so to the naacp, don't divide us, unite us. >> reporter: division is over a lawsuit involving the naacp'srs union. the suit seeks to stop the closure of some public schools that the city deems as failing. while the same time preventing charter schools from opening or expanding. educator jeffrey canada joined parents demanding civil rights organization drop the lawsuit. saying that these charters schools are the best chance these kids have at a good education. >> naacp is always backed by minorities and african-americans. it is just very surprising that they are going against us now. it is like moving backwards. only supposed to be pushing forward. >> reporter: hazel dukes, president of the naacp's new york chapter, says that the group is fighting for equal education for all. much like the landmark supreme court decision of brown versus the board of education. duke's also wants to end the practice of charter and public schools being housed in the same building. >> the facilities should be in good condition on both sides. there should not be a 10:00 lunch hour and 12:00 lunch hour. there sh

they're the core of my beliefs and my fights out there are an attack on the naacp, my attacks on theainstream media because i want to break down this artificial construct that pits america against each other. >> host: andrew breitbart has written a fascinating, and i cannot emphasize it enough, piece of work, "righteous indignation indignation indignation." another aspect of this book that's riveting and this aspect you will find to be shocking, painful and truly disheartening. i remember this situation in washington, d.c. that you write so vividly about where members of the black caucus, john lewis and others said they were called inward and we won't use that word on this network. >> guest: 15 times. >> host: the mainstream media ran with it and i will tell you, we have people there and they said -- they said, armstrong, it did not happen. they said that did not happen. i said no one would just make up that type of lie, and they said it did not happen. you have said in this book that there are those who are on dead on their agenda, and maintain the perceived power that they will hav

well, it turned out during the 1970s, the local naacp in atlanta upholds school desegregation and for much the same reason. they decided to settle the school desegregation case that was ongoing in atlanta in order to preserve the jobs of african american school teachers principals. they were concerned about employment discrimination and also that they were concerned that black students would not have a good environment and desegregated majority white schools. now, even as matt is challenged his death, prominent lax in atlanta's community supported the settlement. this included dr. benjamin mei who had become the president of the atlanta board of education in 1969. an occluded maynard jackson who would he come mayor of atlanta. andrew young supported the settlement. lots of african-american -- prominent african-american leaders. but this does not stop mathews another wedding in atlanta's housing projects from pushing ahead. they challenge the settlement and name it he resisted and say lawmaking who is the head of the local naacp. he defended it with these words among others. he said if

why did the naacp sit on its hands? why did dan rather, tom brokaw and thomas jennings play ball with this take down of clarence thomas? i call it the democratic media complex. a year later after clarence thomas, bill clinton was named the standard bearer of the democratic party when a year before they told us a very low threshold of sexual harassment, and then bill clinton's behavior in the workplace was deplorable by now liberal -- >> host: they saved him. >> guest: they came to his rescue and admitted they did it for abortion politics. they admit it now. that's they went after -- went after clarence thomas. >> host: you said they found an opening, and in fact, engaged in a conversation and ma manipulating the american people on what sex is and it's not about sex, but the power of the structures. >> guest: it was about the power structure in the workplace that you just don't understand what a woman is like in a workplace. it was the same stuff that the professor was talking about. it's the same stuff that was taught i

freedom and individuality as the corner of my belief and my fight out there are the attack on the naacp, my attacks on the mainstream media are because i want to break down this artificial construct that americans against each other. >> host: andrew brietbard has written a fascinating, and i cannot emphasize enough, piece of work, "righteous indignation excuse me while i save the world." another aspect of this book that is just living, and this aspect you will find shocking, painful and truly disheartening. i remember the situation in washington, d.c. that you write so vividly about where members of the black caucus, john lewis and others said they were called the n-word and we want word on the airwaves -- 15 times come thank you. and was a big story. the mainstream media ran with it, and i will tell you this, we had people there and they said armstrong, it did not happen. they said they did not happen. i said no one would just make up that type of alladi and say i did not happen. you have in this book that there are those that are so bent on their agenda and maintaining the received po

why did the naacp sit on its hands? why did -- not katie couric but why did dan rather, tom brokaw and peter jennings play ball with this takedown of clarence thomas? i call it the democrat media complex. a year later after clarence thomas, bill clinton was named the standard bearer of the democratic party when a year before they were telling us that a very low threshold of sexual harassment then you have bill clinton whose behavior in the workplace was deplorable by liberal -- now everybody understands. >> host: in your book they came to his rescue and they did it. >> guest: they admit it for abortion politics and they admit it they did it for abortion politics and that's why they went after clarence thomas. and i called up the -- >> host: no, you said much more in your book. you said they found an opening. in fact, in changing the conversation and manipulating the american people along words what sex is and this is really not about sex. this is not -- >> guest: it's about the powers -- it was about the about the power

>> as eric said, i was head of the naacp had a critical time at ucla. i went to ucla because i have heard the difference between university of california and the university of pennsylvania was the that the university of california was three. we found that was true. i got a ph.d. for nothing before reagan. but, what i found also was that the campus around the university of california in los angeles, there was a lot of covert discrimination and i took on the naacp coast they weren't doing anything about it and organized them to go down and start picketing those places, which would not lead us work, would not let us live in apartments, would not -- we were just discriminated against all over the place. we could not get haircuts in the neighborhood for example. at about that time, the -- occurred and we started dick airlines at the walworth stores in west would the ucla campus and we want to do more. we just realized that even though we were doing the best we could to show that we were in solidarity with the students who were trying to break down segregatio

as such, the naacp commends and appreciates the u.s. department of education, the department of justice and, of course, this commission as well as various other government and nongovernment organizations who are aggressively pursuing the laws in order to protect our children. yet, sadly there always seems to be a case in which their efforts fall short. take, for example, the case of darian albet who was a 16-year-old junior and high school student at christian fender academy high school on chicago's south side when he was beaten to death. although the location of the beating was outside of the school grounds, it has been reported he had been bullied and harassed by the two opposing gangs on school property during school hours for some time. darion's death served as a tragic reminder of the repercussions of bullying and harassment. having been asked to give my opinion and on the naacp on the extent of the problem because many victims of bullying and harassment are oftentimes too frightened to come forward, suffice it to say cases such as

well not everyone is happy about kid rock being honored by the detroit naacp.tecters picketed because the grammy nominated musician uses the confederate plage in the performances. -- flag in the perform and that's known as symbol of racism and bigotry. kid rock insisted he loves detroit as well as black people. >>> after touring the tornado ravaged tuscaloosa alabama area, charlie sheen wants to help. went there to respond -- in response to an invitation from a twitter from a university of albalanca student -- alabama student. he is work with officials to organize a benefit set to be scheduled for a later date and as you noticed, he is wearing the antive alabama cap. >>> off to break now. and a scout learns a lot about life, leadership and survivor of the real life lessons for six scouts and two leaders and howrescuers in arkansas are hoping to track them down in the next few hours. also, a jury had convicted a man of murder but what lawyer may have wished he had boxing gloves after that man decided to attack. we will show you video from oklahoma when "good mor

every organization from the naacp all the way down. it is not for these people appear to look out for the future of our communities. it is the leaders who are not here today that are responsible. my name is ace and i am on the case. i'm not new to this. i'm true to this. we need to have community reforms. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i would like to thank you, supervisor, for holding this. mayor, you have seen me around. i would just like to say to support black businesses. support african-american non- profit organizations. i went to school here right across the street at benjamin franklin. it is not called ben franklin anymore. i have grown up now. my whole thing is, i can remember hearing the stories about jim jones and how he rated the black community of their properties and businesses. it is very painful to see that. i was born in the 1980's and i saw i whole lot of black businesses when i was growing up, but now, even back then, elders were telling me things were not the same. now that i've grown up a little bit

in the third vice president of the san francisco grand naacp. this is my neighborhood. i know where the mayor's office is because the naacp san francisco branch -- we have been there pleading our cases before him, and, supervisor avalos, thank you for all that you have done for this community. i have a business, a beauty salon in this area. i have been there 37 years. i have grandchildren. my grandson works with the inner city youth. i have a granddaughter that will start school here in the fall, but she is a student, along with my great-grandson, who is in preschool and going to kindergarten. so i have a lot invested in this community. so my plea to you is to keep the inner city youth funds coming so that we can keep the programs for our youth, give them the training they need so they can grow up to be good citizens, the mayor, the police officer, and take the seats of where you are sitting because they are our future. invest in our children. thank you. [applause] >> i'm jacki cash, president of the excelsior district improvement association. i'm going to say this wron

the naacp apologized for the audience reaction which was in the context of the video. the problem that happened and i felt i hit the target there were attempts to-would grant the tea party. everything went awry when glen beck went on television and said i need to apologize. he claimed that he did not do this story because he saw a greater context he thought there is a context missing and he refrained from doing it. in fact, that morning, glen beck took the two plus minute video and cut it into a series of little clips and mercilessly attacked surely share rod. the white house said there were fearful that glen beck would buy this on their tv show. glen beck took away the context of where she said it is not about black versus white, is about rich versus poor. he took out the context of the naacp's constant bashing of the tea party and he made about surely sharad. that is what happened then i went to him after that and after he said i apologize. i said let me on your show. i wanted to explain myself. he refused. i was thrown to the walls and the mainstream media wanted to

the naacp, the new director really has made this an important issue, and that is what is going to take. we could run down the list of all the great things there are to do, but we have to push back on this kind of hysteria on crime, and it takes leadership to do it -- it takes individuals, all of us, to do it as well, to put pressure on leaders, but it takes real leadership to do that. that is how i would put it together all in one place. >> in the vein of what is hopeful, and there is a reentry coordinating council in san francisco and also one in alameda county. what has been helpful to me is i think that overwhelmingly, we have this being tough on crime problem as opposed to being smart on crime, but i think that even in places where you would not expect it, people are starting to make the connection. for example, a lieutenant from the sheriff's department in alameda county is one of the most consistent and supported participants in the coordinating council for reentry in alameda county. i would say it is an unlikely ally, and i'm sure that we are lucky in his leadership and support.

one of those is sponsored by the naacp.earned that he is beginning rehearsals for the remakes of "the wiz." let's welcome him. [applause] our moderator for this afternoon, world renowned anti- racist, multicultural educator. [applause] yes. as many of you in the audience know, she is an accomplished front line teacher. a teacher, educators, researchers, writers, consultant, speaker. she is like a mother, auntie, big sister, all in one, for me. she has taught in canada, the caribbean, and the u.s. and has been involved in the development of teachers for two decades. she consults on anti-racist inclusion very and equitable education. she assists school districts and schools to continually restructure themselves for equitable outcomes for all students. the initiative put that puts race -- she designed the initiative that puts race on the table. she is the virtual scholar for teaching for change. she is the author of "reality check," a major report on education. maybe conversation began. >> this is an occasion when we are going

i am working with your local naacp to forge an implementation plan and take note of all the things we have to do from education to job training. there are issues like recidivism as well, and also to support families. there are a lot of things in there that cross all of our different departments. it has to do with all the things we're doing tonight, to make sure we do them better and to make sure we have in our minds and in our plans of how people leave the city and why. housing is extremely difficult right now. i understand what people went through when forced with foreclosures. it has made life harder. it has caused people to move to oakland and other areas. we understand what that has been about. there is a combination of these things. we need to have money available for those who needed, making sure city is working in a coordinated fashion with all our programs. we have to do better. i know it begins with us making sure we are sensitive to this. i know, because i work with all my colleagues, that they have read this report. we will be working with all of you about implementing the

jones joined the naacp protest against the flying of the confederate battle flag over the south carolina state house by boycotting the spoleto festival and canceling his dance company's two-day engagement. he recently received the lambda legal defense fund liberty award. jones has noted that speaking about his work could historically overshadow the work itself. we hope that's not the case and certainly look forward to our conversation this evening. welcome. hello. [applause] we're delighted to have you here. as you know, this show is about free expression, and i'm curious: are there things you can convey in dance that you can't convey in other forms of communication? mmm. well, i suppose that was the reason i became a dancer. i was an actor, or a wannabe actor, and till one day i was encouraged at the university to come and take a west african dance class. i walked into this room, and there was--first of all, the teacher was a charismatic, tall man from trinidad. there were drummers. but it--the students were the full gamut of, i suppose, everything that we would say was beautiful about

to talk a little bit about that you know looking back at history in one thousand forty one when the naacp even dated if you're going in and there was this instant alliance between the soviets and western democracies the big u.s. and the u.k. why did we see such coordination then but why have we not seen a same level today get comment back and one that all those nations that i just named have had been spoken about and pointed to collectively as terrorism. in nineteen forty one when i in june and forty one when hitler invaded the soviet union the immediate reaction of course all across europe which was now occupied by you or in england where hit that way which was under the siege of the nazi airplanes and even in the united states which was far away was to come to the support of the soviet union because by then remember hitler's war had been going on for almost three years it was clearly understood better all the western countries were in danger collectively together and they had to come to each other's rescue so it wasn't hard for roosevelt to make an alliance with stalin for example churc

as the state of israel was founded violence erupted on what the palestinians call the naacp a day when some seven hundred thousand of them were forced out riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to stop thousands storming the borders from syria lebanon and gaza from getting into the country prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel is determined to defend its sovereignty. from the most solid center for arabs in israel says it's time for the international community to step in. well when we talk about the border there is a phrase that i designed. is the way it is all compiling all these areas and people have the right to you know according also to the international agreements is going to have responsibility to take care of all of that if you g.'s and all of the people that are living down there. and i think it's of all time that the international community will act on all these are disposable to such a reaction to an envoy and. i think the international community you. know is thinking this there are some communities that actually give me good i'm happy that the international com

the naacp apologized for the audience reaction which was in the context of the video. problem that happened and i felt i hit the target there were attempts to-would grant the tea party. everything went awry whenlen beck went on television and said i need to apologize. he claimed that he did not do this story because he saw a greater context he thought there is a context missing and he refrained from doing it. in fact, that morning, glen beck took the two plus minute video and cut it into a series of little clips and mercilessly attacked surely share rod. the white house said there were fearful that glen beck would buy this on their tv show. glen beck took away the context of where she said it is not about black versus white, is abt rich versus poor. he took out the context of the naacp's constant bashing of the tea party and he made about surely sharad. that is what happened then i went to him after that and after he said i apologize. i said let me on your show. i wanted to explain myself. he refused. i was thrown to the walls and the mainstream media wanted to take me

this black man who was in this historic position while the mainstream media took him down, while the naacp and the urban league and other black liberal leaders sat and seemed to relish this takedown. >> who were your mentors? you had this mentor at the time who we're going to get to later who's brutally murdered. and you didn't know whether to cry for him or not. but you had this mentor, and it was along that time that you started questioning the indoctrination. >> the smartest person i ever met was this guy named mike. i was delivering pizza in high school, and he was just different. he was alternative, and he was the smartest guy i ever knew. in hindsight, he wasn't the most ethical guy. he took the s.a.t.s for a bunch of my friends and got them 1600s. he was the smartest guy you could ever meet. and he dropped out of uc santa barbara. and while i was going to college, he was floundering and doing drugs. during the period of time that he was my mentor, he was taking me to alternative bookstores to read about left-wing ideas. you know, he very much was into the class struggle. and when i

the oklahoma naacp says she should resign. >>> donald trump has found himself in another war of wordsime with david letterman t all stems from the late night host's on-air suggestion that trump is a racist because of his persistent questioning of president obama's birthplace. frump fired back play letter saying there is no one that is less of a racist than him. trump even canceled his upcoming appearance on the show planned for may 18th and letterman says trump better be prepared to apologize if he plans to come on his show again. >>> many newspaper headlines blared the world dead in bold letters when talking about osama bin laden. time magazine taking a different approach in its special edition. bin laden's face simply covered in a bloody red x. >>> it is now or maybe never for the washington caps. down 2-0 in the second round of the nhl playoffs. tonight's game about as close to a must win as you can get. we'll talk to the sports junkies. rgri o.of >>> we have an update on the deadly southern tornadoes actual cording to a preliminary government estimate, there were more nndz a singl

the naacp is wanting to have that fleck, removed.m: mcdonald's has dumped itself from the indy500. donald trump is not going to be driving the celebrity pace car in the nic because h might soon run his intentions of running for president. many people does not like the idea. there is a protest facebook page in place. alan shepard became the first american in place. nasa unveiled the ceremonial recognition. ellen shepherd died in 1998. (music) >> jacqueline: it is still quite warm. alan shepard-- >>jacqueline: 87 degrees, breaking the previous record by just one degree. concord, 92 degrees and also a record. napa and at the airport, 80 degrees and downtown, 88 san jose did not pretend record. just nine degrees shy in oakland. to not break that record hauthe inland valleys are still off 90's and closer to the coast. we are going to cool off. 50s and 60s to the coast hot in the south and cool to the north. warm tomorrow evening tonight. if you have even implants? just a light jacket. the sea breezes, if you have evening plans? and.... th

historical plaque denoting the union burning of the lancet during the civil war was protested by the naacp because of its location in the middle of atlanta civil rights district was deemed to be insensitive. the war may be 150 years old, but the feelings that it generated are refreshed us this morning pauling. so today, this nation officially begins the commemoration of the civil war centennial. defendant serve as we begin here at the center early for this year with the intent of finding ways for examining the war and what it means to us that moves beyond the celebration of title field exploit and probe more deeply than castilla and reenactments. to that end, we are proud today to welcome dr. david goldfield can't distinguish robert lee bailey, professor of history at the university of north carolina in charlotte. the just published book he brings to us is "america aflame," how the civil war created a nation, which is nothing less than a major narrative of the war and reconstruction that gives us ways to perceive some of the most fundamental wars of this history. jim kobler fadiman noted u

historical plaque denoting the union and burning of atlanta during the civil war was protested by the naacp because its location in the middle of atlantis civil rights district was deemed to be insensitive. the war may be 150 years old, but the feelings that it generated are as fresh as this morning's pollen. so today, this nation of officially begins the commemoration of the civil war sesquicentennial. it is in observance we begin here at the center for the book earlier this year with the intent of finding ways of examining the war and what it means to us that move beyond the celebration of battlefield exploits, and probe more deeply than cost you reenactments. to that end we are proud tonight to welcome dr. david goldfield, a distinguished robert lee bailey professor of history at the university of north carolina at charlotte. the just published book he brings to us is "america aflame how the civil war created a nation," which is nothing less that a major narrative of the war and reconstruction that gives us new ways to perceive some of the most fundamental matters of this special history

apparently for three consecutive years he has received an award from the naacp called the excellencey, the of course we all know what a great friend and a fair advocate for the tea party movement the naacp is. >> >> bicepping the tea party award on behalf of tavis smiley, we would like to thank him for his unwavering condominium to fair reporting of the tea party movement. we would like to but we can't. he hasn't demonstrated this yet. but there is always next year. today we can thank him for continuing to point out the absurdity of the left ch [applause] >> thank you. i'll see you in four years. four more years. see if you can find me. >> while neal was reading "war and peace" i was back there and i got a text from my son who scored some mammoth points with his wife by telling me to remind -- by reminding me that i have to say a shoutout, a happy mother's day to all the mothers here. happy mother's day. [applause] in twetch, and with the blessing of its namessake, we introduced some new elements to the m.r.c. gala, the william f. buckley award for excellence in journalism. every yea

the naacp and the urban league and other black liberal leaders sat and seemed to relish this take them. >> you had this mentor at the time who we would get to later who is brutally murdered. you didn't know. you had this mentor. it was a long that time did he started questioning the induct -- indoctrination. >> the smartest person i ever met was this dynamite. i was delivering pizza in high-school. he was just different, alternative, and the smartest guy i ever knew. in hindsight, not the most ethical guy. he take the sats for a bunch of my friends and get them 1600's them of the smartest guy that you could ever meet. he dropped out of uc santa barbara. while i was going to college he was floundering in doing drugs. during the time that he was my mentor he was taking me to alternative bookstores to read about left-wing ideas. you know, you very much was into the class struggle. when i started to have these epiphanies, when i started to get my job, as i was aspiring to be in intellect, trying to understand his world view, trying to embrace the struggle at a certain point my dad said som