being at the helm of the naacp, mr. jealous has focused on redefining the naacp.t told me that he had increased revenue of that organization by about 30%, which you know is a challenge in this day and age. [applause] i would like to introduce to you mr. bennett jealous, president and ceo of the naacp -- mr. ben jealous, president and ceo of the naacp. [applause] thanks steve -- >> thanks, steve. thanks, paula. thanks, all of you. it is a great pleasure to be here. i am going to try to stick to the topic. i will be happy to take questions after. raise your hand if you were born after 1954. so pretty much the entire room. almost the entire room. about 80% of the entire room. i am going to talk about this for a second. i am going to talk about those of us who were born at or after the great civil-rights victories that were won in the 1950's. the generations who were called "the children of the dream" were told that our job was to reach -- was to reap what others have sown. we were told not to fight. we were told the great victories had been one. we killed jim-crow. o

the naacp agrees.s why its president is giving jones one of the civil rights organizations highest honors, an naacp image award. out of a host of african-americans who are very well accomplished with stellar images, why pick van jones? >> van jones is one of the few new voices out there with new ideas for jobs. he's done more in the past several years to change the way we think about job creation than anybody that we could find. >> reporter: you know this is going to make some people go nuts. do you care? >> not really. what should be controversy is we pushed one of the greatest minds off to the side in this country when we needed his ideas the most. >> reporter: the controversy came less than six months into his stint has president obama's green jobs czar. republicans and conservative commentators pointed to a vulgar phrase he used to describe the gop before he came to the white house at an event captured on youtube. >> the answer to that is they are a-holes. >> reporter: than petition jones signed in

she says the naacp can be a powerful force for every generation, including young people in america. >> i want to be able to get the word out that the naacp is alive and well and that we are a multicultural, multiracial organization, and it is our goal to extend a broader net to encourage all americans who believe in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to come and join us. >> she's a health care executive who has been a member of the organization her entire life. they represents a new generation of leadership. and could affirmative action be making a come back in california? that story also making news in our "what matters" segment. civil right activists have filed a lawsuit challenging proposition 209. the law bans public schools, employers, and contractors from considering race, sex, and ethnicity in hiring or admissions. now, this new lawsuit claims prop 209 violates the constitution and it has limited the number of minority students at the school's most selective campuses. the lead attorney filing the suit says the number of black and latino students at uc schools has dropp

the naacp agrees.one of the highest honors, the naacp image award. >> out of a host of african-americans who are well accomplished with stellar images, why pick van jones? >> because he's one of the few voices out there for new jobs. he's done more in the past several years to change the way we think about job creation than anybody we could find. >> you know this is going to make some people go nuts. do you care? >> not really. what should be controversial is that we pushed one of the greatest minds off to the side in this country when we needed his ideas most. >> reporter: the controversy came in less than six months of jones' stint in president obama's green jobs czar. one of the economists pointed to a vulgar phrase he used to describe the gop and caught on youtube. then his critics revealed a petition jones signed in 2004, questioning whether bush administration officials may have indeed deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pre text for war. jones said that petition never reflected his

the naacp is doing nationally what we been doing locally for so many years.e developing a strategy to do avoid -- destroy the problem. we want to make sure we are aware and prepared to help advance them. we are retooling our diversity report cards. we will do more with the financial-services industry. they are coming up against glass ceilings earlier in their careers. finally, besides making sure that we are keyed in on issues that care about long-term and short-term, just marketing the organization effectively. we become more aggressive online. we are developing a new web system to get people more involved meaningfully. we did not wanted to take 20 years to get involved in their local civic organization. >> we have time for one more question. and a good afternoon. i am from fort lauderdale, florida, and i am also class of 2010. [applause] for the past eight years, i have been an education coordinator and a special projects coordinator for an election office. i want to say thank you for the help and support that the naacp youth council has given to the electi

naacp wants to determine whether state police are properly investigating allegations of racial profilingey argue the documents are confidential because they are personnel records however maryland court of appeals rejected the argument. >>> plans have been scrapped for a proposed detention center in anne arundel county. it was proposed for a site on surplice state land near routes 110 and pasadena. >> airport officials hoped to bring it to bwi but company offering to help you skip security lines went belly up leaving customers with concerns. thousands who joined clear pay more than $100 to bypass long security lines we all dread but since clear closed up shop, they were left high and dry. they not only took their money but sensitive personal information. iris scans, fingerprints, social security numbers. >> they have all the data, they've got entire membership that still has our cards, bio metrics on it. >> this is a problem they did not want to have. >> clear filed for bankruptcy late last year and a company called henry ink is trying to give customers another shot at skipping long lines

[applause] jabari asim is the editor-in-chief of the naacp magazine the crisis and contributor to the washington post. he's also the author of the book the n word. for more information on the author, go to "washington post" about, and naacp .org. >>> craig shirley author of riggins revelation recounts rall freakin' 1988 presidential campaign. he follows president reagan from his defeat for the presidency of 1976 to his election four years later over incumbent president jimmy carter. ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley california is the host of this hour-long event. >> craig and i are going to do something that hopefully you will find the fun. rather than him getting the and giving a long 30 minute speech in which you struggle in your seat, i thought i would interview craig, asking number of questions about his book and also threw it to the audience if you've got questions as well so we would like to keep this as lightly and living as possible so please as we move forward if you have something you want to throw up here please raise your hand but let me ask the first five

it is part of a long-running struggle between state police, and the naacp. the civil rights group wants to inspect internal affairs documents. to determine whether state police are properly investigating allegations of racial profiling by troopers. police say the documents are completely confidential. >> corrections officials have decided not to build a detention facility in pasadena. arundel county executive you john leopold said he is very glad tonight they recognized the center would be inappropriate for that area. >> montgomery county lawmakers approve a measure to make it easier for the disabled to get county work. the bill makes it a preference for the county to hire someone that is disabled. if they are at the top of the list of applicants. bill sponsor said the unemployment rate for people with disabilities is much higher than the nationwide average. the county executive must sign the bill, of course, before it becomes law. >> in tonight's news you need to know now. a scam to warn you about tonight if you are looking for work. better business bureau

van jones is about to get a prestigious award from the naacp.has an interview with van jones, but some background, and brian todd is here to tell us how van jones became so controversial. >> so controversial because so many things from the past caught up with him. while he was under fire, he tried to distance himself from his own remarks, but he got a lesson on how social and journalism advocacy can move against you. >> reporter: months before the blizzards hit, van jones was the perfect washington storm. he resigned last september as president obama's environmental adviser and converging on him, a white house vetting process that was blistering. in his own actions before he joined the administration that provoked them, like this exchange captured on youtube. >> how are the republicans able to push things through when they had less than 60 senators or somehow we can't? >> i know. well, the answer to that is they are [ bleep ]. >> reporter: if that comment was his on tempest, he might still be at the white house, but animosity builds quickly in w

degree in 1952 and began to establish local chapters of the naacp.line stations that refused to allow blacks to use rest rooms there. in 1954 he applied to the then segregated mississippi university school of law and when his application was rejected, he filed a lawsuit against the university. he became the focus of the naacp effort to desegregate the school, a case aided by the united states supreme court in a ruling of brown vs. the board of education that segregation was unconstitutional. evers and his wife eventually moved to jackson, mississippi, where they worked together to set up a naacp office. evers began investigating violent crimes committed against african-americans and sought ways to prevent them in the future. this boycott of jackson, mississippi, merchants in the 1960 attracted national media attention and his efforts to have james barrett admitted to the university of mississippi in 1962 led to the much-needed federal help. due in part to mr. evers' work, meredith was awarted to the university of mississippi. on june 12, 1963, evers

but that actually give the king room to negotiate and give not just him but also one welcomes of the naacp and whitney young of the urban league to negotiate. because people are looking at malcolm as big so extreme because of his robust criticism of american democracy and american politicians, but also gives the politics of white supremacy that it gives these other civil rights leaders room to maneuver. this whole notion, the quote that you take from, malcolm had a great gift of speaking to ordinary people. jimmy baldwin, the great african-american writer, a genius writer of the 1960s and 70s has often said that malcolm had such a beloved for african-american people that he spoke to them in the language that they understood that one of the reasons malcolm was able to so effectively communicate with african-americans is that he was really from the black working class. malcolm had been hanging out with hustlers. he was in roxbury. he was in detroit that he was in harlem. before he becomes a muslim mosque minister in harlem, he was selling people illegal substances in harlem, right? so malcol

>>reporter: others like naacp president say school-board commissioners need to take responsibility in the school's failures. >> whether you were on the board previously or not, the fact you keep changing the leaders of our schools, that can't be a success. >>reporter: from comments to criticism, school-board leaders are taking it all in and will make a final decision march 9th. for antonio, he hopes he'll have a change af heart, at least when it comes to his kids. >> allow us to find the resources, change the staff that needs to be brought in, and do the things that can take us in a positive way. fox 45 news at 10:00. >>> if you missed today's meeting, the school board will hold another on thursday, february 25th, at the school-administration building on north avenue. >>> mike miller wants her out, but andy harris is refusing to fire his chief of staff. miller says she must resign, saying it's a conflict of interest. the aid is raising money for her campaign, but hasn't formally filed as a candidate. senator harris is standing by her. >> we know he's wrong. we have opinion from counci

next up, jones gets the naacp image award. one of their highest honhonors.thing goes to people who accomplished something. champions like serena and venus williams, people breaking barriers like condoleezza rice or someone really big like the first black president. i wasn't aware that the few months of advocating for invisible green jobs before you exit your post in public disgrace qualified you for one of the awards. what do i know? they didn't ask me to vote. jones will also be at -- i kid you not -- princeton woodrow wilson school of public and international affair affairs. [ snickering ] kind of a glenn beck 5:00 smart joke. woodrow wilson and van jones, who would have seen that comin coming? he is going to hang out with senator kirsten gillibrand from new york. whoa! we should ask can her as a new york senator how she feels about the government blowing up the world trade cent center. they are going to be at a green's job forum. plus he has a new job at the exact place we told you we would end up at. the hard left soros funded progressive think tank/arm

the naacp -- the tuskegee airmen who were tried for the freeman and field mutiny were defended by the president of the indianapolis chapter of the naacp, who went on to become the mayor of indianapolis later in his life. the naacp is essential to all of this, always pushing for immigration and for fair treatment of blacks. >> before i open up the conversation and let you all involve ourselves, i have one last question. it has to do with lee archer. can you tell me something about him and give me some sense of how you knew him? >> he was not in the 99th. he was a replacement pilots. i never met him during active duty days. i met him in 1973. he was president of north street corp. at that time. >> for those of you who do not know, lee archer was a very fine a the editor -- a very fine aviator who passed away recently. >> he was our first base. to become an ace, you have to get five kills. he got for kills -- he got four kills. he could not get confirmation on the fifth because his camera was not working. anyway, he was our only ace. he was an excellent pilot, a squadron leader. i knew h

a great example of his once i talked to a guy who is now the youngest had ever of the naacp.min jealous. 36 result when he got elected, basically 100 year old organizations last year but he had always been involved in lots of different kinds of activities. he was a 20 year-old organizer for the afl-cio when he went to attend the 1993 march on washington for jobs with justice and peace because an anniversary march of the anniversary. he got there and discovered an interesting thing. there were two stages. where martin luther king had delivered the i have a dream speech, and then what the others called the key stage which was action on the ground of the washington monument. that is where young people were. everybody said was talking about time to pass the torch. type to pass the torch. this didn't sit well with me. so he doesn't do the words of the older speakers were there, including civil rights activist. he had gotten wind of the discontent and he was speaking on the main stage. julian bond said to them, if you perceive that i have a torch that represents power, and you want

i want to recognize the national association for black veterans, the naacp and other organizations forheir continued hard work to ensure equality of rights for all persons. the proposed resolution honors the heroic sacrifices of black veterans and recognizes the role they played in the civil rights movement. it also recognizes the difficult challenges black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the armed forces and encourages the department of veterans' affairs to continue working to benefit any disparities. i note that this resolution derived from a similar unabridged resolution from the naacp in its centennial convention, which i had the privilege to attend and participate. this resolution represents a small token of gratitude congress can provide for these veterans who have sacrificed so much for their country, often in the face of tremendous challenges, and serves as a reminder that we have a long way to go. i yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from north carolina. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kissell: mr. speaker, i ris

a great example of this was i talk to a guy who is now the youngest had ever of the naacp. 36 years old when he got elected. basically 100 year old organization, but he had always been involved in lots of different kinds of activism that he was a 20 year organizer for the afl-cio when he went to attended 1993 march on washington for jobs, justice and peace. it was an anniversary of the original march. and he got there and discovered an interesting thing. there were two stages. the historical powerful lincoln stage where martin luther king delivered his i have a dream speech. and any other kid stage which was on the grounds of the washington monument. that is where young people were. everybody he said was talking about time to pass the torch. time to pass the torch. but this didn't sit well with me. so he listened to the words of the older speakers who were there. include civil rights activist julian bond. he got wind of the discontent and he was picking on the main stage. and he said to them, if you perceive that i have a torch that represents power and you want asking for it. you shoul

confrontational manner that actually gives king room to negotiate and not just king roy wilkins of the naacp and whitney young of the urban league to negotiate because people are looking at malcolm has been so extreme because of his robust criticism of american democracy and american politicians but also against the politics of white supremacy that gives the other civil rights leaders room to maneuver. but the whole notion -- but quote that you take from malcolm had a great gift of speaking to ordinary people. jenny baldwin, the great african-american writer, the genius writer of the 1960's and 70's has often said malcolm had such a love for african-american people he spoke to them in the language they understood and one of the reasons he was able to so effectively communicate with african americans is that he was from the black working class and as malcolm had been hanging help with hustlers he was in roxbury, he was in detroit, he was in harlem. before he becomes a muslim mosque minister in harlem he was selling people illegal substances in harlem. and so malcolm knew how ordinary, everyda

for instance, there's an naacp speech that the president gave last year, 2009, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the civil rights organization. and in that speech he really does a couple of things. one, he critiques african-american who are doing the right thing, people are taking their kids, people are promoting education for their kids. but he also acknowledges that racism is still a huge part of the united states. so he really does a litany or rollcall a civil rights activist. he talks about criminal justice system and the racial disparities there. and it's a well-balanced speech. what was interesting is the reporting afterwards just as well, obama told by people to get their act together. and so, what's interesting is that the media and what the president is talking about race, the most interesting aspect that they find is if he's chastising african-americans. and that's what happened during the campaign as well. and i think that had produced some tension between jesse jackson and then senator obama. another example in terms of race was the skip gates incident in cambridge, wh

and for those of you who are aware of the work that the naacp did under, challenging the networks, in many cases in successful ways about seeing more african-american producers hired, more african-american latino directors like that more in developing shows. but this was primarily focused on sitcoms and dramas for the networks, not in network news. not in information distribution. this becomes problematic because as we know, so many people in this country define their reality based on what they see on cnn. or determine what's real or factual based on what they see on fox news. that's terrifying. [laughter] >> but regardless of what ideological position you find yourself on, i find that rather frightening. so the real question here is, do we just continue to have the kind of discourse that would normally have in these private sectors about what a shame it is not to see more people of color, not only as hosts, because interestingly enough we saw just this past week msnbc attempt to do their of black in america posted by chris matthews, ironically. [laughter] >> who interestingly enough

i think of the naacp and its founders, the american civil liberties union and its founders, sierra club founders and other institutions that have lifted our country's expectation level into reality. i think we should, starting here which i believe is the first of howard's celebrations which will go to new york and madison, wisconsin, and boston and possibly chicago and the west coast, that we express our general intent and considering the establishment of a zinn institute for peace and justice that will not be bureaucratic, that will be principled, and it will take off from the final recommendation that howard always ended his speeches on. that means, the organization of neighborhoods. the organization of people. that was his bottom line once people became aware, once the facts were out, that was his bottom line. and that is the way we should extend his bottom line. and do it by expanding the number of young and not so young people in his path. when senator paul wellstone and his wife sheila lost their lives in that airplane crash a few years ago, their children did not waste a moment a

for instance, there's an naacp speech that the president gave last year, 2009, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the civil rights organization. and in that speech he really does a couple of things. one, he critiques african-american who are doing the right thing, people are taking their kids, people are promoting education for their kids. but he also acknowledges that racism is still a huge part of the united states. so he really does a litany or rollcall a civil rights activist. he talks about criminal justice system and the racial disparities there. and it's a well-balanced speech. what was interesting is the reporting afterwards just as well, obama told by people to get their act together. and so, what's interesting is that the media and what the president is talking about race, the most interesting aspect that they find is if he's chastising african-americans. and that's what happened during the campaign as well. and i think that had produced some tension between jesse jackson and then senator obama. another example in terms of race was the skip gates incident in cambridge, wh

without institutions day chez thing with the naacp and its founders american civil liberties union and the sierra club and its founders. and other institutions that have lifted the country's expectation level into reality. i thank starting here it is the first of howard's celebrations that will go to new york in madison wisconsin and boston and possibly chicago and the west coast. to express our general intent in considering the establishment of the institute for peace and justice. it will not be bureaucratic but the issue and principal and to take off from the final recommendation that howard always ended his speech design that means the neighborhoods that was his bottom line once people became aware and blunts the facts were out, that was his bottom line and that is how we should extend his bottom-line prepare and do it by expanding the not so young people. when senator paul wellstone and his wife lost their lives in the airplane crash a few years ago, their children did not waste one moment after the agreed being point* to establish the wellstone center for treating young organizers

there was no doubt in anderson's mind or in the minds of the people running the naacp in that area thanf the door be opened, blacks would achieve. if they achieve, they would lead the path to racial integration. >> was there any doubt in your mind that you were not just learning to fly but the you were part of a movement to change perspective of african- americans? >> no question about it. we were very proud of our guys. we had said the information about how they were doing. we knew they had been condemned. we knew they could do it. when i found of the the fliy cod fly, they went overseas and nobody wanted them. it came about that davis had to come back to congress and justify keeping them in the unit. they had not had any kill because and not seen anything. while he was testifying, one of our guys shutdown an enemy 109, a top fighter for the german, with the p-40. it is a smaller plane and did not fightcompete well with the germans. they said, give them a new airplane and see what they can do. subsequently, we got to the p- 47. then the p-51. by the time they got there, and they had es

i remember in july, we spoke at the 100th anniversary of the naacp and said the department of rights, civil rights division is back and we're open for business, so tom perez, we will be looking to bring you some business. i want to go a few administrative things before introducing the next panel, which will sort of set the tone for the sessions later today. first, some of the logistics things. the workshops are going to take place on hall three levels of the hotel here. there are signs that direct you and there are doj staff members here has well, there's a map of the hotel in the materials that you received when you registered and coffee is available here on this level, also up on the second floor of a this plenary. and the promenade areas, there are some reference tables that you should all stop by during the course of the next two days. staff from the criminal justice association will assist you throughout the symposium about the brand jack funding in your state and representatives from several state agencies will be presenting later today during the plenary and tomorrow morning's

now wyclef jean is being awarded the prestigious vanguard award at the 41st annual naacp image award.honors people whose ground breaking work increase kreecres awareness. the music crosses genre, but hi's more well known recently for honoring his haitian roots. in 2005, he founded yele haiti, a nonprofit and the group has been instrumental in helping the victims of that horrible earthquake. he will be honored with the most prestigious medal at the annual culture rhythms award ceremony. "what matters" segment is a chance to look at some of the stories in the african-american community that affect all of us. >>> back to the breaking news from sea world in orlando where a female trainer was killed this afternoon. she was a veteran trainer. she had worked at that park since 1992. someone who saw what happened, who saw this attack from a viewing area said the trainer was explaining different things about a whale named telly. this is amateur video of telly. here's what the witness told our affiliate, wkmg. >> we walked out. there was a lot of people standing there. there was a trainer talki

it started with the assassination of a mentor ever saw was field secretary of the mississippi naacp. a shot in the back as he entered his home in june 1963. it was a summer that saw the clubbing of a cynical worker and saw the firebombing of the home of the first black voter africana at holmes county. it was a summer in august were two under 50,000 people gathered in in washington d.c., 60,000 of whom were white to protest injustice is being heaped upon black people at the time. was a summer that ended the on september 15th, 1963 when it for a little black girls were getting ready to go to sunday school. denise mcnair, carol robbins, and he may collins, cynthia wesley. they were killed and by bob brown into the 16th street baptist church in birmingham, alabama. you know, many brave individuals laid the foundation on which we now stand. they persevered, they help to bring about positive changes in our community. and i'm very proud to say that the nuf over the years has done its share. we know, since that first group of an nuf class members, who i am sure can remember with me these tim

naacp. shot in the back as he entered his home in june 1963. it was summer clubbing of a worker in greenwood. saw the fire bombing of the home of the first black voter applicant in holmes county. it was a summer of, in august where 250,000 people gathered in washington, d.c., 60,000 of whom were white, to protest the injustices that were being heaped upon black people at the time. it was a summer that ended on september 15th, 1963 when four little black girls were getting ready to go to sunday school. denise mcnair, carol robinson, attie may collins, cynthia wesley. they were killed by a bomber thrown into the 16th street baptist church in birmingham, alabama. you know, many brave individuals lay foundation which we now stand. they percent veered. they helped to bring about positive changes in our community. and i'm very proud to say that nuf over the years has done its share. you know, since that first group of nuf class members who i'm sure can remember with me these times, more than 1,000 others have followed in their footsteps. 1,000 commit

the naacp, allstate. their is a whole list. we have it on our web site including national association of black law enforcement officers. they came up with materials a long time ago to educate him people about how to interact with the police. the target of little further and we actually took it to the schools and we are doing it after hours. it is complete the volunteers. i don't have anybody on staff who can spend time doing this. our attorneys are volunteering. we do it on nights and weekends in different community forums educating parents and law-enforcement, there have been several times where law-enforcement were present. they like this so much. i found out recently that miami-dade police department, which is our largest police force has officers to go to the schools and are using our materials now. i did not know it. it is not copyrighted. it is public. they are actually using some of the materials. some of these things may cost you of a bit in terms of what time you do. let me tell you the work of public defense is very d

our membership by we spoke at the naacp is that the department of justice civil rights division's backinistrative things before introducing the next panel which will sort of set the tone for the sessions later today. first, some of the logistics thing -- the workshops are going to take place on all three levels of the hotel here. there are signs to direct you and they are staff members as well. there is a map of the hotel and the serials you received when you apply. there is coffee here and on the second floor. and the promenade area, there are some reference tables and you should all stop by during the course of these two days. staff from the national commit criminal justice association will talk to you from this the zoning about the funding in your state and representatives from several state agencies will presenting later today during the plenary and tomorrow morning's workshops. after the first set of workshops, there is going to be a working lunch. and we ask that when you go to this lunch today, said with the other representatives from your state, whether you like them or not. we