i think i was inspired by michele alexander's booke." >> it is my pleasure to say, ms. colvin, without you we would not be where we are. [applause] thank you for sharing your story, and keep telling your story because we need to know, and our children need to know, and our children's children need to know your story. and we want to thank our sponsors today. we have the san francisco unified school district. we have marked as bookstores, who will be selling this -- ms. colvin's book, written about her, by philip house. we have sponsorship from the african diaspora, and the friends of the san francisco public library. i serve as part of the african- american interest committee that helped put this program together, and i want to thank all of you for coming, and i want to thank sfgtv for taking the program today. we want to thank the department here at san francisco public library, and we are having a reception in l58, and we want to thank read your catering for providing some delicious food for us to nibble on today, so will you please join us and say thank you again to m

michelle alexander calling it the new jim crow. between the 1960's and 1970's, the prison population across the country doubled. in the 1970's and 1980's, it tripled. in california, and build no new prisons between the 1960's and 1970's, the height of political action. between the 1970's and 1980's, they build more prisons in california alone and in the past 100 years. one thing that has happened is the warehousing of black folks in these facilities. if you think about what slavery is, the parallels, it is not just a metaphor when you talk about modern-day slavery. slavery denied black folks the ability to be mobile. you were trapped on one location, in a plantation. it broke up our families. it subjected us to daly wants and violence. anything can happen to you -- an example to you for somebody else. it exploded us for our free labor. all of those things happen in prison today. the u.s. has 5% of the world's population and over 25% of the world's prison population. that is a big part of the equation. i am not waiting for superman,

those of you who have read michele alexander's booke, it says that this needs to be a national conversation. part of the national conversation, i hope, is here. that is why we are going to turn it over to you, to engage in some conversation with our guests. >> i just want to say to the young people today, especially teenagers, boys and girls, some of whom might have been incarcerated, what advice would you give to them? >> first thing i would say -- believe in yourself. if you do not believe in yourself and have some kind of faith and try to work hard, and listen to your teachers and take advantage of all the resources that you have, learning resources. >> today is super bowl sunday. what can our black men in the nfl do to help us have some great people? that is the only place i get to see a positive role model is by watching sports. i think we have a lot of cultures we could really bring together, but we are not joining. >> great question. in 1968, when we saw the black system in the air, that did not happen in a vacuum. it happened in the context of a broader movement. i think we have to

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alexander barbie. michelle wong. josh phieffer and especially josh benner for putting this together. special thanks to our speakers and all of you for making this discussion possible. we'll look forward to continue to work with you and continue to events like this one within critical issues and health care and health reform in the weeks and months ahead. thank you very much and please enjoy your weekend [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> comments from former omb director peter orszag wrapped up that brookings institution discussion. if you missed any of them find them all online at the c-span video library. later tonight watch c-span's "booktv" online. webcasting live from busboys and poet's cafe with black tide. book about the 2010 deepwater horizon oil rig explosion. the author remembers the 11 men who were killed on the rig and millions of barrels of oil that spilled into the gulf of mexico. that is live "booktv" webcast starting at 6:30 p.m. eastern at booktv.org. >>> tonight on c-s

you may remember that alexander mcqueen made the red and black dress for michelle obama for the state committed suicide a year ago. he will be honored this coming monday at the metropolitan museum. and doesn't she look gorgeous? >> the reverend, dr. john hall, and the dean of westminster, welcoming her. we hear speakers, broadcasting the ceremony. and they will broadcast it all over this country. and big-screen televisions that will broadcast it, too. the country and as many as 1 billion people around the world will be watching. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ e 6 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the procession, "jerusalem," by peter tyler perry. and in case you missed it, we saw prince william say, beautiful. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ e ♪ ♪ ♪ >> dearly beloved, we are gathered here, in the sight of god, and in the face of this congregation, to join together this man and this woman, in holy matrimony, which is an honorable estate, instituted of god himself, signifying unto us, the mystical union that is betwixted christ and his church. which holier state christ adored and beautified with his presence. and first miracle, he wrote, in

alexander mcqueen. and this is the same designer that made the red dress that michelle obama wore at the state dinner forof honor, which is a tribute to the united states of america, to call her the maid of honor. we're happy to say it. and, of course, all of the little bridesmaids, who behaved astonishingly well. no carrying on. no throwing flowers randomly. none of that. here, they are pulling up to the church. and the dean of westminster said that the one thing he wanted to say to her when she walked up to that door because he knows what it is he wanted to say to her, we are all on your side. do not forget. we are all on your side. >> and the tiara, given to her, loaned to her today, by the queen, who received the tiara herself when she was 18 years old, by her own mother. now, you see the beautiful dress. very simple. not a huge train. very elegant. reminds me of the dress that grace kelly wore years ago. >> remarkable. and we had also talked more about the most treacherous part of the day is making sure you made it down the three-minute or four-minute walk down without a stumble. many of the princes