>> i use that language because i've been meeting with the naacp and others actually talked with derek johnson multiple times this week ahead of the naacp and the targeted outreach to the african-american community and i use the language that is used in my family. i have a puerto rican brother-in-law. i have family that called their parents big mama. that's the language that we use and that i use and we need to continue to target our outreach to those communities and it is critically important that they understand it's not just about them and it was very clear about that. it's not just about what you do, but you also are not helpless. we need to do our part at the federal level, we need people to do their part at the state lev level. the follow the president's guidelines can do their part of because when i talked to the naacp three weeks ago and you help dispel the myth in this community that people can't get coronavirus if there black >> sandra: that was a myth that is very important for us to squash here. >> all americans should avoid alcohol, tobacco, and drug use. >> absolutely an

president of the naacp and van jones. let me start with you. u.s.on general addressed communities of color today. he's been talking about how his upbringing has made him more susceptible to getting extremely sick from the virus. using colorful language addressing the issue. >> avoid alcohol, tobacco and drugs. and call your friends and family. check in on your mother. she wants to hear from you right now. speaking of mothers, do this if not for yourself, for your grandmother. your big mama. your pop pop. understand especially in communities of color we need you to step up and help stop the spread and protect those most vulnerable. >> and the surgeon general says he's been speaking with you about how to address the issue and target out reach in the black community. here's the exchange. >> did you talk about whether or not people -- have a response for people offended by the language you used? >> i use that language. that's the i had been meeting with the naacp. national medical association. with others and i talked with dereck johnson multiple times.

and with others, i talked with derek johnson, multiple times this week, the head of the naacp and we needed targeted outreach to the african-american community. i used the language that's used in my family. i have a puerto rican father in law. i have relatives who call their grandparents, big mama. that wasn't meant to be offensive. that's the language we use. it's critically important that it's not just about them. i was very clear about that. it's not just about what you do but you also not helpless. we need to do our part at the federal level. we need people to do their part at the state level. we need you to call the coronavirus guidelines and do their part. when i talked to the naacp three weeks ago, it's important to note, can you help dispel the myths in this community that people can't get coronavirus that was black? that's a myth that's out there. >> all americans avoid tobacco, alcohol and drug use at this time. >> absolutely. it's especially important for people who are at risk. yes, all americans. thank you. i'll clarify that. all americans need to avoid these substances

hundreds of african-american leaders, including the reverend jesse jackson, and derek johnson of the naacp and the national medical association and the black nurses association, to talk about some of the alarming trends we're observing regarding the impact that covid-19 on communities of color. you've heard the stats. in new york city, hispanics represent the majority of deaths, and milwaukee county, blacks are 25% of the population but 50% of the cases and 75% of the deaths. so what's going on? well, it's alarming, but it's not surprising that people of color have a greater burden of chronic health conditions. african-americans and native americans develop high blood pressure at much younger ages, less likely to be under control and does greater harm to their organs. pouerto ricans have greater chances of asthma, and as a matter of fact, i've been carrying around an inhaler in my pocket for 40 years. out of fear of having a fatal asthma attack and i hope that showing you this inhaler shows little kids with asthma all across the country, they can grow up to be surgeon general one day, but

of african-american leaders, including the reverend jesse jackson, including derek johnson of the naacp, the national medical association and the black nurses association to talk about some of the alarming trends we are observing regarding the impact of covid-19 on communities of color. you have heard the stats in new york city, hispanics represent the majority of deaths. in milwaukee county, blacks are 25% of the population, but almost 50% of the cases and 75% of the deaths. so what's going on? well, it's alarming, but it's not surprising that people of color have a greater burden of chronic health conditions. african-americans and native americans develop high blood pressure at much younger ages. and so that's likely to be under control and does greater harm to their organs. puerto ricans have higher rates of asthma and black boys are three times as likely to die of asthma as their white counterparts. as a matter of fact, i've been carrying around an inhaler in my pocket for 40 years, out of fear of having a fatal asthma attack. and i hope that showing you this inhaler shows a little

they end up recording and playing, represent the naacp on tour and he organizes the baseball team. he does all of these things that makes and not only themselves public figures as african-americans but they are carrying the moniker of central so there representing grand central terminal as well. so anyone is going up in and around new york in the first half of the 20 century and you think grand central and are traveling by train, they are not just sort of this and other ancillary part. this is part of how you envision travel. they are part of that. >> this is also very special set of people that grand central wanted to put at the because they realized that the women needed support when catching the train, they need someone to help them with their bags and so they thought it was also make them stand out. the other side of that is this is a fairly well tipped position. i remember reading in the book, for instance, samuel battle talks about making like $300 a month, whereas on average people might've made $32 a month, okay, we'll talk about a lot of money at that particular time. this

you know, the naacp is 100% correct, in that we have an epidemic already of neglect in communities. and we have an epidemic, already, of hypertension, of obesity, all those different thingings. and so you have a pandemic jumping on top of an epidemic. we have an epidemic of jobs. they now call them essential workers. they weren't paid as essential workers, didn't have rights of essential workers until this very moment. but i want to be clear about something. imp glad that some of these officials are trying to break through to communities and a half that have not gotten the message. a lot of the stuff we have been saying has not been helpful. when we talk about comorbidities and this sort of stuff, that's not how regular people talk. regular people talk, hey, do you take a pill every night? do you take a pill every day? then, you could die from this. it's not just about older people. in the black community, we're seeing people die in their 50s, in their 40s, and even younger, because we have high blood pressure. we have an epidemic of that. so you got to say, hey, do you have pressur

if you are a civil rights organization like the naacp it is not in your interest to acknowledge that things have improved for black people and what you are trying to do, the civil rights battles have been fought and won and you are trying to stay relevant. if you are an organization like black lives matter you want to raise money so you're going to play out certain aspects of what is going on on the racial front, whether or not they are actually relevant, you are going to play that up because it is in your interests to do so. we were talking about the victimization narrative and that is something democrats and black democrats use to get reelected. different groups have different incentives, but it has very much become an industry. >> host: an industry with no vested interest in realistic assessment of black path allergy. >> guest: that doesn't serve their purpose. they want to stay relevant or raise money or get reelected so they are going to keep racial victimization front and center in the national debate whether or not it is relevant. >> host: where do you do most of your thinking

they were acknowledged for this by the naacp, by selling raffle tickets or whatever. making the gala, really a big gala. and so for this reason that his orchestra got walter white when he was sort of this and only cd, he's promoting the orchestra, is writing to the same mexican artists, doing theharlem renaissance . and these inviting them to the gala to settle a ballroom and he says you have to come here the red caps. they will play trthe st. louis woman. like you've never heard before. and he's just gushing in his letter area so those kinds of things. those, the way williams was still this good morale. he was a booster. and a lot of these young men did finish college. a lot of them were taking social work courses and became leaders who would eventually went the red caps moved to the next phase inspired by the home importers, organizing a union , by around 1937 and 1940 when the conference invention is in new york. >> .. he is getting on at this time and is stylistically different from the organization that he was used to when he started out but it was all part of th

this week , the head of the naacp. we need targeted outreach to the african-american community. i used language use in my family. i have a puerto rican brother-in-law. i call my granddaddy, granddaddy. i have relatives who call their .parents big momma/ it was not meant to be offensive. that is a language that we use. it is critically important it is not just about them. i was very clear about that it is not just about what you do, but you are also not helpless. we have do our part at the federal level, we need people to do their part. we need everyone, no matter what color you are, to follow the coronavirus guidelines, and do their part. naacp,talked to the three weeks ago, one of the things they asked me is can you help dispel the myths in the community that people cannot get the coronavirus if they are black? that was a myth that was important for us to squash. reporter: are you recommending that all americans avoid alcohol, tobacco, drug use? dr. adams: yes, all americans. i will clarify that. all of america's to a

the head of the brotherhood of sleeping carporters wrote a letter to the naacp secretary require will -- wilkins says this is going to harm our quest, and phillip randolph maintained this to say this is a real concern. and then with a question of unanimity, chief justice warn wrote brown. it was important to him to make sure there was no descending opinions. he went to the last hold out in brown just as stanley reed of kentucky and he says you're all on your own now and you to decide if this is in the best interest of the country. you can see the way the southernman fes toe was written. only three senators decided not to sign the document, that is senator lye eor lyndon johnson , senator albert gore. and it raises an interesting question to think about how the u unanimity of brown, if there had been a decent in brown versus board of education that the decision would have been more aggressive and more effective. the idea that it would have led to resist with greater ferver, it seems to me they resisted it with plenty of voracity. it is also important to think about the way that even di

. >> reporter: he is with the naacp in milwaukee and says his brothers and sisters are dying and authorities are doing little to help. >> none of the resources that they are targeting are being targeted in the central area with the highest rate of incident that covid-19 is occurring. >> reporter: how do you explain that? >> systemic racism. what else can you attribute it to? >> our decision to include race and ethnicity as a measure of our covid incidents was very important and rooted to that declaration of racism as a public issue. >> reporter: dr. kowalic is with the city of milwaukee. she says combating the virus starts with being transparent about who is the victim here. >> if the data on race and ethnicity was more available since the beginning of this outbreak nationally, i think that could have helped us provide a more robust campaign. >> reporter: the virus has taken more than 700 lives in louisiana, with african-americans accounting for more than 70% of those deaths. in new orleans, the music that once celebrated life and death, now on pause. >> the grieving process is on hold, and

if like the naacp. it is not in your interest or knowledge the things that have improved for black people, and what you're trying to do that the civil rights battle that has been hot and one and you are trying to stay relevant. if you're an organization like lives matter you want to raise money so you're going to play out certain aspects of what's going on out there on the racial front. whether or not they are actually relevant, you're going to play that out because it's in your interest to do so. we were talking earlier about the victimization narrative, and that something that democrats and black democrats in particular used to get reelected. so different groups i think have different incentives here, but it has very much i believe, an industry trend one you see an industry that is no vested interest in realistic assessments of black pathology. >> guest: because again that doesn't serve their purpose. they want to stay relevant by the want to raise money by the want to get reelected, and so they are g

. >> reporter: the naacp is calling on georgia branches to defy the governor and maintain the shelter in place orders. the overall covid-19 death rate in georgia is 4%, but for black covid-19 patients, it's more than 9%. kenneth, mona. >> megan, thank you. >>> an er nurse in boston is finally home after a grueling battle with coronavirus. co-workers cheered as debby buonopane left the hospital after nine long days. she received a police escort home, and her neighbors gave her a well-deserved hero's welcome. >> i'm used to caring for people. and which was on the other side, i can't breathe and i'm dependent on a nurse and a doctor and medication to help me breathe and it was really hard. >> buonopane says she can't wait to go back to work to care for other patients with the same compassion her colleagues showed her. >>> and a special homecoming in new jersey. michael goldsmith's neighbors welcomed him home. the 34-year-old father and husband spent 22 days on a ventilator battling the coronavirus. at one point he had a 105-degree fever. his 9-year-old son joey shared news about the toot

people stuck with them was the naacp. >> the question. >> my question is what about the civil rights revolution? how can we explain the great society without talking about race relations? >> it is my book and very extensively. this was just one chapter. the book looks at civil rights law so we have the civil rights act that came before, the voting rights act and the early rights are great and revolutionary and without them we wouldn't be where we are. the later law with the howard university speech of president johnson were more about benefits that were positive rights, what people get. there was plenty of evidence for it, those benefits didn't help poor people, white or black, kept him poor. today we have the hillbilly books, so important, appalachia, what can we do kind of struggling group that has in it path ologies in addition to poverty. in the 1960s we have an appalachian law, to improve appalachia but it didn't help, just made life harder, and i marked the divide at johnson howard university speech, he got ahead of it. we need to move on. we have a long treatment of the 1964 c

and said, this is before thurgood marshall was a supreme court justice when he was a lawyer for the naacp and the man said nager boy what are you doing in this town. he says i am waiting for the train and the man says you better be out of this town before sundown because the sun has never set with a nager in this town and that's a story that he tells in his autobiography. some african-americans face all kinds of intimidation and even real dangers when they travel. and this is a fair and colorado. i have to wonder why they were wearing these outfits on the first will. so african-americans often depended on travel guides like the negro motorist green book which was produced in new york city. how many of you heard of the negro motorist green book, how many have you have heard of all the other dozen travel guide that existed, there were many different travel guides for a variety of audiences if you are part of a church group or a fraternity or sorority, there were guides that found special housing for you, there were guys for show people in many different guides, the back of black newspapers,

came up to him and said, this was before he was the supreme justice it was ernie's a lawyer for the naacp. the man said jim, nager boy, what are you doing in this town? he said i'm waiting for the train to shreveport. the man said will or boy you better be out of this town before sundown. the sun has never set with the nager in this town. that's a story that he says in his autobiography. some african-americans face all kinds of intimidation and even real dangerous when they travel. this is a fair in colorado. i have to wonder why were they were in these outfits on the ferris will? so african-americans also depended on travel guides. like the negro motorist book that was produced in york city. how many of you have heard of the negro motorist book? how many of you. how many of heard of all the other travel guides that existed? there were many different travel guides for a variety of audiences. if you part of a church group, a fraternity, or sorority, there were guides that found special housing for you. there were guides for show people there were many different guides in the back of black

the only peoplewho stuck with him were the naacp . >> what was your question mark. >> my question to you is what about the civil rights revolution in america -mark how can that not be in your book and how can we explain thegreat society without talking about race relations ? >> it is in my book and very extensively. this was one chapter . the book looks at civil rights law so we have the civil rights act which came before as youknow the voting rights act . and basically the early rights are great and important and revolutionary and without them we wouldn't be where we are. the later laws particularly following howard university speech of president johnson were more about benefits. that is, positive rights, what people get and i argue and there's plenty of evidence for it that those benefits didn't help poor people, white or black. they kept them poor. for example today we have the hillbilly elegy book. it's so important. oh my gosh, appalachia, what can we do? kind of a struggling group that has innate path elegy in addition to poverty. in the 1960s we had an appalachian law in order

for her by the naacp dearly on this is actually until several hours this letter says you will get at least 212 swatches the one so we've been able to help carry our care say shares or buy a new poll long delayed by about a buyout dark. in the early 1990 s. germany paid 500000000 mark stupid as a humanitarian gesture as it was called back then. use if wanted to apply for money for his siblings but they needed to his consent. not that much sister answerable no no no i will not steal money from the german people because i am dramatically i said. barbara has invited a load here to her home they want to talk about the stories of their lives that wound up taking such a similar course. but they actually are still we are kind of like sisters. for a long time we didn't know if we were german or thai less. but i feel as though we were both very lucky to change stations but that a fusion we ended up in families that treated us like their own children. who. could. barbaro was 3 when the nazis examined her and approved her for german ization. in 1942 she was placed with a german foster family and

for her by the naacp dearly on schedule this is actually possible several hours but this letter says you will get at least 212 swatches the last show so we've been able to help here we are here saying shared by new poll longly probably about about dark. in the early 1990 s. germany paid 500000000 mark stipple and as a humanitarian gesture as it was called back then. yousef wanted to apply for money for his siblings but they needed young men as consent. not by my sister answerable no no no i will not steal money from the german people because i am dramatically i said yes. barbara has invited a load a year to her home they want to talk about the stories of their lives that wound up taking such a similar course. but they actually asked it we all kind of like sisters. always for a long time we didn't know if we were german or pay less. but i feel as though we were both very lucky. but that a few we ended up in families that treated us like their own children and i said questioning. what. could. barbaro was 3 when the nazis examined her and approved her for a german ization. in 1902 she w

the naacp's magazine writes about american concentration camps, and says color seems to be the only possible reason why thousands of american citizens of japanese ancestry are in concentration camps. they call a camp in independence, california, they call it a phoenix spot of lonely. you see some of the racist anti-japanese propaganda. these are japanese hunting licenses, or licenses and pins encouraging people, as it says here, "shoot a a day. the defence stamp way." the american opinion is rounding up and removing japanese aliens away from the pacific coast. we want to show in the exhibition how americans saw nazism in the war time we see images of hitler's that americans would have seen. there is a range of images. we are making fun of hitler on the cover of the new yorker, comparing him to the wicked witch of the west. there's a pincushion here that encourage you to stick a pin in hitler's end. or hitler as a skunk, hitler is a pincushion, hitler on a toilet bowl. he also see american heroes, like captain america. this is a reproduction of the first issue of captain america, with captain

the crisis magazine, the naacp magazine writes about american concentration camps, and says color seems to be the only possible reason why thousands of american citizens of japanese ancestry are in concentration camps. the mainstream press, by contrast, life magazine, calls a camp, it calls it a scenic spot of lonely loveliness. and you see some of the really racist anti japanese propaganda. these are japanese hunting licenses, and pins encouraging people, as it says, to shoot a day, a defense way. open season declared, december 7th, 1941. an american public opinion is very much for rounding up and, it says removing japanese aliens away from the pacific coast. you see that 93% of americans argue that that is the right thing to do. we want to show in the exhibition as well americans saw nazism during wartime, and here you see images of hitler that americans would have seen during the war, and there is a range of images. were making fun of hitler out on the cover of that new york, or comparing him to the which is wicked witch of the west. there's a pincushion that encouraging you to stick

race men who thought every achievement that they had and then to become for secretary general and the naacpthe first black man admitted to the bar in florida but the signature accomplishments not just as the composition of the song. >>host: they were first-generation freemen born in the 18 seventies? >> yes. the mother's family were not have been enslaved in bahamian and fathers with virginia but yes they were of that generation that emerged from slavery with all of the hopes and dreams and aspirations that were quickly dashed at the end of reconstruction. >>host: what was the reception in 1900 when the song was written? >> what is extraordinary the song caught on like wildfire. it was almost immediately embraced as the anthem of black america and i do try to detail this in the book that the united states did not have a national anthem at this moment so we refer to that as an anthem. the johnson brothers left florida at the time of the composition to work as songwriters in part because for the city. and it caught on that the schoolchildren they reprinted it it was printed in the back of hym

the crisis magazine, the naacp's magazine, writes about american concentration camps and says color seems to be the only possible reason why thousands of american citizens of japanese ancestry are in concentration camps. the mainstream press, by contrast, "life" magazine calls manzanar, a camp in independence, california, a scenic spot of lonely loveliness. you see here some of the racist anti-japanese propaganda. these are japanese hunting licenses, or licenses and pins encouraging people, as it says here, "shoot a jap a day, the defense stamp way. open season declared december 7, 1941." american public opinion is very much for rounding up and removing japanese aliens away from the pacific coast. you see that 93% of americans argue that that is the right thing to do. we wanted to show in the exhibition as well how americans saw nazism during war time. and here, you see images of hitler that americans would have seen during war. and there is a range of images. there is one making fun of hitler on the cover of the new yorker, comparing him to the wicked witch of the west. there's a pincush

>> well, we think that, well that's always the response when you know, people call the naacp racist, because we speak out against racism. we are following what the experts say. what the w.h.o. said, what the cdc said, what president trump's own experts say. they say, take it slow. it is too soon to begin a phase of reopening the up the economy and they all predict that if we come back too soon, it will be more devastating than the first wave. >> you are a -- your mayor is supporting your message, saying stay home and listen to the scientists despite what the governor is saying and now, she and her son are receiving disgusting racist threats. are you shocked how ugly the debate has gotten? i -- unfortunately we lost him. apologize for the technical difficulties. up next, experts away agree that widespread antibody testing is essential to getting life back to normal. how close is the u.s. to achieving that. you are live in the cnn newsroom. >>> antibody testing is essential to reopening. what exactly is, what does it tell you? >>> a test that search es for markers of the coronavirus, a

justice marshall drives off and gets where he is going and calls the empty and -- calls the naacp and says i have not touched any whiskey before but now i'm about to get drunk. again, it is a horrible story but it is a true story. there is a book about this particular event. he always would punctuate it with his own brand of humor. >> i will contribute a couple. the stories he say were quite harsh. not in the language or even in the events. one was a rape trial in florida. >> the jury went to the liberate and the prosecutor came over to justice marshall and said, see the bailiff over there, what about them? i will bet you five dollars that the jury comes in within two minutes and say that is a guy. >> what does that have to do with anything? those journeymen have been sitting there all day -- jurymen have been sitting there all day. they probably want a cigar. the other is in one of the books. he came out of the courthouse in texas, about an hours drive from dallas. he was being driven there in the morning and was picked up by highway patrol. he was escorted all the way to the courtho

complete the term of the late congressman, he held the seat for five terms before leaving to lead the naacp. charlotte, north carolina, city leaders vote to accept a grant for security costs related to the rnc but it may not proceed as planned to do the coronavirus pandemic. this is a live look of columbus, one of the big stories there tonight, the ncaa moves forward with a plan to allow college athletes to earn money for endorsements and a host of other activities involving personal appearances and the social media. the plan permits athletes to cash in on their names, images, and likenesses as never before and without involvement from the association, schools, or conferences, the changes still must be voted on by the ncaa membership next year. that is tonight's live look the beltway from special report, we'll be right back. shown us, you're much tougher your heart, courage and commitment has always inspired us and now it's no different so, we're here with financial strength, stability and experience you can depend on and the online tools you need because you have always set the highest sta

that's part of why the naacp which has a song as its official song does not refer to it as the blacknegro national anthem because they have a history of strong integration agenda. johnson Ãbeven though it tells the story of black life in these epic terms. it was never in the running in the nationals. there have been discussions that the values that are asserted in the song and the beauty of the composition are without question universal. he could tell a particular story about the struggles of african-americans in this land and it has messages that are meaningful for everyone. >> next call for author imani perry is dave in oakland. >> thank you c-span. >> you are on the air. >> i live in a mixed neighborhood and i have five grandsons to go to school, the school is probably 65 percent to 80% black. i would like to know what i can do to teach my grandsons to be better americans so we can get past this. because i make no connotations or denotations to color with the kids in our neighborhood. i say, the boy across the street, or i say that girl across the street. because this really break

philip randolph the head of the brotherhood of the sleeping car porters, wrote a letter to the naacpour for racial integration, and a philip randolph remained concerned about this for weeks to come, and wrote to people in the civil rights committee to say that this is a real concern. and then with the question of unanimity, obviously earl warren, chief justice warren, wrote brown, so as to be unanimous. it was important to him that there would be no dissenting opinions. he famously went to the last holdout in brown, justice stanley reed of kentucky, and said you're all on your own now. you have to decide whether this is in their best interest of the country. you can see the way the southern manifesto was written in order to keep the largest number of people on board as possible. only three senators decided not to sign the document. those three senators are senator lyndon johnson of texas, senator al gore of tennessee, the vice president's father, a senator estes case over. it does raise an interesting question to think about how venerated the unanimity of brown is. seems to me it pro

activist, a lawyer from the 1960s to the 1980s and had won awards from civil rights groups like the naacp. my family had suffered from that work, not just the constant vandalism but physical attacks on my elementary school age children but that never sway them from their commitment to racial justice . >> .. but in my memory the picketing in the beginning started at gage park. it didn't look like a park. there were no swings or slides or jungle gyms. just an open field the separated the place where report from the busy intersection of tenth st. n gage boulevard. as pastor of the title westboro baptist church my grandfather would drive the big red pickup build was cited bit and the rest of the church consisting almost entirely of my aunts and uncles, parents, grandparents and siblings would follow in a caravan of vehicles. i couldn't readn the messages since i i was still a few monts shy of kindergarten but when i saw photos as a teenager i was surprised by how small and restrain restraint summer compared to what came later. watch your kids, days in restrooms. gage park was a popular meetin

the blue stars with numbers are offices of suspicious publications, from the naacp magazine to socialist newspapers in english and other languages. the military fear of an uprising was so great, the army actually prepared a contingency plan for putting the united states, the whole country under martial law, complete with the wording of a proclamation the president should issue. happily, things did not reach that point, but it is a reminder of how close to the brink we came. basically, several things happened to still the hysteria. by the early 1920's, the economy picked up, was booming, the on employment rate was low. the russian revolution did not spread to the united states, and the labor movement had been effectively crushed. but those who had been active against the war did not stay put. remember, the young social workers sent to prison for refusing the draft. here he is, decades later outside the supreme court, the institution on which he had a huge impact, because he became the founder of moving spirit -- and moving spirit for decades of the american civil liberties union. remember

. >> reporter: san jose naacp president reverend jeff elmore the second says occupation and mistrustf the healthcare industry as a whole are both contributing factors in the skewed percentages. >> sometimes the same doctors now that if you ask to see the same doctor told us there was nothing wrong with us in the first place so the trust is already down. washington destroyed that trust barrier. there is a concern that comes up. >> reporter: oakland late mayor libby schaff is creating a covid-19 racial disparity task force made up of local and state leaders. the group will immediately address the racial impacts of the virus, as well as prep legislation, collective disparities on people of color. among the stated objectives the task force will create a vulnerability index measure so at risk communities can be targeted with preventative treatments. they can collect demographic data to better target strategies and provide proactive outreach and not risk immunities for healthier living. jamaal truelove is teaming with the science policy group to produce bottles of hand sanitizer is in face

. >> reporter: naacp president rev. jethro moore the second says occupation and a mistrust of the healthcare industry as a whole are both contributing factors in the skewed percentages. >> sometimes the same doctors they are asking us to go see are the ones that told us that there was nothing wrong in the first place so the trust is down. why should we destroy that trust barrier when there is a consummate comes up? >> reporter: oakland mayor is creating a covid-19 racial disparity task force, made up of local and state leaders. the group will immediately address the racialized impact of the virus as well as craft legislation to lessen the disparities of people of color. among the stated objectives, task force will create a vulnerability index measure so that at risk communities can be targeted with preventive treatments. and provide proactive outreach and at risk communities to promote healthier living. tomorrow truelove is teaming with a science policy group to produce bottles of hand sanitizer's and facemasks for dist

. >> the naacp is among the groups calling on lawmakers to address the disparity.wonder what can be done at this point. all of those things, increased testing, protective gear is all important, but look how many deaths we've already seen in these communities. i guess, what would your ask be to lawmakers? >> you know, one of the things that i would say is that this problem is larger than covid-19. you know, this is really a failure of our system to address inequalities in health care, in housing, in income and economic disparities. so the issue is covid-19 today, but in a year, three years, five years, there will be another issue if we don't start to address this issue now. so my ask would be for us to take more of a systemic approach to addressing some of these issues that create these extreme disparities among certain communities. >> you know, one of the efforts that you're leading is you're bringing basically shuttered hospitals in regions and parts of the state that need it most back online, restructuring, contacting medical professionals and those should be in

. >> reporter: naacp president says occupation and a mistrust of the healthcare industry as a whole are both contributing factors in the skewed percentages. >> sometimes the same doctors are asking us to go see and they said that there was nothing wrong with us in the first place so the trust is already down. once you destroy that trust barrier, there is a concern that comes up. >> reporter: debbie is creating a covid-19 racial disparity task force, made up of local and state leaders. the group will immediately address the racial impact of the virus as well as craft legislation to lessen the disparities on people of color. among the objectives, the task force will create a vulnerability index measure, so that at risk communities can be targeted with preventative treatments. and provide proactive outreach come in at risk communities to promote healthier living. jamal truelove is teaming with a science policy group to produce bottles of hand sanitizer's and facemasks for distribution. >> it is important that, you know, my community and our type of communities sees somebody like myself, my

james weldon johnson became the first secretary-general of the naacp and the first black man admittedar in florida and it's really extraordinary but you know, what is the signature accomplishment about their lives is the composer of the song. >> host: they were first-generation freemen. >> guest: yes, and so, well, their mother's family had been enslaved and was bahamian and their father had been enslaved in virginia but yes, of that generation and that emerge from slavery with all the hopes and dreams and aspirations that were so quickly -- with the end of reconstruction. >> host: what was the reception in 1900 when the song was written? >> guest: what was extraordinary is that the song caught on like wildfire and it was almost immediately embraced as an anthem of black america and i think one of the things i try to detail this in the book is that the united states did not have a national anthem at this moment so even so early on people were referring to it as an anthem and it was a big deal. the johnson brothers were both educators at the time of the composition and they left florid

. >> reporter: the naacp is calling on georgia branches to defy the governor and maintain the shelter-in-place for black covid-19 patients, it's more than 9%. kenneth, mona? >> megan, thank you for that report. >>> a restaurant owner in houston is going to defy orders and stay open. they have been operating a takeout and delivery service only, but guests are welcome starting tonight. the owner says he's putting extra space between customers in order to keep everyone safe. >>> we're hearing from an australian boy who got a boost from actor tom hanks. >> 8-year-old corona devries received a letter and a corona typewriter from the oscar winner. the boy had written hanks to wish him and wife rita wilson well as they battled coronavirus. he said he'd been bullied in school because of his name. the oscar winner's response made his day. >> yes, very special, because i always feel like i'm famous. he said i'm a friend of him. and i'm going to write back. >> hankse t a friend in me, a reference to hanks' animated "toy story." >> he also wrote, you know you are the only person i've ever known to have th

and naacp, she says legislation and support for businesses has to be equal. >> i think we have to see everything as an opportunity, and this has to be an opportunity where we just break ourselves loose. break ourselves lose of the disparity and access to credit that is out there and is a detriment to so many of our people who have small businesses. >> on the health side of things, federal health experts say black americans are being hit disproportionately hard by coronavirus in major cities across the country. but what do the numbers look like here in california? abc7 news anchor jobina fortson has more. >> health inequities in this country are long-standing, pervasive, and frankly, it's deep. the coronavirus is magnifying that, and health experts need data to address the problem, but it's not that easy to get. >> health disparities have always existed for the african american community, but here again with the crisis now it's shining a bright light on how unacceptable that is. >> words from the white house some public health experts had been waiting to hear. black americans are overw

she is four-time national book award finalist four-time newberry award winner, two-time dem engine naacpd winner and that scott king award winner. please welcome them both to the stage. [applause] we practice, not. [laughter] i've listened to the water dance four times i love it so much. that's not what i'm announcing now. the finalists for romance are. [inaudible] [applause] [inaudible] [applause] and add. [applause] [inaudible] [applause] [inaudible] [applause] >> and the winner is harper audios devils daughter. [applause] subic please stand and be recognized, do i say that part? [laughter] >> if you don't know this we are reading. [laughter] [applause] thank you's meco my goodness i didn't even win and i have so much work appear. [laughter] the finalists of fantasy are. >> fantasy beast of the frozen son by joe criswell. [inaudible] [applause] [inaudible] [applause] [inaudible] [applause] [inaudible] [applause] [inaudible] [applause] and the audie goes to. [inaudible] to please and be recognized. [applause] [cheering] [applause] all right my turn. the finalists for science fiction are

she was also a 2020 nominee of the naacp literary image award. joining our guest on stage tonight is professor hilary binda, i tisch college senior fellow at the founding director of the tufts university prison initiative at tisch college. i mentioned earlier tisch college has expanded the scope of its educational programs, and it's one of our new initiative where spatial data. hilary manages the college degree program at the t massachusetts correctional institute, institution in concord which is ahi partnership between tufts university and bunker hill community college to award an associate degree to group of incarcerated men in the program. and as part the prison initiative, hilary also runs an inside outside course at the maxim secreted prison in massachusetts the witch tufts tubes and incarcerated individuals take a course together. her currentre research is in the field of higher education and incarceration, she's a senior lecturer at tufts and she directs the program in women's gender and sexuality studies. hilary is a strong advocate for t

that's why it's so ugly for the surgeon general to do that and to be black and then to try to use the naacpmake their point. we need a real rescue people. we had a rescue people for the wealthy corporations, but we've not had a rescue bill for the poor, so we've abandoned millions of african-americans and white people in appalachia. let me drill down on this african-american piece. in mississippi, 52% of people in mississippi are poor and low wealth, but over 57% of people of color in mississippi are poor and low wealth. mississippi refused to pass the affordable care act. when you pass a bill for trillions can of dollars to corporations but you refuse to provide health care for the uninsured, refuse to pay sick leave, no national rent moratorium, no help to pay rents after this, no internet for children, no moratorium on water shutoff, what you're doing is exacerbating the inequities and the officials that already exist in our society which is why we must have a rescue people for all people and a rescue bill that deals with the poor, otherwise we're still a troubled nation. >> thank you to

award-winning books, a four-time national book award finalist, a four-time newbury andre winner, a two-time naacpmage award winner and a two-time coretta scott king award winner. please welcome them both to the stage. [applause] >> we practiced, not. [laughing] >> of my goodness, , i've listen to the water dancer four times. sorry, but that's not what i am announcing now. the finalists for romance are -- >> and the winner is harper audio, "devil's daughter." [applause] >> please stand and be recognized. do i say that part? [laughing] if you don't know this, we are reading. [applause] >> all my goodness. i didn't win and i have so much work here. the finalists of fantasy are -- >> and the audie goes to "the ten thousand doors of january." [applause] please stand and be recognized. >> all right. my turn. the finalists for science-fiction are -- >> and the audie goes to brilliance publishing for "emergency skin." [applause] >> thank you. >> please give a warm welcome to apa president ana maria allessi. [applause] >> hello. i'm ana maria allessi and i'm the president of the apa board of directors, an

naacp won a very important case when they won the right to say no to the state of alabama when the state of alabama wanted its membership list. and the equal protection clause has had many, many beneficiaries. even as for blacks the promise of equality under law has been both partial and long delayed. and so bradley's dissent, in saying that it was futile to limit the beneficiaries of the 14th amendment to blacks has been regarded as seeing into the future. now, prescient means having foreknowledge, having knowledge of events before they take place. it means divine -- there's kind of a divining of the future. and this is a special predictive insight that's attached to that word. and in one respect, yes, bradley calls it, but i want to suggest that bradley's dissent is less a feat of predicting the future than making the future. it's less about divining what's to come than creating what's to come. i want to frame bradley's dissent as world making, not world predicting, because what we see in that dissent is the creation of a new and modern logic of liberty and governance. it's this new lo

philip randolph, the head of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters, wrote a letter to the naacp executive secretary, roy wilkins, where he said that this is going to tamp down integrationist sentiment in the north, that this is going to harm our quest for racial integration. and a. philip randolph remained concerned about this for weeks to come and wrote to people in the civil rights community to say that this is a real concern. and then with the question of unanimity. obviously, earl warren, chief justice warren, wrote brown so as to be anonymous. it was important to him to make sure there were no dissenting opinions. he famously went to the last holdout in brown, justice stanley reid of kentucky, and he says, "you're all on your own now. you have to decide whether this is in the best interests of the country." you know, you can see the way that the southern manifesto was written in order to keep the largest number of people on board as possible. only three senators decided not to sign the document. those three senators are senator lyndon johnson of texas, senator al gore -- albert gore,