mr. belafonte, you have given us the charge. we pledge to you that we will move forward to release black america from the belly of hollywood. [applause] also, mr. gossett, we thank you so much for giving us the radical thought. my sister, we love you for what you're doing. hill has been with us. and to the stuntmen and our colleagues, we thank you. naacp, let's thank them for opening those doors of hollywood. [applause] so we want to go on record to say thank you. the work is not done. the work is not complete. but with the radical thought and with us working together, we will get the job done. let's think this panel one more time. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> coming up, the senate commerce committee holds a hearing on ways to prevent concussions in the youth sports. then a debate on the legality of the iraq and afghanistan wars. that is followed by the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission on lessons learned from japan's nuc

mr. belafonte, closing thoughts? >> i agree and which is like to express my great appreciation to the naacp for not only this convention but for convening this to have this rather brief and awkward exchange. >> i thought it was graceful. >> that too. grace can sometimes be the most awkward thing in any given moment. having said that, when i sat and listened devilishly to conversations and talking to w e b boys as a young man at his home in brooklyn, listening to paula robison in those giants of the day, that did a lot to touch my life and give me aspirations and goals to go after. -- that experience never left me. today, because of that experience, i set with a group in new york called 1199. is a union, it is a local. it's constituency, just the local alone is 430,000 members. it is the largest body of workers in the east new york state what comes to labor, it can do nothing without addressing of 1199. it is service employees international union. data hospital workers, the people go into the hospitals and take care o

mr. belafonte, you have given us the charge. we pledge to you, working with our hollywood bureau that we will move forward to release black america from the belly of hollywood. also, mr. gossett, we thank you for giving us the radical pump. my sister and i love the work that you've been doing with us every step of the way. into the stunt man not cause the asian -- and the stunt man as ses in, we thank you for opening the door. for opening the doors. [applause] we want to go on record to say thank you. the work is not done. the work is not complete. up with the radical thought and with us working together, we will get the job done. let's think this panel one more time. -- let's thank this panel one more time. >> tomorrow on c-span, a cnn republican president to debate on national security and the economy. you will hear from eight of the presidential candidates. this debate took place at d.a. our constitution hall in washington, d.c. and was hosted by the american enterprise institute and the heritage foundation. you can see that t

mr. belafonte, uncle lou, and those that came before.t is interesting, when we talk about the value of being on camera and the value that we could bring, it seems to me that we all have platforms and the ability to effect change in our own individual way is. i would suggest that folks who have a platform of so-called celebrity, to the extent that they do not use the about four, or if they use it for their own self aggrandizement, it goes to waste. it is just an extension of what they have already done. it is an extension of using that platform to create positive social change and effect. [applause] >> when you talk about being an aunt of the camera and the images and the stories -- in front of the camera and the images and the stories, we talk about the impact on our children and the influence of the media. it is also international, isn't it? wayn't its impact the america is perceived international -- doesn't it impact the way america is perceived internationally? >> the world's opinion and perception of the united states of america has

mrs. osborne, all we can do is point out that next week we'll be talking to the great harry belafonte.leaf blowers in some upscale communities. the rest of us have to work hard at keeping up our declining property values he tells us. this insignificant dispute isn't worth all the hot air. and finally there was ben stein's recent piece to keep the post office in business. that drew this accolade from marty erickson of appleton, wisconsin. "thank you for your editorial about letter-writing. surely you will hear from many people who appreciate the sentiments expressed in your piece." indeed we did all written by hand. if you'd like to mail us a hand-written letter, you can address it to cbs news sunday morning box o, new york, new york, 100019. or if you prefer, you can email us by typing... >> you can talk about your first marriage. you can talk about your second. >> osgood: coming up the lives and lives of lel ellen barkin. they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping milli

mr. chairman. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> coming up here on c-span, a discussion on race and hollywood with actors blair underwood and harry belafonte. than the senate's congress committee of the discussion on how to prevent concussions in youth sports. than a talk on the legality of the iraq and afghanistan wars. >> i draw the line in the dust and tossed the gone to -- the gauntlet, and i say segregation today, segregation tomorrow, and today, segregation tomorrow, and