mary frances berry talk about that should be on the table? >> well, first of all, april, thank you for bring us together. don't know anybody that it admire more than mary frances berry. i just adore her. when i thought i would be on the panel with her, thought, hey. it's okay. it's all about mary frances berry. >> thank you for bringing us together and for the work you have done, not only to continue the series, but also to speak truth to power. i want to ask you a question. don't ant, but rhetorically, why didn't sean spicer just go someplace else? put his rags in a bag and go away? >> you told me not to answer so i'm just sitting here. >> even let him give blood. the other thing want to say with answer your question, congratulations. dr. ryan. >> thank you. [applause] >> honorary doctorate. pressured -- proud of you for that. i feel like bobby womack systems. if you think you're lonely now, wait until tonight. [laughter] >> i was an obama critic, and i was like, barack, come back, come back. but we were not -- we're not better off. barack ob

don't know anybody i admire more than mary frances berry. i don't. i just adore her. when i saw i was on the panel with her, thought, hey. i'm with you and all that but it's all about mary frances berry. >> thank you for bring us together and the work you have done, not only to continue the series but also to speak truth to power. i would ask you a question but don't answer. rhetorically, why don't sean spicer take his glad rags in a bag and go away. >> you told me not 0 -- not to answer. >> went to see the pope and wouldn't let him be blessed. >> congratulations. dr. ryan. morgan state conferred honorary doctorate. i'm proud of you for that and appreciate that. you know, feel like bobby womack sometimes. if you think you lonely now, wait until night, girl. [laughter] >> i was an obama critic, and i was like, barack, come back. but no, we are not better off. barack obama was a tremendous president. he was outstanding and amazing and also horribly constrained any number of ways and when you look at the economic status of african-american people it did not substantially

doctor mary frances berry, former head of the u.s. civil rights commission. she has a list of things she has done. she has been jailed for fighting against apartheid in south africa. the list goes on and on. awe o she is author of the book $5 and a pork chop sandwich and the corruption of democracy. she has a new book coming out. history teaches us to resist that. [applause] next to her we have ava who is an activist woman and the author of how exceptional j black women lead. let's give her a round of applause. [applause] next to her we have wesley, the national editor for the washington post and the author of they can't kill us all. let's give him a round of applause.ause. [applause] without further ado, we want to introduce the author of race america, obama and public policy. she is the author, she is an economist. thank you for being here with us. we are about to talk about activism. >> we have to get juliana applause. [applause] these two ladies right here, i remember being a young lady watching them march for us when we didn't have voices. they basically