer period of tinme, really beginning and i would argue looking at the first attempt to fight for civil rights of citizenship among african-americans during the time of reconstruction and emancipation in 1865. but really looking at that period fighting a legal battle and maryland is an interesting place to do that. when you think of the civil rights movement and i ask my question this all the time, what images do you think of when you hear civil rights movement? >> it interactive part? >> it is. marches. >> radicalism. >> radicalism. pirk kets, lynching. so those things don't just all of a sudden occur in 1940 and end abruptly in 1968 when we come to the period of black to you power. and so historians have termed the n

martin luther king. what i will do is we have been here before. i am wondering, are you here, do you know each other? are you going to be on the same issue? i will call your name. you will have to make your decision. i will give you a total of 13 minutes for your group to speak. it is one metopes but -- one minute apace because there is quite a few of view. i will call your name. make sure that you are going to cover all the issues you want to cover. the first person. [reading names] will give you a second to hull and find out how we will do this. you have 15 minutes total. it is less than a minute each. is that the total group? go ahead antiguan minutes apiece. come on up. press the button. >> good evening. i am here to support the school of martin luther king. my son is going over there. i have a lot of nieces and nephews that are going over there. i am here. the teachers and a counselor and security are there. they're doing a good job. it is very good. their work very hard and my problem, we need a good principle over there. she's supposed to t

i was inspired by martin luther king, jr. like many other people. the most amazing and brilliant guy. i remember one night -- this will in part answer your question. every city has its own -- they said martin luther king is going to give a speech in a couple of minutes. whenever i knew that martin luther king was going to speak, i'm a young guy, would literally go get a pad and a pencil because i just thought he was so brilliant. in this one speech martin luther king said, and i quote, the most revolutionary act that our people can engage in is to assert the full measure of their citizenship. and i wrote that down. the most revolutionary thing we can do is to assert the full measure of our citizenship. i went to the dictionary because i wanted to understand that. revolutionary means significant change to assert means to step forward boldly. ed? ship brings your rights and prerogatives and duties as a person. so when i put all that together, what martin luther king was saying was if you seek significant change, then step forward boldly and assert you

>> well, i think martin luther -- i -- well, at that time, i thought the mark -- the martin luther -- martin luther king was too much of a compromiser. i was willing to go in to confront people, to demand things. and my career in the army was a -- was a part of that vision of confronting racial discrimination. >> how tall are you? >> six feet five. >> and you were that -- were you that height when you were in the army? >> oh yes. i was. i was not as heavy. i was in better condition. i was about 185 when i was in the army. >> how did you get into the army? >> i was -- i was getting ready to say -- i was drafted. i'd much rather say my labor services were confiscated. >> when? >> in 1959. i was -- matter of fact, i was driving a taxi cab in philadelphia and i was making about $300 or $400 a month driving a cab and i got -- i essentially got this letter saying well gee, you're going to stop making $300 or $400 a month. you're going to begin to make $68 a month. and so, normally people don't switch voluntarily in that direction. so, my labor services were being confiscated. >> what was th

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is a place to gather with your community to make everyday better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: a quick look ahead to what is coming up here this week. tomorrow i will be joined by singer-songwriter sinead o'connor. she is out with an acclaimed new cd, that maybe her most personal project to date. i will be joined by two of the leading heart experts for an in- depth conversation on ways we can improve our heart health. despite all of the improvements in medicine, heart disease remains the no. 1 cause of death across america. we will have a conversation on a supreme court review on a major vote -- a major affirmative action case. those who support affirmative action are worried that the conservative supreme court this will reverse this and other decisions on affirmative action. jay roach will join us on the "game change" the movie. i will be joined by joe scarborough ahead of super tuesday. michigan is holding it as significant.

martin luther king talked about economic structure.he said there are 40 million poor people and the country, and you have to ask what kind of country creates 40 million poor people. you have to ask about the structure of our economy. we are only second to sweden in inequality of income distribution, and nobody wants to talk about -- if you talk to other people, they will say, this is class warfare where you begin to talk about the differences between who earns one or they need to work harder. there is no one harder working than an undocumented worker cleaning somebody's house and getting paid under the table. [applause] tavis: since you raise these prepaid cards, you have a card called the approved card and that is different from anything else. i want you to respond and tell us about what makes this card different. >> there is a big business with people being poor. the more poor you are, the more you pay for insurance, the more you pay for everything, the more money they make of you, so i would not disagree about capitalism. there is a

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: tonight marks the first show from our new studio here in los angeles as we continue our first week of our ninth season. i cannot think of a better way to inaugurate this new set then with a conversation with sean penn, the oscar winner who is a tireless human rights advocate who has spent much of his time in the past two years on the situation in haiti appeared he is now an investor at large to haiti, given that distinction over the weekend by haiti's foreign minister. here now, a quick look at some of their wonderful humanitarian efforts. tavis: had been a year. happy to have you back -- happy new year. happy to have you back on this program. let me start by congratulating you on the weekend. i heard you guys raised a good amount of money for your work in haiti to be honest w

." >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> held happens in neighborhoods. learn more. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: in case you did not know, february is american heart month. almost all americans either experience heart disease or to the struggle of a friend or family member. it remains the leading cause of death in this country, believe it or not. i am pleased to have to be joined by two of the leading heart health experts in america, steven nissen and marc gillinov. they are authoress of "heart 411: the only guide to heart health you'll ever need." good to have you on the program. >> thank you. tavis: why is heart disease so rampant today? what are the risks some much greater now? >> we think it is a disease of modern society. people back 100 years, we did not drive our cars everywhere. we exercise. the eight natural foods that are high in fibe