i knew very little about george wallace but you can come from montgomery alabama not knowing something about george wallace. new here embodied everything that went into that library. my grandfather upon telling him in a very thoughtful measured way and my grandfather who i tried to capture in the memoir was a very edwardian type of individual. his sensibilities were just remarkable. his sense of decorum is something that inspires and informs the way i engage with people today and my grandfather not wanting to incite anger but always wanted to create a frame around every photograph of hope began to explain to me the complexities of history around george wallace and told me who he was and helped me to understand what had occurred and framed it in such a way that i could appreciate that in 1880 these individuals who had nothing but these dreams and hopes who created this place, their decisions were living through the challenges of american history before a nation of who we are as a people and a country and my grandfather wanted me to realize that much had changed. progress had been made.

i looked at the map and it was of montgomery alabama. she'd never been outside of montgomery alabama, let alone alabama, let alone the united states and it dawned on me by going to scotland to many of these people was like sending an astronaut to outer space and with me were going not only their hopes that their prayers and aspirations and dreams and imagining of the unknown and the ones that was before me and again i was reminded that to whom much is given, much is required. a washington, d.c. friend found himself at a conference and in the company of a very successful attorney from montgomery alabama. my friend attempted to play a game. do you know him from madison park, the attorney politely replied no, i don't know him and where is madison park. he heard me talk about him so much over the last decade everyone in alabama native of madison park. telling me the story he added he looked at me as if madison park didn't exist as if it were invisible to the. except for those that work in the government and public schools in montgomery or wh

i looked at the map of the map was of montgomery alabama. on b had never been outside of montgomery alabama. let alone the united states. it dawned on me, that my going to scotland was like sending an astronaut to outer space. with me were not only going their prayers, but their hopes and aspirations. their dreams of imagining the unknown in the world that was before me. yet again i was reminded that to whom much is giving, much is required. washington d.c. friend recently found himself in a conference in the company of a successful white attorney from montgomery, alabama. he attempted to play the game to know eric motley? he's from madison park. the attorney politely replied no i don't. where is madison park? my friend assumed after hearing me talk about madison park so much that everyone in alabama madison park. telling me the story he added that the guy looked at me as if madison park did not exist. as if it were invisible. i guess in many ways madison park does not exist on the radar of navigational systems or printed maps for those who

probably i approached the car to show her scotland and looked at the map and it was of montgomery alabama. and to be had never been outside of montgomery alabama let alone the united states so this was like sending an astronaut to outer space and with me were going that only their prayers but their hopes and aspirations in their dream imagining the unknown and then i was reminded to whom much is given, much is required. washington d.c. was at a conference and an attorney from recovery alabama and said no eric motley? he is from edison park the attorney replied no i don't know him and where is medicine park? my friend was taken about because he assumed after he heard me talk about it so much that everyone in alabama knew of medicine park. telling me the story he added he looked at me as if medicine park did not exist or as if it were invisible. i guess in many ways it does not show up on the system for those who work in the public schools are those who know the story of our community medicine park no doubt is invisible to them. invisible medicine park is the idea for me because those who h

we're going to montgomery alabama, to speak witith ben ean , vice president of black belt citizens fightingor health and justice and a resident of uniontown, alabama. in washington, d.c., we're joined by mustafa santiago ali, former head of the e environmenl justice program at the environmental protection agency. he resigned from the epa one year ago in protest of the trump administration's proposal to scale back severely the size and work of the agency. we welcome you both to democracy now! you.aton, let's begin with talk about what is happening in your community in uniontown. >> the things that are happening in my community and uniontown -- in uniontown, it is ridiculous when it comes to coal ash, when it comes to our rights to live in a well protected or unprotected equally place the for rejected equally place like everyone else. we have a number of problems from landfills, coal ash, sanitation, bad odors. it never stops. but this is some of the things, some of the things that are happening in uniontown. explain exactly what this plant is, how the community has been affected, how long yo

. >> growing up mere montgomery alabama willie may always had a passion for singing.ove to sing. ♪ i love to sing. ♪ i at the young age of 15 she won a sinkerrings could contest and eventually signed a record 2k50e8. but one day her life changed forever. when she was approached by some writers with a little song you may know. called hound dog. >> i need for it to be raunchier, you know, like something, if you could shimmy your breasts maybe, one or the other, preferably both at the same time. >> but she had her own style in mind. >> or, what if i did it this way. ♪ you ain't nothing but a hound dog. ♪ just be my door. ♪. >> dod damn. that is so beautiful. >> thank you, white man. >> willie main's soulful rendition of hound dog told the story of a good for nothing man who wants to be taken care of. it was like the great grandmother of no scrub. see a scrub is a guy who thinks he's sly. >> i know, i think everyone knows. >> in 1953 big mama thornton's hound dog reached number one if on the r&b charts but never crossed over to the pop charts because it was seen as a race

case, it was more the pressure of montgomery. alabama did not have the room to maneuver. when you study the entire north africa campaign, back and forth against the british, fuel was the definitive factor for the germans. tanks, theymber of had broken out and gotten further past the kasserine. how far can they really have gone? could that have been sustained? the same table for the next question? could you tell me the diff pass? of the kasserine how wide? barry: the opening of the road is significantly wide, a couple of kilometers. the road narrows down. i have never been there myself -- i haven't been there in 17 years. whereare certain points it's narrows down, and then winds up. it is hard to describe it as one finite past. >> in the very back? strategiculd ramos' objective has been in his attack, given that he is not going to go to the atlantic with montgomery coming on his rear? was it too disorganized the americans? -- to disorganize the americans? when you look at their propensity to continue to maneuver as much as possible, they probably could have gotten to the c

bush retraces his journey from the black neighborhood of madison park in montgomery alabama to the white house. we wrap up at 1045 with investigated reporter. he looks at how the pentagon's interest in surveillance led to the creation of the internet. that happens on book tv on c-span2. >> here's jorge on life as a latino immigrant. [applause]

arrives in montgomery, alabama, to join the assembly. by an angry mob of 3,000 southern whites. >> there's a risk they are going to burn the church down. and king calls the attorney general in washington and says i need your help. >> hundreds of lives are in danger. bobby realizes he has to act. >> the issue of civil rights, there's no middle ground. you're either for civil rights or you're against civil rights. >> the attorney general couldn't very well let all these people die. that would have been an immense tragedy. bobby knew whe had to protect them. it was really a question of doing the right thing, politics be damned. >> bobby sends in a federal force to protect the lives of martin luther king jr. and the lives of the freedom riders. >> this was what the civil rights movement meant to him. >> bobby kennedy has to be educated. he doesn't come to the civil rights struggle with anything much different than any other wealthy white man of privilege would. but after the freedom riders, bobby went from wanting to have nothing to do with

bush retraces his journey from the black neighborhood of madison park in montgomery alabama to the white house. we wrap up at 1045 with investigated reporter. he looks at how the pentagon's interest in surveillance led to the creation of the internet. that happens on book tv on c-span2. >> here's jorge on life as a latino immigrant. [applause] [inaudible] >> hello everyone. i'm jackie. i'm the officer here and it is great to welcome you here tonight. how many of you here for the first time tonight? nearly all of you. welcome. i'll give you a little history where you're sitting. the building opened in 1908 at the turn of the 20th century, this neighborhood was the heart of the jewish community with synagogues in three different locations. the jewish community began to form in d.c. in the 1850s. after functioning as a synagogue for 45 years, this building became home to an african methodist piscopo church for the next 50 years. when the church relocated up at the building of for sale, the highest bid was from someone who wanted to turn it into a nightclub. it would have made a great nightc

speaking to an audience in montgomery, alabama in 1957, martin luther king jr.,'s 89th birthday we celebrated last month -- whose 89th birthday we celebrated last month, said this. life's most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others? in my not so humble opinion, no american who ever lived answered that question more productively than frederick douglass. born into slavery a few miles from here on maryland's eastern frederick818, douglass became a fugitive from injustice in 1838, and lived in tohester, new york from 1847 1872. he became a lion of the women's suffrage movement, and was in 1848.t seneca falls at the international conference for women in 1888, douglass urged the men present to "get out of her way." [applause] and let the women lead suffragette movement. lion of thee anti-slavery crusade. slaverymalls, born into in a south carolina in 1839, was enamored with an influenced by frederick douglass. onlls escaped from slavery way13, 1862, and made his to washington dc. later that year, smalls accompanied and sat next to frederick douglass at a meeting with abrah

in montgomery, alabama, making it up to almost 60 by this afternoon. guys? >> all right.hank you. >>> the ncaa tournament off and running with the first four in dayton, ohio. >> andy scholes with more in the "bleacher report." andy? >> reporter: good morning. one more day to fill out those brackets. time to make your picks. meantime, there's two more slots in the field of 64 left after last night's first four tipped off in dayton. st. bonaventure earning their 11th seed beating ucla 65-58. their coach, mark schmidt, dedicating the win to the school's 1970 team that nearly won a national championship. radford, meanwhile, earning the right to play villanova in the first round after beating liu, brooklyn, in the other first-four game last night. the game wrapping up tonight. texas southern versus north carolina central and syracuse taking on arizona state. games can be seen on trutv starting at 6:40 eastern. fill out the brackets before the games tip off tomorrow morning. to play with us at cnn, go to cnn.com/brackets. >>> quarterback kirk cousins breaking the bank yesterday

. >>> several lawmakers are in montgomery, alabama, this weekend for the selma march.trip was a first event in memphis where martin luther king was assassinated. >> one described his time as witness to take that civil rights march. >> we finally made it to montgomery and the voting rights act was passed. >> i think it's really important that we remember why we are public servants and i think this kind of pilgrimage helps us to remember and to reflect. now it's time to recommit and e rededicate ourselves. >> they will re-enact that famous walk across the bridge today. >> this is a chinese communist tyrant who he is admiring. >> we have now our sitting president openly amusing about wanting to become a dictator. >> they are all beating us. china, japan. ra conda. all right? >> i wd

two march from selma alabama to montgomery. vernor ordered state troopers to use whatever means necessary to stop the march. armed with clubs and gas masks. some even on horseback charged the protesters on the bridge. the nation watched on tv. bloodied men and women and children gasping for air as they are fired canisters in a day that would become known as bloodied sunday. i think it's important that we remember. he led a prayer session at the bridge. 25,000 protesters marched to the capital. georgia representative john lewis let him finish. which galvanized lyndon johnson. the representative of lewis a lewis a civil rights icon was injured unlovely sunday. they never gave up never gave in. they outlawed discriminatory practices ensuring that all of them are guaranteed. the right to vote. those images are still so chilling today. it landed a california mayor at the center of the feud between the trump administration and sanctuary cities. why is that teachers strike in west virginia so going on. the answer when we come back. wit

woman who in march 1955 refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in montgome montgomery, alabamae vin. he protest nine months before rosa parks was arrested before the same offense that led to a lawsuit that found montgomery's seg ra baited bus system unconstituti unconstitutional. - anncr: thankfully, prevagen helps your brain and improves memory. - dad's got all the answers. - anncr: prevagen is now the number-one-selling brain health supplement in drug stores nationwide. - she outsmarts me every single time. - checkmate! you wanna play again? - anncr: prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >>> we've got new details in the investigation surrounding the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in britain. the two have been in critical condition since sunday. now british police say they may know more about the mysterious substance behind that attack. nbc's keir simmons joins me live from london. keir, what do we know? what's new this morning? >> the police are saying here, scotland yard, they may know more. they're not telling us very much. they have revealed that this

and in montgomery, alabama, a little girl asks am i next. >> they're calling this the largest youth ledrotest since the vietnam war era but these young activists are taking a stand in a country that is deeply divided over guns. >> we have team coverage. martha raddatz is standing by but we start with abc's david wright who was on the front lines in washington, d.c. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, adrienne and dan. the huge crowds have now moved on and the question is, can this powerful moment become a movement? that's now up to the lawmakers and the voters in the midterms. this is what democracy looks like. [ chanting ] >> i shouldn't go to school and expect to be shot. >> the legislators obviously aren't doing anything. >> reporter: pennsylvania avenue, packed from the doorstep of the u.s. capitol almost to the doorstep of the white house. [ chanting ] >> reporter: a generation that's lived their whole lives with the threat of mass shootings. >> i want to be able to come to school and not be afraid. >> reporter: making their voices heard. [ chanting ] >> we have been fi

right now is he standing next to a piece of wall, which is from caddell construction company in montgomery, alabamabuilt a second prototype. this design features a wide base that narrows toward the top. pulled out a minute ago. and this is a white house pool, you know, whenever the president goes, they take a pool and the networks rotate. so we don't have our own cameras there. we all share one camera and one producer. so that is sort of how it goes. and there are all these sections of wall. and if you are interested in them, what's the site again? this happens to be the orange county register, a newspaper down there, orange county, california, which has sections of the wall as they are laid out here where the president is. border fencing or border wall prototypes. and they are all sort of laid out there. the president said look, i'm going to go down there and take a look at them. look at them firsthand. big project, costs lots of money. i'm interested in it. here is the other thing if you are president of the united states and in to something, you want to sell it to the people. this is like my ide

was a little known minister and the leader of a bus boycott in montgomery, alabama, that started whenist rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. >> this is a nonviolent protest using the method of passive resistance. >> martin luther king was a man of huge thoughtfulness about the strategy that he had asked those who followed him to use. and that strategy was that in the face of violence, you have a moral high ground if you did not return violence with violence. >> negro passengers have been humiliated, intimidated. >> reporter: at first the young minister who went by the unassuming name of m.l. king was only covered by black journalists writing for black papers. >>n particar, "the birmingham world," a black newspaper and its editor ery jackson. he writes about long before anyone else that dr. king is invoking gandhian principles. he becomes referred to in the black press as the black moses. the white editors, they were just living in a different world. >> the majority press, the white press basically ignored african-americans and not just episodes of violence against t

alabama, hundreds of people remember bloody sunday in 1965. racial violence erupt weather voting rights protesters when they tried to cross the bridge from selma to montgomery county. >> reporter: march 7, 1965, 600 people crossed the bridge to march from selma alabama to montgomery. it was supposed to be a peaceful demonstration. the for the voting rights of african-americans. george wallace ordered straight troopers to stop the march, armed with clubs and gas masks, the white state troopers some even on horseback attacked the protests on the bridge, the nation watched as women and children grasped for air as police fired tear gas cannisters. of joanne bland was 11 years old when she participated in the march >> i thought the tear gas cannisters were gunshots. i thought they were killing the people down in front, because that's the first thing we heard. the gunshots then the screams. >> reporter: outrage by the images protesters from around the country came to selma and two days later, civil rights leader martin luther king, junior led a second march but he too was turned around after holding a prayer session, a third margin was successful after a federal

. >> there actually is a reporter in the montgomery, alabama, newspaper who broke the my lai story the day before hirsh did. and they only found out about it because somebody called him in montgomery and said they prefer charges at ft. benning against this lieutenant by the name of callie. hirsh, who became quite famous, won a pulitzer, still writes for the new yorker, he broke the story the next day. hirsh is really famous because he got the interview with paul meadlow. and it was meadlow's interview in which meadlow admitted to murdering all the villagers in my lai that really broke the story open. and then hirsh was very smart. he pursued the story. he followed what pierce was doing. he wrote a number of books about the massacre, cover-up was one of them. and yes, i think you can't underestimate seymour hirsh's power in making sure that the story stayed alive. >> i should just say, i talked to seymour hirsh last week. as i invited him to come. and he basically said, you know, i don't go to my lai things, which i understand. it might become a bit of a circus. if he did. but i'm looki

leaders and members of congress will recreate the historic march across the bridge from selmon to montgomery, alabamaknown as bloody sunday, protesters were beat by state troopers as they were peacefully marching for voting rights. >>> the entertainment world is mourning the death of david ogden. best known for his role on m.a.s.h. the role earned him emmy nominations for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series in 1981 and 1982, and he appeared in numerous other programs, and he died yesterday at his home in oregon after a battle with bladder cancer at 75 years old. >>> the oakland school district will get a state grant to help support new students including refugees, transitioning into the schools. oakland will get $1.8 million for this year's school year coming up, and district officials say the money will be paying for bilingual counselors, career training, and stream lining the processing of foreign transcripts, and the district will work with mentoring programs and community groups to help new students feel safer. the superintendent says it will make it feel easier for the students to fo

hello eric is 53 years ago april 7, 1965, 600 people crossed this bridge to march from selma alabama to montgomeryto be a peaceful demonstration for the voting rights of african-americans. alabama governor george wallace ordered state troopers to use whatever means necessary to stop the march. armed the state troopers some even on horseback charged and attacked the protesters on the bridge. the nation watching t.v. as bloody men women and children gasped for air as police fired tear gas canisters on a day that will become known as bloody sunday. joanne was 11 years old when she participated in the march. >> i thought the tear gas canisters were gunshots. i thought they were killing the people up front because that is the first thing that we heard. the gunshots and then the screams. >> outraged by the images protesters came and martin luther king jr. led a second march when he too was turned around by police after holding a prayer session. finally, one third march was successful. after a federal judge permitted the protest and president lyndon johnson federalized national guard troops ordering them

could montgomery even get a book in the library. she sued alabama for their right to vote. she did the field reports on women that were and that was covered up in a day. this area christian woman to episcopalian church. yet later in life she went to japan and adopted buddhism or christianity. so she used to tell me that i had mixed race. scottish, irish, cherokee. getting an opportunity and when i turn into viking, my publisher, you're the biographer. with her dark side? she would learn to take care of it. to teach people in always stress to the nines, never swore the only agreement on that was either that or read my book on the final galley was done just for error, but no editorial comment and she called my wife and your kids are bored and things that she called me and said i had one change you must make. you call my husband raymond and alcoholic and he would say heavy drinker. he didn't like that term. it was one of those things when you get to know somebody in history there are disadvantages of writing about a living person and in other cases this experience for me uplif

when her papers at the alabama department of archives and -- its in montgomery letter after letter talking about the difficulty she had selling her diary. that is to louisville publishers -- she finally got john morton of louisville to publish it in 1866. 1890's, she publishes another version of the diary. it is quite interesting to read it. while we see her critical of the confederacy, she's equally disgusted with yankee depredations that she witnessed. really, i think she left all of her non-conciliatory references to soldiers and to president lincoln in the published texts. those are there for anyone to see. they are quite striking. what i want to zero in on with regard to cumming is that her realistic depiction of medical trauma deteriorates over time. it's not so much her ability to chronicle what she sees as it is the sense that language no longer has the power to represent what is with the civil. initially, she gives is highly descriptive catalogues of suffering. here's one of them. maybe withly, again, in a month or so after she joins the forces in 1862. first mang the war, to writ

african-american kids to go into libraries and they went let, african-americans in montgomery even get a book in the public library. she sued alabamafor the right to vote. she did the field reports on women that were raped in alabama by white men and it was covered up in her day. i started realizing this demure, very christian woman, everything about her african methodist episcopalian church. later on in her life went to japan, adopted buddhism with her christianity. she used to tell me i'm mixed race. everybody says i'm african-american. i'm scottish, irish, cherokee, creek, you know, and she would rattle them all off. getting opportunity to write about her, i started doing the book, when i turned into viking, the publisher, got back, you're the biographer, what is her dark side? i said, there isn't one. she, she would take care -- the reason montgomery rose because she would do after-school programs and teach people and always stress to the nines. never swore. and the only agreement i met, made with mrs. parks that i would led her read my book before publication, when the final galley was done, just for error, but no editorial co

montgomery. it was supposed to be a peaceful demonstration for the voting rights of african-americans. alabama'sgeorge ordered date troopers to use whatever means necessary to stop at the march. armed with clubs and gas masks, some even on horseback, charged and attacked the protesters on the bridge. the nation watched on tv as bloody men, women, and children gasp for air. in a day that would become known as bloody sunday. joanne was 11 years old when she participated in the march.>> i thought the teargas cannons were gunshots. i thought they were killing the people down front. that was the first thing we heard. >> reporter: outraged by the images, protesters from around the country came to selma and two days later martin luther king junior let a second march but he too was turned around by police after holding a prayer session. finally a third march was successful after a federal judge permitted the protest and president johnson federalized national guard troops ordering them to protect 25,000 protesters over the five-day 54 mile march from selma to the steps of the capital in montgomery.>> thi

alabama now has a democratic senator for the very same reason. in the suburbs of huntsville, of birmingham, of montgomery. you see that blue, a suburban revolt against the president and against the republican party. that's why it looks like pennsylvania 18 will go blue and why alabama went blue. not limited to alabama. it's all over the country. let's come up to virginia. last year's governor's race, switch here. same reason. why did democrats win? they won because of the washington suburbs, richmond suburbs. suburban voters revolting against the president. that's what republicans have to think about today, even as they weigh a recount, even as they weigh the possibility, maybe, they can take away conor lamb's lead. they know this is about the president. conor lamb, smart candidate, says, no, it isn't. >> this is my home, so, you know, you call it a red district, i just call it western pennsylvania. there are plenty of people here who are still pretty supportive of him, from what i can tell. i think that his visits -- he came here twice. i think they did probably contribute to the turnout we saw. look, i

alabama happening march 7, 196 aa5 when voting is right protesterser police nned . more than 50 state trooper and several donz men on horseback to turn back.iously when they montgomery march when helped to build support for congressional approval of the voting rights act a month later. >> and also today, members of congress joined civil rights activists and hundreds of others to mark the occasion. annual bridge crossing took place this navrp they will ma and included representative john lewis of georgia. who was injured ding the attack 53 years ago. the crossing is always held on first weekend of the month. >> and now a photo of a toddlerho was awe struck by portrait of former first lady that went stlirl week anal see why. it was snapped at the national portrait gallery by a visitor from north carolina who post today on its facebook page portrait of obamake curry at thn painted by amy cherald. th amazed she not even turn around for a picture. is awesome shot there. >> that's so cool. >> that's a great shot. >> clearly aww struck there. >> i you this well are. got have widespread damaging winds like onfy but a lot of trees and a lot of limbs are alrdy loosened for fr

to to history changing sites like birmingham, montgomery and of , course, walking across the and lewis bridge where john got his head bashed in -- in alabamawe had kamala harris on one side, and others on the other side. it gave everybody there hope. one other thing about the trip -- among the capitol police protecting us all was david bailey. he is here tonight as well. [applause] i have to say, it was overwhelming to be there with bravely -- with david. without martin luther king, an african-american police officer would not even have been allowed to be in the position he was that day to protect many lawmakers during the shooting, including steve scalise. [applause] as this organization, the washington press foundation as you heard, was formed in 1990, -- in 1919, the same year that women got the right to vote. a group of female reporters were not allowed into the gridiron. the only job my mother could get was a secretary in a local station where one of her actual jobs was to iron her mailbox and mail -- her male boss' pants. now, it is very different for us female journalists. don't get me wrong, we still have our challenges, but we hav

montgomery. they didn't get very far. at the edmund pettus bridge they were viciously attacked by alabama state troopers wielding club and they were beaten and left bloodied. last weekend i had the incredible honor of joining congressman john lewis in a bipartisan set -- and a bipartisan set of members in a pilgrimage to montgomery, birmingham, selma and memphis. i had many epiphanies on that trip but perhaps the two most profound were first that determined and disciplined nonviolent resistance works. back then 53 years ago it led to the passage of the voting rights act. and second, that we in this body have a critical responsibility to ensure that we move forward and not backward on voting rights. our trip was amazing, one of the best experiences of my life, actually, and i hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will join next year. we heard incredible stories for abiding love, even for adversaries,hat left people without much dignity. newer activists of all ages are reimagining the same methods for the world we are in today and as we today commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of reverend dr. mar