s poor people's campaign. assassination in memphis, black power and the report. are your guests are kathleen cleaver, former black panther party communication second, and peniel joseph, of the l.b.j. school of public affairs. here, here is cbs news anchor walter con crichton april 4, 1968 announcing that martin luther king jr. has been shot and killed.

s poor people's campaign, his assassination in memphis, black power, and the kerner commission report

s poor people's campaign. assassination in memphis, black power and the report. are your guests are kathleen cleaver, former black panther party communication second, and peniel joseph, of the l.b.j. school of public affairs. here, here is cbs news anchor walter con crichton april 4, 1968 announcing that martin luther king jr. has been shot and killed. >> good evening. dr. martin luther king, the apossle of non-violence in the civil rights movement has been shot to depeth in memphis, tennessee. officers y'all reportedly chased and fired on a radio equipped car containing two white men. dr. king was standing on the balcony of a second floor hotel room tonight when, according to a companion, a shot was fired across the stream. the bullet exploded in his face. police who have been keeping a close watch over the nobel peace prize winner because of memphis turbulent race situations were on the scene almost immediately. they rushed the negro leader to the hospital, where he died of a bullet wound in the neck. police say they found a high powered hunting rifle about a b

on the front lines of fighting poverty, and integral to his new initiative, the poor people's campaign. in the late 1960'sg recognized that the next phase in the quest for civil rights and equality would focus on the economic divide. that this demanding respect the dignity of labor. often we overlook the work and the significance of those who were not in professional jobs, those who are not in the so-called big jobs, but let me y to you tonight, that workver you are engaged in and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth. reminding not only memphis, but you are reminding crimetion that it is a live in this nation and receive starvation wages. juan: the memphis sanitation workers' strike was sparked by the deaths of two workers, echol cole and robert walker, who were crushed to death in the back of a faulty garbage truck as they sought shelter from the rain. african-american sanitation workers in memphis were instructed to take shelter from the rain in the cavity of their trucks, along with the trash they collected. two weeks later, sanitation workers began a wildcat strike, caring

s poor people's campaign, his assassination in memphis, black power, and the kerner commission report. our guests are kathleen cleaver, former black panther party communications secretary, and historian peniel joseph of the lbj school of public affairs. first here is cbs anchor walter cronkite on april 4th, 1968, announcing that martin luther king jr. has been shot and killed. >>> good evening. dr. martin luther king, the apo apostle of nonviolence in the civil rights movement, has been shot to death in tennessee. an all points bulletin has been issued for a young white man running from the scene. dr. king was standing on the balcony of his second floor hotel room tonight when, according to a companion, a shot was fired from across the street. in the friend's words, the bullet exploded in his face. police, who had been keeping a close watch, were on the scene almost immediately. they rushed the 39-year-old negro leader to the hospital where he died of a bullet wound to the neck. police say they found a high powered hunting rifle a block from the hotel but it was not immediately identi

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from hallow folk that i could read, what happens in 1930's and it matches very clearly the arc of appear deputy appalachia history, poor people from the richness of the land, the industry is the best known example but natural beauty tourism, do development is part of that story as well and the consolidated power of the froth thought that it would be beneficial to the people of the region especially to politicians and owners if there was a natural park and so national park was born, it was facilitated through the 1924 blanket condemnation act through the domain through removal of people from their homes, in order to do that, industry sprung up around them, photographers and journalists, some ployed by the federal government came to the valley to assess the people that lived there, the university of chicago sent social scientists to come and document the condition of life in the valley and in the mountains and almost, you know, most significantly to me the leaders of the american movement were watching all of this unfold and salivating with interest and so all of these forces come together, photographer name authored rostein cr

(steve) san francisco is suing u-s attorney general jeff sessions over his decision to repeal guidelines that the city says helped protect the poor, minorities and peopleam) the lawsuit was filed today in federal court in san francisco by city attorney dennis herrera. the guidelines repealed by the justice department include .... requiring options, so people with disabilities can continue to live and work within their communities. another... directs state and local governments to comply with the constitution and federal law, when imposing fines and fees.. to avoid perpetuating poverty and jailing people unnecessarily. (steve) californians registering to vote will soon be using an updated form that officials say makes it easier to register without a political party preference. california secretary of state alex padilla says the changes announced today come in part because many californians intending to register as independents accidentally register with the far-right american independent party. padilla says the new form uses clearer language to delineate the option to register without a party preference. officials say the new card is more logical and us

organization that is talking about which professor eaver was a part of that way,s talking about poor poverty. in people'sampaign and an anti-poverty campaign at the same time you've got young black political radicals talking about everything from educational activism and the creation of black student unions, to anti-imperialist strategies and anti-capitalist critiques. certainly the black panthers and the black panther party for self-defense really understands what's happening at the local level in a place like oakland, california, and really in an era before black lives matter they are talking about everything from community control and free breakfast programs but also they're questioning the legitimacy of state-sanctioned violence, the incarceration, the high rates of incarceration then in 1967-68 of black men and women. they're questioning police brutality at the local level. and they're really looking at poverty. because one of the first things the panthers do in oakland, california, is try to get a street light set up at a corner where african americans have in hit by cars in oakland the east bay. s

poor and minority women feel like people that are better off want them to have it. you have the controversy over president nixon's memorandum saying we need to contraceptive the third world. the debate in the 1990's when they were giving a contraceptive to poor women in cities in exchange for money or gift cards. the economic argument makes a lot of sense. they say people cannot afford children, but it also has a bit of a backlash. >> i think there is a complicated story. reproductive justice advocates have made it a centerpiece of their advocacy to talk about how certain projects really targeted women of color and at the time, they are not just repealing, they are surpassing laws creating programs to provide family planning. there is a population movement , a population control dynamic happening. that said, i think it is fascinating that one of the understudied parts is the clinic saw itself as providing economic justice for its clients. there was a public clinic and they were serving women who could not afford doctors, could not get in a car and drove -- drive to rhode island and the message about curtailing poverty and poverty's affects on reproductive choices is an important one that even wit

robin ) san francisco is suing u-s attorney general jeff sessions over his decision to repeal guidelines that the city says helped protect the poor, minorities and peoplelawsuit was filed thursday in federal court in san francisco by city attorney dennis herrera. the guidelines repealed by the justice department include .... requiring options, so people with disabilities can continue to live and work within their communities. and another... directs state and local governments to comply with the constitution and federal law, when imposing fines and fees .. to avoid perpetuating poverty and jailing people unnecessarily. ( robin ) californians registering to vote will soon be using an updated form that officials say makes it easier to register without a political party preference. california secretary of state alex padilla says the changes announced today come in part because many californians intending to register as independents accidentally register with the far-right american independent party. padilla says the new form uses clearer language to describe the option to register without a party preference. officials say the new card is more logical and u

me, anyway, the poor kennedy family, a family that, in the 1960's, was like a starburst. an awful lot of peopleere excited about john kennedy and the way in which he governed and then he was killed. and then robert kennedy comes along and becomes a senator and he will run in 1968 and he will take on lyndon johnson the guy who really did, -- a guy he really did not like. and then robert kennedy is killed. so you look at a picture like that, at somebody skipping off across a beach, and it is two things. it is the excitement of being alone on a beach and running there, and at the same time, it major end in a sense of a chapter in the kennedy clan. host: we have some of your photographs from the ambassador hotel that evening. senator kennedy went into the california primary. tell us what happened. guest: just very quickly, to go back to the photo, the that lifeer who did cover, which was on in oregon beach, that's where i come from. when i first photographed robert kennedy, it was 1966. i had never seen a big political figure like that. there was a photographer at the edge of this very crowded room

poor people's campaign. we have to repent and do better in this nation, and deal with the chasm that exist s economically.vil that my father identified and called militarism. militarism has robbed us of the necessary recourses to address the social injustices and the social ills, and the social discrepancies in our nation. and so, america may go to hell. daddy said a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than programs of social uplift is rapidly approaching a spiritual death. america may go to hell because he challenged us in his last years to have a revolution of values, to rapidly begin the shift from a thing oriented society to a person centered society. we might go to hell because we did not make the necessary shift from having our loyalties be sectional rather than ecumenical. you might go to hell if we do not repent and understand what daddy said when he challenged us by helping us to understand that we are caught in an incapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. what effect one effect all in directly. and i cannot be more clear to all

s to pass by kennedy's coffin. the service itself 2,000 mourners crammed the cathedral. they included the rich and powerful ask. famous, but also the poor, farm workers, people>> bobby's father joe is too ill to attend the funeral. his only surviving son ted delivers the eulogy. >> he had to be tested immediately. the world expected it. >> my brother not be idealized. be. remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it. saw suffering and tried to heal it. saw war and tried to stop it. as he said many times, some men see things as they are and say why. i dream things that never were and say why not. >> we are moments away now from the final episode of our six-part series "american dynasties: the kennedys. so bobby kennedy's death was another tragic loss for both the kennedy family and the country. when was bobby poised to have the biggest impact when he was killed? where was his biggest opportunity lost in his death? >> bobby had an opportunity to do two things. one, to heal the country at home. and two, to heal our foreign policy abroad. bobby kennedy after much indecision decided to come out firmly against the war in vietnam.

s movement from civil rights to the economic justice and human rights. dr. king's expanded movement called the poor people'shis efforts, unite poor and working-class people of every race, and every background, and every ethnicity. today, as itgent was 50 years ago. i speak today, on the half of urban leaguers around the nation, who are not only civil rights activists, but economic first responders. i speak on behalf of the urban 1960's,was later in the the late whitney young, walked side-by-side with dr. martin luther king in washington, and selma, and many endeavors. this is the anniversary of dr. king's demand for a would -- a living wage. 50 years later, many americans work full-time, sometimes two or three jobs, still can't earn enough to make ends meet. whether it is the mother in harlem, the returning veteran in memphis, a family in rural mississippi, or louisiana. these families cannot make ends meet because they do not have access to a living wage. this is the anniversary of dr. king's demand for decent and affordable housing for every american. 50 years later, the great recession has wiped out 40 y

people are expected to poor into golden gate park friday. but for locals, and even a handful of revelers...the big pot party has led to problems in the past.(steve) kron 4's justine waldman explains how the city, police and businesses are getting ready.. pkgthe smoke haze will again rise above hippy hill on 4/20 this years celebration is the first since the legalization recreational-cannabis in california. and it is expected to draw 15-thousand people to golden gate park.sot it is our favorite day...hahathere will be extra police in the park, as well as private security, and porta-pottiessan francisco laid down the ground rules for the unsanctioned holiday.... no tents, canopies or tables. no coolers larger than 9 by 12 - no barbecues or cooking equipment. no amplified sound equipment. no drones, no glass and absolutely no one under 18 years old and no violenceboard supervisor london breed/ san franciscosot "we will not allow anyone to use 4/20 as an excuse to damage our parks or our neighborhoods."nats this is a jointmarijuana sales are expected to be high on friday. as people stock up on buds. nats a lot of people still like to just roll up a joint.. tr

people are expected to poor into golden gate park friday. but for locals, and even a handful of revelers...the big pot party has led to problems in the past.(steve) kron 4'sman explains how the city, police and businesses are getting ready.. pkgthe smoke haze will again rise above hippy hill on 4/20 this years celebration is the first since the legalization recreational-cannabis in california. and it is expected to draw 15-thousand people to golden gate park.sot it is our favorite day...hahathere will be extra police in the park, as well as private security, and porta-pottiessan francisco laid down the ground rules for the unsanctioned

s movement from civil rights to economic justice and human rights. dr. king's expanded movement, called the poor people's efforts to unite poor and working-class people of every race, and every background, and every ethnicity. as it is as urgent today as it was 50 years ago. i speak today on behalf of urban leaguers around the nation, who are not only civil rights activists, but economic first responders. and i speak on behalf of an urban league, whose leader in the 1960's, the late whitney young, walked side-by-side with dr. martin luther king in washington, and in selma, and in many endeavors. this is the anniversary of dr. king's demand for a living wage. 50 years later, millions of americans who work full-time, sometimes two or three jobs, still can't earn enough to make ends meet. whether it is the mother in harlem, the returning veteran in memphis, the family and rural -- in rural mississippi, appalachia, or in louisiana, these families cannot make ends meet because they do not have access to a living wage. this is the anniversary of dr. king's demand for decent and affordable housing for every ame

poor judgment. >> most people said, after having gone through what he went through in the keang five, that's it. his chances of any national office are over, are done with. and by the way, 'sbably not going to be very successful in the united states senate. he proved them wrong. his life has been proving people wrong. >> narrator: in the wake othe scandal, mccain began to repair his political image. >> he will survive a vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp, he willrv e political scandal, and he is relentless. nothg will stop him no matte how many times he trips up. >> but the rublican party was changing around mccain. >> one of the most contentious elections... >> ...a few sweet moments for the democrats... >> the republican revolution of election '94 shookhi capita. >> the '94 elections had fundamentally changed the nature of the republican party. so you had the gingrich revolution, which had created the idea of a party with a much harder edge than it had been prior to that, whether it was george h.w. bushr ronald reagan. >> there could be a fundamental shift in the american... >> this is the first time the party ha majority... >> narrator: the leader of the party was now spea

: that image, photo by bill that init says to me family,e poor kennedy which in the 1960's was like a everyone, not everyone, but a lot of peopleere excited about john kennedy and the way in which he governed . then he was killed. then robert kennedy comes along and becomes a senator, and he is going to run in 1968 and take on lyndon johnson, a guy he really did not like, but a member of his own party. then robert kennedy is killed. you look at a picture like that of someone skipping off across a beach, it is two things, the excitement of being alone on a beach and running, and at the same time the end of a major chapter in the kennedy clan. host: we have photographs from the ambassador hotel that evening. senator kennedy winning the california primary. tell us what happened. guest: very quickly, to go back to the photograph, the photographer who did that life cover on an oregon beach, and that is where i come from, and when i first photographed robert kennedy was in 1966, and i had never seen a big political figure like that. there was a photographer at the edge of this very crowded room, and he looked like he was traveling wi