florida a&m professor reginald ellis is the author of between washington and dubois, racial politics of james edward shepherd. in this interview, recorded at the annual american historical association meeting, he talked about shepherd's involvement in education and politics. his impact on north carolina, and how he navr gaitedigated the jim crow era. this is about 20 minutes. >> reginald ellis, professor at florida a&m university, let's talk about this gentleman, the racial politics of james edward shepard, who was he? >> dr. shepard was an individual who was born and raised of a near who was a prominent african-american minister in the state of north carolina his parents were individuals who actually came out of the institution of slavery and ended up driving, as prominent african-americans, in the state of north carolina. dr. shepard goes on to receive an advanc

my name is reginald daniels. i'm currently dr. reginald daniels, i graduated from u.s. f. i'm a native of san francisco. i've been here 52 years. my grandparents came out here to san francisco in the '40s and became property owners in the palrel district, and we're run of the longest standing families here. i've been a member of the bayview c-pab with capitan steve ford, and talking about out of the box thinking, and building solution centers around the city. one of the unique experiences that i bring is having several aspects of the coin, having been first a citizen, went through san francisco public unified school district, graduated from the high school and was a victim of a shooting very young in my life. at the time i was a victim of a shooting, i was also held suspect while i was seeking to try to get protection and percent from the police department. however, that started -- i started a cycle myself of addiction and violence, which went on for two decades and a and a half. and i used programs here facilities here, the san francisco sheriff's department, went through

here everyone waits for red and white buses longside reginald white wolf and in the playgrounds children play around red and white the logo is everywhere so off. the good news is that in this country you can still find coke bottles made out of reusable glass but this will soon be over. what the american company is doing in tanzania what it did in the united states fifty years ago replacing the glass bottles with plastic ones. guts what is going on behind these walls inside one of the four coca-cola factories in tanzania. all guide is james mother the manager of the new production line a production line which only makes plastic bottles today they're producing bottles of phantom one of the numerous brands inside the coca-cola group. everything is automated and the equipment is brand new the bottles of filled behind this window. that i got by. there. is the fix that three hundred in the book but returned in the long haul i've been out of the. eighty six thousand three hundred and forty bottles in two and a half hours that's a lot of plastic we did the calculations that ten bottles a second

minutes.about 20 >> reginald ellis, professor at florida a&m university, let's talk about this gentleman, the politics of james edward shepard, who was he? was an individual who was born and raised of a was a prominent african-american minister in the state of north carolina, his were individuals who actually came out of the endedution of slavery and up driving, as prominent frican-americans, in the state of north carolina. r. shepard goes on to receive an advanced education at what's now charlotte university and on to also become one of the first african-american of macists in the state north carolina. shortly thereafter, he goes on his father's ootsteps, and tries out the ministry, and travels the world with the international sunday association, which leads him to his higher calling chult becomes creating the institution, that is present day north carolina central university. >> what about his role in terms historically n of black colleges and universities? >> i think that the role that he in creating that institution in particular, when we look back there was, at the turn of the centu

i especially wanted to thank and acknowledge reginald daniels, marilyn marelo, and gloria barry. the three of you really bring tremendous life experience to the work you're doing right now, and would bring that to the police commission. that would be so valuable. and also a wide-range of community leadership and activism around a wide range of social issues that intersect with law form and the justice system. so thank you so much. and, yeah, for your application. i would just echo commissioner walton's points around really encouraging you to continue to be active, as you have been, and explore other roles that you can step into within our city structures. but i am going to be supporting the reappointment of cindy alias, and it is really just for all of the really important reasons that were highlighted in the many people that spoke in support of cindy during public testimony. we are very fortunate, i think, as a city, to have somebody like cindy, who is willing to serve in this role in the police commission and bring her immense and unique qualifications and perspectives to that.

>> reginald braggs: you getting ready for mid-term?ahl: a former naval officer-turned-college administrator, braggs runs the school, and designed the educational program. what is the biggest challenge for you in this program? >> braggs: you know, it really is trying to help the students to meet their goal of getting into the university. and part of that challenge is their english language proficiency. so i had this idea. i said, let's do an old- fashioned, american spelling bee with these guys. >> moderator: "orange." >> girl: o-r-a-n-g-e.>> mod t!(s >> stahl: sometimes one of them struggles over even an easy word like "poor"... >> moderator: "poor." >> girl: p-u-t... >> moderator: wrong! ( whistle ) >> stahl: ...and is embarrassed. but when someone, like rebecca, gets a hard word right? >> moderator: "assembly." >> rebecca: a-s-s-e-m-b-l-y. >> moderator: correct! ( cheers ) >> stahl: ...a roar goes up. >> braggs: it's amazing how their confidence grows after this. >> stahl: you've seen a progression. >> braggs: oh absolutely, absolute

[applause] >> and officer reginald pena. [applause] >> and all of them, as i mentioned, work housing and are foot beat officers, and they primarily focus in the chinatown area. it is very important to us that you know us and that we add faces to our names so you can recognize us whenever you need us. you heard earlier that during the lunar new year festivities that we want you to have fun but also be alert. you should watch out for each other and report suspicious activity, criminal behavior, and especially if it involves seniors. which brings me to telling you on how to report crimes related to the lunar new year. first, a reminder to say no calmly if someone tries to intimidate you into giving money or valuables. never go with anyone to the a.t.m. and/or disclose any of your information with them. please report all extortion attempts to the police immediately by dialing 911, and now that mandarin and cantonnese language assistance is available. dial 911 if the extortionists are in or just left your home or business, or dia

with the vast reaches of the pacific stretched digitally before him meteorologist reginald white can recall carefree times there diving and fishing but those days are over the road for the last twenty years we've had to deal with a lot of sea water in and the and devastation tours our shores as well as several incidents reaching where you see all whites where you normally go and fish and look for. shellfish. is this deep in the muscles or is it the last alms of the titanic. the popular lure of beach shows what coastal flooding does here there's not much of it left just the trees eroded by the salt water. when i first came here i think those three big trees and raise. maybe fifty feet from that bank they saw in the bank is some maybe somewhere here maybe fifty feet. perspective visitors to lower beach should come soon. while it's still here. not only the ocean poses a threat so does the weather it's a life between extremes sometimes people are in water up to the next then there's no rain for months as happened a few years ago in the northern nut holds the us desalination plants. i am.

i'm reginald meadows. want a share of the pie. i'm from the tenderloin representing district six, and the eviction community and glide for many men, women, boys and i recagirls. the displacement has led to this problem along with the high cost of living here today. homes for homeless people are needed, but -- but very decent shelters in place also so they can develop a better way of life for themselves. next, we need very decent income for our teachers who are teaching the children. i sigh decent, as many of you are living well on very decent salaries. and also, we have to think about the schools and their children. the children need good teachers, and all the people in town because you guys are too weird about the money whereas they cannot survive properly as human beings, and the rent should be flapped across the city so thoent who left, they can feel they can come back here and live because indeed, these were their homes. we have the pie, and it is already baking. let's do the right thing and finish baking it and then serve it

it is well known, but the general they are referring to, was general reginald penny. his staff officer was bernard montgomery. when cursing his staff for incompetent swine. people don't often make the connection, because the image that bernard montgomery gave about himself was a muddy booted infantrymen throughout the first world war. his career spanned from august to december 1914 when he is wounded. the rest of the war, he spends as a staff officer. the actual truth of the matter is going back to where i started with survivor's guilt, to survive, you have to be away from the front. if you spend your entire first world war at the front, the odds will catch up with you and the likelihood is you will be killed. after being rested in the first world war, you'll be higher staff sooner or later. the same is true for erwin rommel. the last year of the first rapport, is a staff officer for the entire year. he hates it. it is the way these guys are able to fight the second world war. it is a key to survival even though they don't recognize their fortune. it means that they h

. >> reginald ellis, professor at florida a&m university, let's talk about this gentleman, the racial politics of james edward shepard, who was he? >> dr. shepard was an individual who was born and raised of a

>> reginald iasrying to do soth bold. >> you're still sounding flashy. >> can you even play the pianoerton rave reviews saying no one has sung his songs better except him, of course, "rocketman" hitting theaters nationwide may 31st. we all cannot wait. [ applause ] >> thank you for that. >>> and more movie news, chris hemsworth gearing up to play a new role as wrestling superstar hulk hogan. >> whoa. >> i thought this was an interesting bit of casting news. it will focus on hogan's rise to fame and hulkamania, a term he coined in 1984. deals for the project in the midst of closing with netflix. hogan is on board and will act as an executive producer. >> interesting. [ applause ] >>> a prickly problem is happening in the desert. more and more people, please stop doing this, trying to steal cactus plants. i can't imagine that this is easy to do, frankly, but cactus poachers are a huge problem in parks across southwestern states. according to "the guardian" they can bring -- is it cactuses or cacti? >> cacti. >> thank you so much, cacti, we learn something new every day on "gma." bring u