i'm returning to morehouse to talk to professors nathan alexander and brian garrett who are working onn stem. so my 9-year-old is one of those kids who loves school. it's like my wife would go to school for the rest of her life, a big fan. my 6-year-old is like me, like, i don't know about this school. i don't know about all this book learning. i know you have the challenge of people who say things like, i don't do math. >> we've historically been denied access to just fair education. so there's the south carolina negro act of 1740, and we were not allowed to read and write. i don't know if you know the story of the watchers. when enslaved africans were trying to learn to read and write, you know, there was somebody watching to see if somebody was coming. that shows that we did whatever was necessary to learn. >> mm-hmm. >> and i think now my students struggle with math identity. >> yeah. >> they feel like they're not a math person, but it's social and cultural. >> what led you to pursue this nerd career. >> i was in middle school, and i realized i was actually good at computation. the

but when i came to morehouse and was around a bunch of other black men and you could be cool and a nerdf whom graduate with stem degrees. what's different here? i can't seem to put my black finger on it. >> now you get to be around people who look like you heading in the direction where you're headed without having to worry about being judged. you can bring your full self to that space and imagine what you want the future to look like. >> brian and i were hanging out at my house tonight and brian said something about molecules. i said something about variables. the next thing i know we're at the kitchen table doing math together. >> like two brothers do. just that old stereotypes. >> we ended up developing a course that i think shows students a way to really use math to think about the real world. i had been reading a lot about 1890 to 1901, he was here at atlanta university. he collected data with his students to show the world what black america looked like. he set up visual immanls. >> i have seen some of those. >> yeah. and the students replicate those using census data. using math

he is a graduate of morehouse college with an mba from emory university and an msw from boston college. mr. collins serves on multiple boards and is currently the board chair of the john and lillian miles lewis foundation. finally, mr. jon meacham is a renowned presidential historian contributing writer to the new york times book review contributing editor at time and pulitzer prize-winning author. he is also the national cathedral's canon historian elect. he is the author of his truth is marching on john lewis and the power of hope and in just a few moments. we'll hear a reflection from mr. meacham to start our conversation this evening. through tonight's conversation and particularly the sharing of stories and experiences. we are inviting our guests to share their honesty. authenticity and faith at a time when our country and our communities are in dire need of such a gift and we're so grateful. so in just a moment, i will offer an opening prayer mr. meacham will offer our reflection on congressman lewis's leadership. and then for the bulk of our time together dean hollareth will hos

he is a graduate of morehouse college with an mba from emory university and an msw from boston college. he serves on multiple boards and is currently the board chair of the john and lillian miles foundation. finally, mr. john meacham he is the author of his truth is marching on. in a few moments we will hear a reflection to start our conversation. through tonight's conversation and sharing of stories and experiences, we are inviting our guests to share their honesty, authenticity, and faith at a time when our country communities are dire need of such a gift and we are so grateful. and just a moment i will open -- i will offer in opening prayer. the bulk of our time together, dean will host our guesting conversation. during that time, we invite those of you washing at home just ginger actions in. we would love to hear your questions and i will come back at the end share some with our panel so they can answer. for those of you who are so inclined, why don't you join me in a word prayer? holy god, we are grateful for your present -- presence among us tonight you draw and the heart of thos

he was a student at morehouse college when he was drafted into the u.s. army in january 1943. he was a young man. he was only 20 and this photo was taken shortly after he was drafted. the u.s. army was segregated by race until after world war ii. he was placed in an all-black unit. later that year he was assigned to the 183rd engineer combat battalion. he came from a newspaper family. his father had founded a newspaper in atlanta. so being a photographer fit within his skill set. and he was sent to europe in the summer of 1944 to fight against nazi germany. while he was there in the bring of 1945, william saw nazi brutality firsthand. his battalion was sent to bare witness to the atrocities at one of the concentration camps. i do think it's important to remember how young so many soldiers were. he was 22 at this point, but so many of his fellow soldiers were 19, 20, 21 years old and witnessing things that we can't imagine. william was obviously horrified by what he saw, but he also understood the value of documenting. and he managed to take photos including this one here. some

rafael warnock compares the pandemic to a controversial project during a speech to graduate at morehouse us how to make our way out of covid 19, teaches how to make our way out of covid 1619. jillian: likening the pandemic to the 6019 project, when the first planes were brought to the country. it was criticized by historians a call it inaccurate and say it lacks context and perspective. jillian: 33 after the hour, the fight against critical race theory in ohio spiraling out of control. parents advocating values for private school in columbus, the school called the police and even brought in bomb sniffing dogs. joining me to discuss amy gonzalez and andrea gross. one of the most egregious things you go through? >> thank you for having us. tolerance and racism, we are parents of students at columbus academy and over the past year we started noticing troubling and discriminatory behavior by the school referring to our community is representing 110 years of white supremacy. they were separating our children on the basis of their skin color during professional development for teachers, separa

they have a program smalled smash at morehouse -- called smash. >> what else needs to be done to createfor people of color in science and technology. we need to do more than just change the way the hands look in vr technology, i suppose. >> we need to change the people who are programming the hands. and that's what we need to do. all this comes down to, like, elementary education. we need to strengthen our public school system in a way that kids who go to public schools in this country, black kids, brown kids, have the same access to dream and think i can do the same things i see people on tv do. >> and when you were using that technology, what were you thinking when you looked down and said, okay, wait a minute, this doesn't look like me? >> i'm of the age that i've been through that a lot. if you're creating an avatar, if you're playing a sports game of some sort, often the default is a white person. and so it's funny how you don't even think that that's weird until someone points it out to you. and if you aren't white, then you are somehow outside of who we want this to be for. >> al

he was a student at morehouse college a historically black college in his hometown of atlanta when he was drafted into the us army in january 1943. so he was still a very young man. he was only 20 and and this photo was taken shortly after he was drafted. the us army was segregated by race until after world war ii so william was placed in an all-black unit and later that year. he was assigned to the 183rd engineer combat battalion and served as a reconnaissance sergeant and as a photographer he came from a newspaper family. his father had founded a newspaper in atlanta. so being a photographer kind of fit within his skill set. and he was sent to europe in the summer of 1944 to fight against nazi, germany. while he was there in the spring of 1945 williams saw nazi brutality firsthand. his battalion was sent to bear witness to the atrocities at the newly liberated buchenval concentration camp. i know i'm only talking about scott here, but i do think it's important to remember how young so many soldiers were he was 22 at this point, but so many of his fellow soldiers were 19 20 21 years

i had at that hearing morehouse university testify about what could be done and they echoed what wasaid here that we need to be training more people who look like the community they are serving. that is clearly true and it would help overcome the legacy of mistrust between the black population and medical professionals that exists in some areas. but how can we get more black americans, hispanic americans, native americans, to apply to medical school and to see that as a career path? >> very good question. we need to go to our elementary schools, pre-k through 12th graders, and we have a program at the ohio state university board health sciences academy where there is a mentorship model that involves partnering with the teachers and parents of students who are feeder schools into the high school across the street from ohio state hospital. those types of initiatives where we have expertise that the academic health center and we partner with the elementary, middle, and high schools to create that pathway of opportunity, and i think that is one example in addition to the existing program

we started programs to provide 60 students with full four-year scholarships to howard university, morehouse college and spellman college, three of america's leading historically black colleges and universities. in addition, we're concerned like everyone with how to deal with climate risk over the next decades, which will have profound socioeconomic effect on our communities. morgan stanley recognizes the threat that global climate change poses and we're working with our clients to find ways to mitigate it. finally, early in the pandemic, we committed to making no reductions in our workforce through 2020 to help our employees navigate this crisis. thereby providing reassurance to 70,000 families in a very difficult time. i'm proud of that commitment, and the commitment our employees have shown to their clients. chairwoman waters, in your letter dated april 30, 2021, you asked me to provide information on 14 topics. in the spirit of brevity, this information is now included in the attached addendum and i look forward to your questions. >> can you hear me? >> yes. >> yes. >> thank you very muc

started a program to provide 60 students with four year full-time scholarships howard university, morehouse college and stoneman college two of the leading black colleges and universities. in addition, we are concerned with how we deal with the climate in the next decade. morgan stanley recognizes the threat the climate change poses and we are working with all of our clients to find ways to mitigate its effect. finally, early in the pandemic, we committed to making no reductions in our workforce through all of 2020 and we stuck with it. we thereby provided reassurance to over 70,000 employees in this most extraordinary difficult time. i am proud of the commitment that all of our employees showed to clients and to our form -- to our firm. chairman brown -- you asked us to provide information on additional topics and we have concluded that in the addendum and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, mr. cornyn. thank you for answering the letter. -- thank you mr. gorman. he spoke about lending to small businesses and over the past year, and in the middle of the pandemic one small busin

has, what, almost 2 million views over a three-day period, and he is a public safety officer at morehouseo come up to him and say thank you so much for your service, and now they're shaking their head at him, flipping him off,he said he's just had enough of it. he is fed up. so he posted this video that got everyone's anticipation. watch this. >> i wake up every morning and kiss my family good-bye knowing that there's a possibility i won't come home. i am tired of every time i wake up in the morning there's someone else polarizing the fact that maybe law enforcement is just not a good thing. all of us is not bad. most of us are not. there are bad people in every career! i'm so damn tired, tired! brian: wow. that was very moving and probably a lot of officers watching this right now, retired or active, are saying i know exactly what he means. and then he tells us he was a marine. so he's been helping people out, defending communities all his life. he also said that his rich with his community is fractured -- his relationship with his community. he was on to join us 25 minutes ago and said