mr. fox had advanced black lung disease. due to this concealment, mr. fox was initially denied black lung benefits. cpi and abc news also looked at the routine use of certain physicians by coal companies. as you indicated, the reports focused on the johns hopkins medical center b reader program led by dr. paul here. those -- wheeler. those reports found that dr. wheeler failed to diagnose complicated black lung disease in over 1,500 cases while other experts reading the same x-rays found the disease in 390 of those cases. in response to these reports, on february 24th of this year the department of labor launched a pilot project to strengthen the complete pulmonary evaluation given to miners when they initially file a claim which will increase the accuracy of decisions. the department also announced a new black lung rulemaking niche that will consider -- initiative that will consider whether all parties must disclose medical evidence related to a claim. so much a requirement will help insure that coal miners have full access to information about their he

mr. paul laurence dunbar's poem, "mask," and my own poem, "for old black men." mr. dunbar wrote "mask" in 1892. we wear the mask that grins and lies, it shades our cheeks and hides our eyes, this debt we pay to human guile. with torn and bleeding hearts we smile, and mouth with myriad subtleties. why should the world be otherwise, in counting all our tears and sighs? nay, let them only see us, while we wear the mask. we smile, but oh my god, our tears to thee from tortured souls arise. and we sing, "hey, baby-bye," we sing, but oh, the clay is vile beneath our feet, and long the mile. but let the world think otherwise, we wear the mask! when i think about myself, i almost laugh myself to death. my life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song was spoke, i laugh so hard i almost choke when i think about myself. seventy years in these folks' world the child i works for calls me girl. i say "ha! ha! ha! yes ma'am!" for workin's sake i'm too proud to bend and too poor to break so i laugh until my stomach aches when i think about myself. my folks can mak

. >> thank you, mrs. black. thank you for allowing me to sit with the committee and ask questions. i want to go back to the issue of the aljs and the amount of overturned cases. and we just hear -- i know this is a complex situation. and we hear these numbers that keep floating around and there is a report that i want to submit for the record. general, the improvements are needed at the administrative law judge level of medicare appeals. there are some good pieces in here, as well, but dr. evans i want to start with you on the question. our members are hearing, at least 70% number, that the providers win these appeals at the alj level. i understand there's two different ways that the alj adjudicates cases and can you explain how the view of the overturn rate, and how the numbers can be deceiving when looked at out of context? >> yes, the report that you have are from 2010. it is good it's brought up here, i think there's further investigation of the data that can be done among the different experts like oig and et cetera, at that time, we were getting no information from the alj he

black and career area. but this was also the area where people of all there was a place called mr. boo ganlz where blacks and gaze and straits went there and associated that's a international place now we call it the industrial peacock you're looking for straight or gay or young girl or boy it's a international place that area should be a place for san francisco should know its culture and history as a native of san francisco percent of natives it's a place that needs to be remain historically connected to all generations. and polk street is a good place and it's right down here in near city hall which is dr. carter be good it's part of that it's renamed after the greatest dr. in the state our honorable mayor former mayor willie brown ran for office this is a why the bay bridge is inflamed after the former mayor willie brown >> sir anyone else, sir you've spoken already. any other members from the public. why not hear from the opponents if you could step forward >> hello. my name is paul, i represent the architecture firm in the neighborhood we object to the cv d don't find it would

reporter: ferguson, missouri, august 9th, michael brown, anunarmed black man is shot and killed by police. los angeles, california. mr ford, an unarmed black man is shot and killed by the police. protesters took to the streets. in ferguson, the protests turned violence, those in los angeles why? >> the leadership gets out in front in l.a. as soon as something happens, there's press conferences, they are out there having marches, demonstrations. it's like people have an outlet here, whereas in ferguson, it's like the wild west. >> reporter: l.a. has been there before. april 29th, 1992, the acquittal of four police officers charged with savagely beating rodney king triggered explosive race riots. when it was over 53 were dead. 2,000 injured, more than 1,000 buildings destroyed by fire. irwin small is the owner of this auto body shop located near the flashpoint of the l.a. riots. he and six others stayed to protect the business. he doesn't want to go on camera, saying he worked hard to forget those days, and moving on. he says he has seen a change in the attitude of the neighbourhood and the l.a.p.d. - a change for the

>> the black b mr. w pulls in front of the guy with the dash cam, gets him stop. he's pissed the guy splashed him. comes to the window and starts having a word. it seems like it's word but, no. >> it's russia. something else is going to happen. >> what kind of weapon will he pull out? >> a crowbar. >> ding, ding, ding, wins. here comes the bat. >> come on, dude! you've got to be kidding me. >> and here we go. a traffic cop pulling over a car full of people. the guy in the back, very happy to see this traffic cop. comes running up to the cop, hey, thanks officer, great to see you. i am so drunk i want to give you a hug. but what happens next? >> he gets punched. >> he does. look at this. pop in the kisser. the cop does seem to be holding his cool pretty well. guy backs back in his face, friends trying to drag him away. the cop not getting into a physical confrontation. >> i'm surprised. >> he didn't get tased, didn't get beaten? >> eventually thrown in the back of the police car. >>> let's just say they got an a for teamwork, but an f for safety. this is in lithuan

. >> thank you, mr. blacke tweeting about this, 20 minutes earlier, obama, i'm not wearing this suit, joe biden, no, no, no, you look good, mr. o'baum. >> fine iernlgs not wearing the seaworld hat. >> abaum vows to defeat whoever made him wear this suit. >> i think it looks good. i am somebody who has worn a tan suit on many occasions on this program. it's the summer. >> you got to get it in. our final summer concerts. >> there is steve tucci. i was in the sear's catalogue. i remember that. >> that was a great year for you. >> let's be honest, there was no plan on what suit to wear. >> i had for the strategy today other than it was a big fuse day i should go with the dark suit. >> it's the end of summer, let's keep it on an upnote and talk about fuse. >> leah gabrielle has more on what's making headlines at this hour. >> good morning, fox news exclusive, chilling words from the convicted shooter of the fort hood massacre. he says he wants to become a citizen in the islamic state. ter two americans were killed

how he has been treated, disrespected, people howling "you lie," if he tries to defend black people, , he hase mr page says on him.arty aunt all the hope is gone, i think that is what happened in missouri. they have no more hope because they thought they had hoped with black president. and thank you, mr. page, for being on. guest: thank you for the call. there is always hope. maybe i am a cockeyed optimist. but i was a realist when obama was elected. i was delighted to see the country has matured enough to be able to elect a president of color, and soon, i imagine, a woman who will be president as well. that is the promise of america. many of my friends, liberal and conservative alike, rejoiced whether they agreed with barack obama's politics or not. i also knew that the morning after he was elected and inaugurated, it is a whole new narrative. yes got to govern, and i knew there were going to be problems. i was not expecting the ferocity of the backlash that occurred on the eruption of the tea party and the way that it did. i have been to tea party rallies and all, and they were forming before b

mr. al-maliki, the same political black and ethnicity and sect as al-maliki could be able to help with therian divisions. >> should the u.s. and even u. be thinking about how to get more militarily involved in iraq or how to help constitutional change instead? >> my organization and me personally have been against all u.s. military interventions in iraq. and unfortunately, we were proven to be right in the last two decades, every time the u.s. interferes through a unilateral or, you know, military intervention things get worse. so while there is a consensus that iraq is facing a humanitarian and political and military crisis, i think the questions at hand are who will fix the crisis, and how? i don't think the u.s. has any moral or legal authority in iraq yet to fix the crisis. and i don't think dropping more bombs on iraq will fix the crisis. iraq will not be bombed in to moderation or stability. so there are many ideas to effect that change from within the country or with regional and multi-lateral effort. but i think u.s. and european unilateral moves will not cause anything other than

mr. obama once said he only wears black or blue suits, that way it's one less decision to make every morning. there he is with the taupe. >>> up next, the spectacular performance by the raiders tonight. we'll show you who. geraud moncure joins us next. >>> good evening. geraud moncure in the comcast sportsnet newsroom. a's and angels starting a four-game set in anaheim which could help decide who wins the a.l. west. a win over the halos last week back on the hill for oakland. pick it up in the top six. a's down 3-2. josh donaldson helping out, banging a solo homer to left off t j wilson. tied at three. on to the bottom of the ninth, still same score. bases loaded. two out nervous time for the a's. but ryan cook gets him to ground out, ending the inning. in the bottom of the tenth, halos in business one more time. runners on the corners. this time a deep fly to right. albert pujols scores and the angels win, 4-3. with milwaukee in town, big game for the giants closing out their series against the rockies. bottom second, gregor blanco showing some surprise. two run homer to right off jordan mi

how he has been treated, disrespected, people howling "you lie," if he tries to defend black people, , he hase mr. page says on him.arty aunt all the hope is gone, i think that is what happened in missouri. they have no more hope because they thought they had hoped with black president. and thank you, mr. page, for being on. guest: thank you for the call. there is always hope. maybe i am a cockeyed optimist. but i was a realist when obama was elected. i was delighted to see the country has matured enough to be able to elect a president of color, and soon, i imagine, a woman who will be president as well. that is the promise of america. many of my friends, liberal and conservative alike, rejoiced whether they agreed with barack obama's politics or not. i also knew that the morning after he was elected and inaugurated, it is a whole new narrative. yes got to govern, and i knew there were going to be problems. i was not expecting the ferocity of the backlash that occurred on the eruption of the tea party and the way that it did. i have been to tea party rallies and all, and they were forming before

. >> when you look at the median income it's such a wide gap from blacks to whites you never catch up to what whites mrmaking because you don't have those opportunities. >> income varies between white middle class and black middle class by income. the median income for wynnegield, $40,000 a year. in roxborough the median income is $60,000. even though there are more blacks middle class they don't have the jobs of the white middle class. >> a lot of that is generated by public sector jobs, related jobs and some african-americans analysts and scholars will tell you they have not made as much progress in the private sector. >> some believe it makes it harder for after american african-americans to climb the social ladder and send their children to different schools. philadelphia is poorer today than it was in the 1970's when 15% of the population lived below the poverty line. that number is now 27% among the highest in the nation. but austin is optimistic. she says many people who left wynnefield in the past are starting to return and reinvest in their neighborhood. >> you see them moving back because the

president obama failed in his leadership to say what he really knows and lived as a black man in america. mra, you know this is deeper than michael brown. this is about the constant harassment to which black people and brown people and others are subject. this is about an unjust criminal justice system that continues to demonize black boys and girls. this is about you understanding in your own body and skin where you live existent shally, the plight and predidment of black people occupied by a police force that refuses to acknowledge their fundamental humanity. you are a constitutional scholar. you know that this nation has not done just by its people and as the vox voice of the people, the person that we depend upon to tell the truth in the two years you have left, you must relinquish your fear and stand up and tell the truth as only you can do. you wrote one of the most brilliant biographies of self auto buy graph cal memoirs that told the truth about what it means to confront a complicated black identity. we cannot let president obama off the hook because we know he's capable of pushing a

. >> so let me just bring in the national chair of the national black police association. mr. so much for coming on. you heard mike talking about how his own dad didn't want his kids to be police officers. >> yes. thank you for having me. i heard that, and i caught most of his interview yesterday. and that's not uncommon that most wouldn't want their children going into law enforcement. i think i think when they do make that decision though, police officer, parents they usually support their children going into the field. but that doesn't necessarily say they don't want them to be police officers at all. >> and we should point out, there are amazing, amazing, amazing police officers out there. i've had one in my family, but at the same time, you know, you talk to a number of black people as we have on the show and some folks don't necessarily trust police. they think police are out to get them, especially when we're watching what's been happening in ferguson. this is something you're working on. how do you build or rebuild that trust that is so shattered between community and

black men here. this is a real problem. >> pastor mike, you're from here. mr. shabazz, you're in washington, d.c. or new york? >> washington, d.c. >> is mr. shabazz helping the case? i've heard criticism of him. i don't know if it's fair or into the. >> we've had criticism of him, as well. we've just sat down because i had an issue. we have worked that issue out. >> what was the issue? >> that i felt that there was something that was going on. i didn't have the full story. i thought he was inciting them. but what i found out is that he was actually working with us. that's what we're calling for. we're calling for unity amongst everyone not trying to come against. we welcome all of those that may come from around the country, come to ferguson, missouri, assist us in the peaceful process of demonstrating, assist us in the peaceful process of insuring that justice is done for mike brown and his family. >> what he now knows when there was a big confrontation between the demonstrators and the riot police there -- that i was trying to prevent women and children from being tear gassed and harmed and put

mrs. clinton says she recognizes racial ineek quality is in america >> imagine what we would do and feel if white drivers were three times as likely to be searched by police during a traffic stop as blackstead of the other way around. >> mrs. clinton was widely criticized for stay being silent following the shooting. she's a potential democratic candidate for president in 016. >> joan rivers has been hospitalized in new york after being rushed to the emergency room this morning. the 81-year-old was under going a procedure on thur threat when going into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing. she's in critical condition. joan rivers was in the bay area fairly often, here is video of her in 2010 on "the view from the bay". she was promoting her movie that year. >> she's recorded as the first person on the red carpet to ask "what are you wearing? "." and michael finney with what you should put into your female announcer: through labor day at sleep train, get 36 months interest-free financing, plus big savings of up to $400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on serta icomfort and tempur-pedic. plus, free same day delivery, set-up, and removal of your

mrs. clinton says she recognizes racial ineek quality is in america >> imagine what we would do and feel if white drivers were three times as likely to be searched by police during a traffic stop as blackvers. instead of the other way around. >> mrs. clinton was widely criticized for stay being silent following the shooting. she's a potential democratic candidate for president in 016. >> joan rivers has been hospitalized in new york after being rushed to the emergency room this morning. the 81-year-old was under going a procedure on thur threat when going into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing. she's in critical condition. joan rivers was in the bay area fairly often, here is video of her in 2010 on "the view from the bay". she was promoting her movie that year. >> she's recorded as the first person on the red carpet to ask "what are you wearing? "." and michael finney with >>> the earthquake shook napa sunday, many had to rely on themselves for food, water and electricity. much of what they used is different from the kit. >> we've come a long way since the 1989 quake. >> these are not your mother's earthquake supplies. they are designed to keep you connected to each other. they've

i want to bring in the executive director of the national organization of black law enforcement. mr thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me. i want to ask you, the news that came out this morning from the police chief that the officer who was involved in this shooting himself suffered a facial injury that his face is swollen. does that change the dynamic of this conversation at all? your opinion? >> i believe it begins to open up some, beginning to show some transparency in this case. but there's a lot more discussion that is going to have to take place. one thing clearly important, becoming more evident to me every day. i certainly do understand the chief's and his department's position in terms of wanting to protect that police officer who have had threats made against himself and his family. that is very serious. and we must respect that as well too. but at some point, in order to reveal what is going on in this case, the police department is going to have to make a decision to reveal that officer and tell the community and this country who he is. but i think that

mr. clevelandm bundy, the nevada farmer who blacks wereis in slaverytter off because at least that gave them something to do and, of course, was awas -- this man darling of elements who are who wantedtically his support because he had say things this they might not have been able to say politically correct way. i think that we have gotten more innuendo -- clever in our innuendo. termsatter of fact, if like entitlement are used, terms are social service programs used, terms used, terms like urban center are used, terms like liberty city or little havana are used they conjure up thoughts inside directlyads this have to do with rice in a very subtle way except for those who the lingo. >> there is a desire to gain having ourthout finger prints ton it so to speak. when i was a candidate for public office county wide one of in what my stops was was then known as little havana. introduced by my host who wanted to make the audience with me as note george knox for those purposes "jorge no"! and the people cheered. [laughter] to usethen i was told hermano ands like hermanas. simpatico. of antonion mar

betty the annual cyber security summit black cast and today we're bringing you all the latest and greatest from the event kicking it off with my interview with mr jake koons now jake is the chief security officer at risk based securities and a black hat veterans one of the big few who's been going for fifteen out of seventeen years and he's giving us the inside scoop on how the conference is evolved over the years and then in today's big deal i'm joined by the always always thought of us mr sam sachs and sam and i are discussing how an impending fast food armageddon armageddon of generalising an even bigger bite out of minimum wage jobs scary stuff and make sure hungry you want to miss a moment and all starts right now. with. our lead story today sanctions now ever since the u.s. and e.u. began issuing sanctions against russia in response to the conflict in ukraine russia's economy has taken a hit but it's not alone. economies are also looking pretty bleak as a result of all of this now however today russia's retaliatory sanctions against europe are beginning to seriously reverberate through the continent and one country greatly affected by all

>> julia was going to be the first time a black woman starred in her own television show. >> has mr. at color are you? >> she was a young black woman who had been educated raising her son alone. it has a universality that is just something new. >> and you keep out of mischief. >> i'll just watch the old tv. >> good. >> in the '60s, america was exploding in a way that needed to be reflected on tv. ♪ >> stand still. >> "dragnet" came back in the late '60s and friday was now in a very different world than he had been in in the black and white days. and suddenly there were the damn dirty hippies. >> i'll make you a bet he was dropping the acid we've been hearing about. >> jack webb would lecture you about the dangers of marijuana smoking and crazy drug culture. >> they're trying to deal with the counterculture but they don't understand it, so it's just basically their stereotypes of what the hippies were like and it plays exactly like that. >> keep your nose out of my purse. >> keep yours out of the acid. next time i will. hey. i'm ted and this is rudy. say "hi" rudy. [ barks ] [ chuckles

black students. thisaw is very clear on point. and therefore, mr. murray, you're admitted to the of maryland law school. the appeals went on and went marshallnd houston and prevailed and donald murray graduated from the university of maryland law school in three years and had a very long and career in baltimore and other african-americans the universityto of maryland law school after that and keep in mind we're 1936.g about 1936 this is is happening. an amazing accomplishment, amazing development. african-americans were so it, they thought segregation was going to end in , that charlie houston had to write an editorial in the widely read naacp newspaper, "the crisis," he wrote an editorial called too soon" because there was so much euphoria in the black community and charlie knew there was a long road ahead. he knew it would be some time before african-americans would to apply to law schools, colleges, and indeed one day elementary schools of their own choosing. want,said, shout if you but don't shout too soon. he knew that they needed federal prece

residents there in sensed over the death of unarmed black teenager by white police officer. mr. y has more. >>reporter: near ferguson angry demonstrators gather after another police shooting. officers in sent louis shot and killed a 23-year-old black man they say coming at them waving a knife. police say the shooting appears to be justified. man robbery suspect was screaming acting he rad klichlt our policy is at the end of the day the officer should be able to go home. >>reporter: meanwhile on the streets of ferguson, residents waited to see what the night would bring. xunt leaders urge people to stay home to avoid another evening of this. 78 people were arrested monday. more than twice the number initially reported. many of the people come from outside ferguson. most from st. louis. some from as far away as new york and california. >> there is a dangerous dynamic in the night. allow small number of violent acknowledge taketor to hide in the crowd. and then attempt to create chaos. >>reporter: anger in the streets over the death of 18-year-old michael brown who was shot and kill

if you're under 18 years old, you can't vote and youth population in ferguson is mostly black. mrs. you're 18 to 30 you're much less likely to vote than people who are over 55. and so when people look at these demography numbers, ferguson, 67% black, why are there no black people on the city council, one reason why, voting turnout trend across the country, definitely suggested older people, much more likely people to turn out. since the white population of ferguson so much older than the black population, that helps explain some of what, some of this power disparity. >> host: if trends continue as you see them, professor smith, what is the future of ferguson? >> caller: i hate to say this, and it has been interesting to watch overbe the last couple das as this i love ferguson movement kind of hit the more affluent, generally whiter parts of town, people putting up yard signs, sort of suggesting that they're not going anywhere, but my gut is that this will, this episode will only accelerate the trend of white flight out of ferguson to suburbs, mostly west of ferguson like bridgeton a

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mr. gibbs conducted research on black civil war units as well as technical advisers on a film entitled "americanrican-american inventors. please welcome mr. c.r. gibbs. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone. i will leave it to my esteemed colleague to describe the ebb and flow of battle that occurred here in july of 1864. what i want to do for a few minutes today is to offer some reflections on the contributions of african-americans to the defenses of washington. for all too often, our understanding of what happened here and the movement within the city is that, okay, we know about elizabeth thomas whose house was destroyed by lincoln, that the fort itself sits on part of an african-american neighborhood. but the story is actually much larger than that. i think perhaps the best way to begin is by sharing with you a portion of a letter written on june 7th, 186 2, from the engineer in charge of the defenses of washington to the military governor of district of columbia. general, i have the honor to request detailed contrabands for work on the fortifications of the maryland side of the potomac. as

mr. ward standing in middle after track wearing a black outfit. >> just show what you a hot button issue is. he was 20 years old. look what mr. stewart said. here is the statement. there are not words to describe the adness i feel about the accident that took the live of kevin ward. my thoughts and prayers with his family and friends. friends of kevin ward coming out. this is i wonder. this is friend, tyler graves. tony stewart needs to be put in prison for life. he is a fellow sprint car driver. he is his friend but he said, should be put in prison for life. >> you have anger. you have a 20-year-old kid who is dead as a result of racing on a dirt race. so, there is a lot of anger there. that anger will result in civil litigation hopefully. hopefully it won't result in federalgovernment coming in looking at another sport. cheryl: i'm sorry, i see the guys and gals in d.c. do silly things. >> very. cheryl: richard, thank you very much. >> thanks a lot. cheryl: i would say i want to know what you think you already told me on twitter. no, really go ahead. keep on it. i'm not easily offended

so i'm not the one, me the black male, is not the one who has to be schooled on how to interpret me, but instead it's others. so how do you, mr. kelly, get at that? because if it means teaching schooling, helping people retool their thinking on what they see in a young black man, how do you get at that? >> one of the things that the 100 has tried to do is build relationships with local law enforcement here in the atlanta community. so we have what we call a saturday academy and we actually bring in police officers to spend time with our students, because i think one of the key elements is any time you're talking about trust, it comes -- it starts with the relationship and helping officers understand that these are -- these boys are no different than your sons. they have high energy, they want to be able to explore different things, and so when you see an african-american male walking along the street, you don't just naturally assume he's up to no good. so what we've tried to do is bring law enforcement to the table with the students that we work with to be able to build relationships for them to see them in an environment whe

mrs. flowers was the lady of stamps. well-to-do, she was very, very black and very, very beautiful. i thought she was -- she was pretty. now that was a pretty woman and she seemed to me always to wear voile, which is an old cloth, old material, it's like a cotton chiffon, which waves. and she would wear talcum powder and there'd always be a little of the talcum on this pretty black skin. and she spoke as softly as my grandmother. she'd walk up the road and pass going to her house. she had a summer house here. one day she stopped and she talked a few minutes with my grandmother. my grandmother would come off the porch. and they would stand together and talk. so this day mrs. flowers said she wanted to invite me to her home. it was during the time when i couldn't talk and wouldn't talk. >> how old were you? >> i guess i was about 8, and mama said, "sister, mrs. flowers is inviting you to her home." well, the beauty of the town, the most wonderful person in town to invite me, i couldn't believe it. it was just -- it was as if someone had said, "here's a million dollars. do anything you

of the book "please stop helping us how liberals make it harder for blacks to succeed," the title alone. the author, jason riley. mr. riley in the last few seconds, minutes, what would you like to say? >> guest: by the book. [laughter] >> host: beyond that. >> guest: take a look at the arguments with an open mind. take the left to task when they come to the black community in the name of helping the community with some of the same things that have been tried over and over again for the past five decades on the black unemployment rate despite the countless job programs and so forth. take them to task on the welfare benefits and the incentives they put in place and what it has done to the family and the culture of the dependency into the ghetto. ask questions. be skeptical. that is what they would do in particular. they want to see better outcomes than we have been getting in the current policies. >> host: even though they are controversial you back up your statements with those facts and it is a very interesting read and i thank you so much for your time. it has been very mind opening. i love to hear conversations f

mr. boone was always there, i did not black kids were playing baseball in richmond. mr. boone had a story in the paper. if you didn't know it, you didn't read the paper because mr. boone was going to publicize what he was doing. it was a baseball guy, and we really miss him. thank you, on behalf of the boone family. [applause] >> all right. there's another distinguished gentlemen in this room today. had a chance to meet him in person. in january during mjbl all-star game down in georgia, and i kind of took a liking to. i don't know if you like me are not but i kind of took a liking to him. this gentleman has been a part of the mjbl, active member of the mjbl and board and a chairman, let me get right -- what's your title? i've got to get right. chairman of the board. i want him to tell you himself the first 56 years now, let's and gentlemen, over 50 plus years he served 18 years as the commissioner of baseball conference, 10 years as chairman of the tiac, retired from the state of north carolina. and this gentleman passed up his mail course required -- i'm good at butche

mr. gibbs conducted research on black civil war units as well as technical advisers on a film entitled "americanncluding negro bulletin and african-american inventors. please welcome mr. c.r. gibbs. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ sn snou. >> now everybody's verse. ♪ yankee doodle went to town tuk riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni ♪ ♪ mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy ♪ ♪ yankee doodle keep it up ♪ yankee doodle dandy ♪ mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy ♪ >> thank you. [ applause ] first >> thank you. thank so much. enjoy your wonderful day hear at fort stephens. >> our first speaker is mr. cr gibsmo. cr is also among the scholars featured at the online acad my. he has also served as technical visitor on a team entitled american years. he has written books and his articles have appeared in numerous respected journals including the negro history bulletin and african-american inventors. please welcome mr. c.r. gibs [ t applause ] >> good morning everyone. >> morning. >> i will leave it to my esteem colleague to describe the ebb and f