philip randolph. when i was a graduate student at howard university, i actually met gina caruthers tucker, the international secretary of the ladies auxiliary of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters. i got to go to her house and get to know her for a few years before she passed. when she passed, i was even the responsibility to go and clean out her house. we were donating the house but you left everything to the leadership conference for civil rights. i got to go clean out her house, and within that, i found her autobiography. i found boxes of auxiliary material. i found all of the papers from her first husband. carruthers, who was a harlan renaissance poet and activist, including unpublished manuscripts in all sorts of stuff. it was a very adjusting thing. when she died, she was 106 years old. and yet she still didn't slow when someone would try to walk her from place to place in her house, you do that old person shuffle, she said if you were going to go that slow, letting go by myself. that was a

philip randolph. so there is an important building block quality here that i think you're quite right to point out and these kiends of lessons are important going forward as i said earlier because they do set the tone for how they begin to see deliberate pressure politics played by african-americans in general but certainly the civil rights movement specifically. >> i wanted to add a couple -- i would take it back not just to 8802 which is the result of this activism but when i teach my course on the civil rights movement, i always start with a call to march on washington issued in 1941. there are four points that randolph articulated in that. one was the end of zr discrimination in employment particularly in the military industries. two was military desegregation. three was participation in electoral politics and four was the end of colonialism in the rest of the world. the way that the movement came about or the way that it was actually -- it was also the first time that nonviolent political action

system, our constitution, the right to a fair trial, the right to vote, the right to free speech, philip randolph and jacksonville agencies came out of the african-american struggle. my president taught me is that. we did so much and contributed so much to this country, but now we gave them all away. you can help me with this too. when you court somebody for weeks to be a friend and send a flower, remember what that was like? you do all of that. when you get there is everything you dreamed of. it leaves you hanging. it reminds me of this brother named chad. i need to apologize because i did the same thing with him. let's not get that far in demonstrating our greatest and let us go now. nothing will pass these events. you actually do something after the event, like the chance would have an stand up a little bit. maybe he would be there with me. he was sweet and cute and he was the bright man and had everything but he didn't step up and you too can step up or go home sad and mad. one more time. spending so much time building up our lives and trying to help the community. you do have time to look fo

constitution, the right to a fair trial, the right to vote, right to free speech, labor rights, philip randolph, agencies like the e d s e came out of the african-american struggle. we did so much, created so much, now we are at -- gave it our way. you know what that is light? you can help me with this too. you court somebody for weeks to be a friend and send flowers, remember what that was like? team knows what i'm talking about. you do that and the big day comes and take it to the dance and when you get there is everything you dream of. get something to drink and then dance with someone else and leave you hanging. that reminds me of this brother named chad. i need to find him and apologize because i did the same thing. that me get to the point. let's not get far in demonstrating our greatness and let us all go now. nothing will change because we have these events. the change happens because we do something after this event. and would have stood up and stopped a little bit. and stepped up in video with me and he was sweet and cute. and he didn't step up a new too can step up and go home and sa

>> we have to recognize like abe lincoln, like harriet beecher snow or frederick douglass or philip randolph with the trade union movement. and barack obama was pressured by the magnificent wave of activism, yeah and immigrant brothers and sisters from all around the country. i was blessed to be a small part of it, arizona, washington d.c. looks like we had that chance of a snowball in hell at that time. took a while to do that. political calculation didn't want to do that, he was a politician like any other politician. and benefits health care benefits and other kinds of benefits, pay taxes and no benefits. there is something wrong about that, deeply wrong. he took the first step and of course he will get a fire storm losing the right wing. he will get that if he is singing out of tune in the shower. so what? that is not new. the sky is blue and grass is green. of course he will get it. take a stand. part of my criticism of its is he tends to punt on second down rather than force down. he gives in too quick. not enough backbone. i was glad to see what he did and keep the pressure on to make

one, we have to recognize just like abraham lincoln in fredericton t5 frederick douglass and philip randolph, our dear brother barack obama was pressured i the magnificent wave of activism of young immigrant brothers and sisters from all around the country. i was blessed to be a small a small part of it. we marched in front of the white house. it looked like we had the chance of a snowball in hell at that time. it took him a while to do it political cock elation. he did not want to do it before the election. he's a politician like any politician. we understand, brother barack. i applaud what he did yesterday. i think he should have gone further, but we benefit, health care benefits, other kind of benefits, pay taxes and no benefits. there something wrong about that, something deeply wrong about that. he took the first step. of course he will get a firestorm. he will get that if he is singing out of tune in the shower. so what, that ain't new. what, that ain't new. in the sky is blue and grass is green. take a stand. because of part of my criticism is that he tends to punt on second down rath